Our decide
This minimalist desk lamp supplies a gentle, glare-free adjustable mild, and when it senses nobody is round, it shuts off robotically to avoid wasting vitality.
Get this if: You desire a gentle, glare-free, uniform mild supply that doesn’t tire the eyes and may double as serviceable video-conference lighting.
Why it’s nice: The minimalist Humanscale Nova supplies gentle, uniform mild with out distracting glare, flickering, or harsh shadows—making it our favourite lamp for working in entrance of a pc. The lamp achieves this uniform pool of sunshine by including a diffuser lens over the LED array.
The Nova additionally has a touch-bar management working alongside its high arm, so dimming from 100% right down to 14% brightness requires solely an intuitive sliding movement, which we simply grew to become accustomed to utilizing with out even a look.
A giant motive we appreciated this lamp was its easy, silent adjustability, which might simply be managed with one hand. The flat, 5-inch mild head swings up and down and swivels practically all the way in which round, so mild could be aimed from various heights and angles.
We had been additionally impressed with the Nova’s straightforward meeting. Simply drop the preassembled arm and lightweight head into the weighted desktop base, plug within the Nova, and it’s prepared to make use of.
When stretching the lamp to its highest attain (practically 29 inches), we may illuminate nearly all of our 70-inch-long desk with solely a mild tapering of sunshine on the far edges. However once we wanted to focus mild on an exacting job, we may pull the arms downward simply above the desk to forged a shadow-free, even mild.
We additionally appreciated the reminiscence setting, which returns the Nova to its last-used brightness degree, in addition to a built-in energy-saving occupancy sensor, which turns the lamp off robotically when it’s left alone. And if you happen to’re repeatedly logging onto video calls, you may admire the Nova’s capability to melt harsh shadows when it’s used at low-medium brightness.
Flaws however not dealbreakers
- Though it could possibly attain far ahead, the Nova’s two-piece arm can’t tilt backward past a delicate angled place. The automated energy-saving on/off sensor failed us solely as soon as, once we had been in a nonetheless, lengthy studying mode and had the lamp blocked with different gadgets. However as soon as we positioned the Nova usually, that by no means occurred once more.
- The Nova can be out there with a desk clamp, a wall mount, a cooler 4,000 Ok mild, or with prolonged arms for even larger attain. You too can purchase an non-obligatory charging desktop base outfitted with two USB-A ports and Qi wi-fi charging, however that brings with it a second wire trailed by its personal hefty energy brick, giving the lamp an unpleasant pigtail that mars an in any other case minimalist design. Until you’re in dire want of extra ports or energy, skip this feature.
- Dimensions: 29 by 13 by 14 inches, with a 7.5-inch-diameter base
- LED bulb included: sure, inbuilt
- Brightness ranges: adjustable (contact button)
- Coloration temperature: 3,000 Ok (heat)
- Telephone charging: non-obligatory add-on
- Wattage: 7 W
- Guarantee: 10 years
