BenQ WiT

Great lamp if it lasted – My bend desk lamp has stopped working after little use. There appears to be no trouble shooting instructions to determine the cause or whether a replacement bulb can be purchased. Buyer beware at $350 for a lamp.

Best desk lamp you can buy. Excels in every meaningful way – My eyes are not what they used to be. They tire easily, particularly in the presence of glare. When I saw these lamps, which are designed to light your desk without washing out your monitors, I was pretty intrigued. The price was a bit of a shock for a desk lamp, but I had bought OTT brand lights before, which are similarly expensive. So, I decided to try one. This lamp is so much better than anything else I've used before that I purchased 3 more of them for my various work surfaces and my wife's office. The light actually delivers on the promise of not affecting the visibility of your monitors, while simultaneously lighting up the full width of your desk like no lamp I've used. Unlike the OTTs, these didn't become more annoying than helpful after a couple months of use. Those OTTs were daylight temperature fluorescent lights. The color was warmer than normal green fluorescents, but the fluorescent flicker eventually drove you crazy, if you are sensitive to that.

The Good:

1. No glare on your monitor. I have 3 large monitors on my desk. None of them are affected by this desk lamp, even at full intensity.

2. Truly desk-wide illumination. The curve of the fixture allows for an even light to be spread across the entire width of a large desk if it is positioned high enough. My computer desk is about 6 feet wide. This lamp stands on one end of the desk. The adjustable neck is extended upward almost as high as it can possibly be. Every corner of the desk is well-lit.

3. The level of brightness is fully adjustable. The highest setting stops just short of becoming obnoxiously bright. The lowest setting would suit even the most light-adverse folks. It is infinitely adjustable to any level between those extremes. With my failing eyesight, I keep it on the brightest setting always.

4. The color temperature is also fully adjustable between glacier white and warm morning sunshine yellow. Different colors of light affect peoples' moods and energy levels. I personally prefer a light on the warmer side, around 3000 Kelvin, when I'm relaxing. The warm light lulls you toward eventually dozing off. But when working, I like to be closer to 4000 Kelvin. This temperature helps me stay wider awake and more productive by reducing the amber shift of the light. While everyone prefers something different, this lamp accommodates virtually everyone by letting you adjust the light infinitely between the lowest and highest temperature settings. I have even found myself adjusting it partway through the day for a boost to my waning energy levels or to reduce eyestrain.

5. Zero annoying flickering. You won't miss it a bit.

The Bad:

1. Price. If you have never spent this much on a desk lamp, you may find yourself temporarily traumatized by the price of this lamp. I have to say though, it is worth the money. The flexibility and reduced eyestrain are hard to live without once you have experienced it.

Overall, I highly recommend this desk lamp if you are experiencing severe eyestrain using other less-expensive, poorly-designed desk lamps. You can adjust this lamp to suit virtually any combination of brightness and color temperature you prefer. Through trial and error, you may even discover that the light you thought would help you best actually doesn't. That's the beauty of infinitely adjustable light. You aren't stuck with what you got out of the box. In my opinion, worth every penny. We love all four of ours.

Great if you are heavy eye user or care about your eyes – The BenQ WiT lamp is a great product! The curve design of the lamp top actually gives you wider lighting coverage. It allows me to use the rotary knob on the light cap to fine tune the colour temperatures and the brightness to suit my reading needs.

Highly Recommended Desk Light – After trying a number of different LED Desk laps, I settled on the BENQ WiT lamp as having the best overall spread of light (compliments of the shape of the light) and the ability to change the intensity and colour of the light using a simple dial on the top of the light. Oh - the one-touch on and off control is nice too! So if you have a big desk - need a single light to illuminate everything on your desk - recommend checking out this lamp.

Is it worth the money and would I buy it again - Yes on both counts although they are expensive!