ThomasH
Newly Enlightened
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Hello fellow flashaholics!
I come to you today to ask for a new 18650 battery-powered LED product, The Little Black Desk Lamp.
What I want is an attractive, small, wireless desk lamp. I have attached a Photoshopped image from an advertisement to give a rough idea what I am talking about. But this should be small, "scaled down" from a normal incandescent lamp, like maybe 8 or 9 inches tall with around a 4 inch base.
A nice heavy round base, more of a right cylinder than the attached picture, as that is where the removeable 18650 battery, switch and circuit board go.
Some sort of adjustable neck, either the goose-neck as suggested or something else.
Of course, two brightness levels or an adjustable brightness would be nice, but let's keep it simple.
A nice smooth LED head would be in the reflector, of course.
I say, no built-in charger, nothing complicated. LED head, adjustable position, 18650 battery in the base (remove to charge), On/Off switch.
More than one brightness optional.
I want one by my bed (with no damn cord!), one next to my keyboard on the computer desk at home and one at work.
It is a nice familiar form factor that people love, and they'll soon realize they can pick it up and walk around with it. And when they get "there" they have a nice lamp they can just set down.
I suggested this to Mr. Malkoff, as it seemed like he could just take the "guts" out of one of his flashlights, and use this other form factor. But I understand he has been burned venturing outside his perceived comfort zone, so I am hoping someone else can see the value in the idea.
My most recent idea for this is a rotary switch. All the way to the left and "click" it turns off. Turn to the right and "click" it turns on at the lowest brightness, and get brighter as you continue to turn to the right, up to maximum brightness.
What do you think? I might advise that you use the guts and head out of one of Gene's flashlights and just mount them in this new form!
- Thomas
Hello fellow flashaholics!
I come to you today to ask for a new 18650 battery-powered LED product, The Little Black Desk Lamp.
What I want is an attractive, small, wireless desk lamp. I have attached a Photoshopped image from an advertisement to give a rough idea what I am talking about. But this should be small, "scaled down" from a normal incandescent lamp, like maybe 8 or 9 inches tall with around a 4 inch base.
A nice heavy round base, more of a right cylinder than the attached picture, as that is where the removeable 18650 battery, switch and circuit board go.
Some sort of adjustable neck, either the goose-neck as suggested or something else.
Of course, two brightness levels or an adjustable brightness would be nice, but let's keep it simple.
A nice smooth LED head would be in the reflector, of course.
I say, no built-in charger, nothing complicated. LED head, adjustable position, 18650 battery in the base (remove to charge), On/Off switch.
More than one brightness optional.
I want one by my bed (with no damn cord!), one next to my keyboard on the computer desk at home and one at work.
It is a nice familiar form factor that people love, and they'll soon realize they can pick it up and walk around with it. And when they get "there" they have a nice lamp they can just set down.
I suggested this to Mr. Malkoff, as it seemed like he could just take the "guts" out of one of his flashlights, and use this other form factor. But I understand he has been burned venturing outside his perceived comfort zone, so I am hoping someone else can see the value in the idea.
My most recent idea for this is a rotary switch. All the way to the left and "click" it turns off. Turn to the right and "click" it turns on at the lowest brightness, and get brighter as you continue to turn to the right, up to maximum brightness.
What do you think? I might advise that you use the guts and head out of one of Gene's flashlights and just mount them in this new form!
- Thomas
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