Excellent "sunset light" is an ideal project base

This style of light is commonly available on eBay and other online platforms. This one came from a UK outlet called One Beyond and represents huge value for money just for the components to make a custom light.
Even out the box it is excellent for adding a little extra light at the bench or splashing some ambient light on a wall. In a power outage it would also make a very comforting light when used with a USB power bank.
It's actually worth buying just for the components. The huge lens captures a lot of light from the LED, and the aluminium case provides good heatsinking for your own choice of LED.
You could have a lot of fun just messing around with this and some Luxeon star style LEDs. Note that if using small nuts and bolts to attach the LED to the back with a dab of heatsink compound, it is advised to use insulating washers as otherwise the nuts or bolts can bridge pads on the classic star style LEDs.
The case and lens assembly could make a very interesting project housing. Just be aware that it would probably cause issues if used where sunlight could shine directly into it.
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[@XSpImmaLion]

Interesting how they didn't even seen to bother passing the wire through the stand, though the capability of doing so seems to be there. xD Could make for a good sunrise alarm clock project thing. Even as an independent module to go with a regular alarm clock.

[@twotone3070]

I thought that until I realised there is a pivot at the top making a lot more of a faff to assemble for £4.

[@ToonBeerten-k7e]

My version was sold with a dichroic filter. It lets through a different color depending on the angle of the light. So you have a nice gradual mix of two different colors. I was so pleased that I ordered a small roll of the film to retrofit other led lights.

[@Nilguiri]

Let's what?

[@curtishoffmann6956]

One step Beyond? - That's Madness!

[@Sonnell]

This is actually a very bad copy. I have a much better version, and it is about 20usd. It has a very special, probably custom LED inside. It is large, and multi color, with the different colours arranged in circles. It also have a controlling circuit, and a remote to choose any color combination or strengths. So it projects different coloured circles in a very nice way. Not even comparable to this one. (I tried to include a link to the product but I guess youtube removed it...) It is surprisingly heavy and massive. Its base and lamp part are thick heavy metal. It produces a lot brighter light, deeper colors and a lot wider gradient. I saw even bluetooth version of it.

[@samuelfellows6923]

🤨….. so, what Clive has is the “Chineseum crap” version with added “snake oil” clams? 😠

[@Sonnell]

@@samuelfellows6923 Yes, but it is probable the the original is Chinese as well. Of course mine is made in china too :) It would be fun to find out which is the original, who created it.

[@fc3sbob]

I got the same thing at a store called Princess Auto in Canada. They have a surplus section which sells crap electronics. It was about $15 Canadian. I did enjoy the deep yellow sunset filter at night when I was working on my computer.

[@brianallen9810]

I wonder if Canadian Tire carries this.

[@davelowets]

Jeez, they're humping you on the prices up there in Canaderp

[@haywoodyoudome]

@@davelowets That's because Canuks use Monopoly money.

[@BenJefferyCanada]

Princess Auto's surplus section is so hit or miss like that. I feel like a lot of products like this are consistently priced about 20% more than I'd be willing to pay, but other times you get some really nice deals.

[@johnshafik2900]

Same!!, small world. I like the orange red tint to be behind my back.

[@EatsLikeADuck]

At first glance, I thought you were referencing the classic Madness song, "One Step Beyond."

[@markfergerson2145]

Not familiar with that song since I’m an Old Fart. I briefly connected it with the early 60s US TV show with the same name.

[@revivedfears]

One step beyond was Madness's debut single I believe. Well over 40 years old now! ​@@markfergerson2145

[@rillloudmother]

They used to play that tune all the time during the first year of MTV in the US. I was 6, so I grew up with a healthy love of Ska.

[@jerrydumas9848]

I miss that song and vid..I had to pause this vid to watch the other one a few times ..I miss the 80s.

[@londonlore5881]

Great tune 🕺🏾

[@patomahony9747]

Thanks Clive. The casing alone is sooooo hackable. The different kinds of leds it can be fitted with. Plus lots of room in base for a salvaged diy tp4056 rechargeable battery pack and an old speaker magnet. Making it portable

[@PainterVierax]

Yeah that's a nice hackable item. I've put a capacitor dropper on such a large base. The only downside is that there is no place for a reflector so it's better to avoid filament style led arrays.

[@DanielLopez-kt1xt]

Is it just me, or does it it looks like the lamp was initially ment to run the wire trough the pipe, and end inside the base? I don't get a clear view, but i think you could probably drill a hole for a switch, add some batteries, and maybe a USB port to recharge the batteries, and turn it into a portable one... as long as the pipe is hollow.

[@smilerbob]

Not sure where my head is at today but I thought you meant sunset as in the later years of life and the lamp would slowly fade away the longer it was left on Moving on…looks like a nice little piece to use as a base project or even as a standard desk lamp. Surprising what can be picked up cheaply and easily customisable 👍

[@zebo-the-fat]

looks nice, and it has space in the base for more electronics, maybe an auto switch off timer?

[@bigclivedotcom]

Or a PHAT lithium cell.

[@phonotical]

The green with the dot reminded me of the old magic eye tubes, if you could make a small stereo vu meter with maybe some battery indicator leds it might give the same effect

[@Samoth47]

Fyi, the stem is usually hollowed out to pass the cable through it without pinching it at the rotation point. That's why the foam insert for the base is splitted. Though your base doesn't seem to have a hole for the cable to go through.

[@jon-paulgrainger1303]

Ive got a huge chunk of Pink Salt with a LED stuffed inside. Reminds me of the old High Pressure Sodium lamps we used for street lighting. That looks like a good project to hack. 👍

[@Dog-whisperer7494]

Merry Christmas 🎄 Clive And have a fabulous Hogmanay.i look forward to seeing more from you in 2024 🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@Farm_fab]

Clive, I came across something similar some time ago. It was utilized on a piece of equipment and had a magnetic base. It had a gooseneck on it, and was fairly well made. I plan to add it to my drill press.

[@M0LHA]

Oh that's quite interesting Clive, may have to add one to my collection. Frankly the housing alone looks like it could be hacked for multiple uses.

[@Burbsi]

i'm curious what happens when you would put in a round COB disc that's just big enough to keep the foam around the edge to ensure the distance to the lens. Now since the whole backside glows, the outer most leds would still shine through the lens but at such an extreme angle... Would the lamp just have a bigger illuminated circle or would it stay the same? Would the rainbow change size?

[@thepagan5432]

Very good lamp for the price, we have a few 'One Beyond' shops in south Wales. I'll look after Christmas as I dislike crowds as I'm disabled and people often don't see slow walking people. Good post and looking forward to Yule, thanks Clive 👍

[@tncorgi92]

Heck, I'm not disabled but I still avoid going in stores like the plague this time of year.

[@DrHarryT]

The only downfall I can think of is vertical stability with the lack of weight in the base.

[@mamawau]

Clive can you make some follow-up videos where you hack such things?

[@tncorgi92]

I do like those, even if they're long. It's just satisfying to follow him start to finish on something. I would try some myself but my dexterity is degrading so I live vicariously. 😊

[@snakezdewiggle6084]

Spher-o-chroma-tism, or Chromatic Abrration to We Mere Mortals.😆 Yeah I could do with a couple, as in-fill lamps over the bench Nice find Clive 👍

[@TheComeonrams]

congratulations on 1 million subscribers

[@jerrydurand4127]

It looks like you could run the wire down through the stem into the base where you have hidden your Mr Fusion power pack.

[@ianhelsbyservices]

Plenty in stock at Southport One Beyond! I also picked up a little LED clip on ring light (£1) to mount around my pcb drill press.

[@asmotaku]

Yup, this one is tinkerer-ready. Let's ditch the CREEnge led though. Too bad we don't have One-and-Beyond stores on the other side of the channel though 😖 .

[@DelticEngine]

Thanks Big Clive for yet another interesting and delightfully hackable light source. For that price they could be used as wall lights, night lights or just about anything. It would be interesting to replace that LED with an RGB or RGBW variant and run a thin multicore cable out of it. It would then be possible to run several off an RGB controller or basic DMX decoder. To take it to, I suppose, one extreme would be to have a miniature DMX-RGB decoder in the base of each light unit so all they would need would be power and a DMX signal. They would then be individually addressable and controllable, which could make them rather useful for certain projects such as KZbin, miniature theatre or as controllable props in regular theatre. All sorts of fun and interesting possibilities... Thinking about it, it's been quite a while since you did a video on lighting control and associated electronics. It would be interesting to know what devices and fixtures you've come across and how they work. A video, for axample, on the smallest DMX chip and how to use it. Automation can make things so much more interesting and DMX control is not so difficult these days.... Just a few thoughts you've inspired watching your videos.

[@dcallan812]

The hand look the same? 🤣. Nice light love the spread of light, but I dont think its bright enough to fend off any SAD symptoms. interesting video 2x👍 ooh nice red ring. ☺

[@dallasgrant]

I bought 2 of these years ago from I think ali, they are pretty cool, though I had the experience of getting 2 identical boxes but 2 different style lamps, one had a gooseneck from about 1/3 of the way from the light up and one was just solid, one had the cord inside the stem and one didn't, one had a weighted base and one didn't, nonetheless an interesting product, I had the idea of hooking them up to a smart switch with USB ports and using my alexa to turn them on, but that fell through when I couldn't find a smart switch under $40AUD and I'm not competent enough to do my own.

[@JuozasU]

Car headlight lens works well to make such lamp. Slapped one on Philips Hue Iris some years ago, have short demo video how it looks.

[@scottk3292]

I bought a different brand, and it showed up terribly beaten up, in a busted box. I never even knew it was suposed to include filters, but that would explain the images showing other colors on the Amazon page. Learning that just elevated my mood - see, the light works!

[@phonotical]

Mine was a slightly rubberised version, it was supposed to be bendable every which way, it wasn't, and looked a little dishevelled because it never went back into position, the usb lead going up the central support so it never really dangled about I've seen some use a dichroic filter to change the lighting effect, mine had a little metalised film inside to provide the effect, which was very easy to lose I'm unsure how I never managed to scratch the plastic lens, subsequently it lived on the side of the bed, mostly getting in the way I have to say the one I had was significantly better at making a bi-colour gradient toward the edges

[@AnotherPointOfView944]

A question about Cree. How do you know if you have a genuine Cree LED/module?

[@bigclivedotcom]

I'm not sure how to identify clones versus the real thing.

[@holzwurm_hd7029]

Clive is there a Website where you can get them from? Im not from the UK so the only Option i can think of is Ebay. However on Ebay they cost about 15 bucks compared to the 4 quid you paid.

[@bigclivedotcom]

I'd expect Temu to have some.

[@Dmitrytln]

Looks like DIY: no cable gland, no driver circuit, no RGB. Filters are better suitable for incandescent lamps, because LEDs are manufactured in colorful variations.

[@abs_nobody]

the phrase "it is believed" is essentially them saying "this is a completely made up quality we're pushing with no risk of legal backlash whatsoever"

[@tncorgi92]

I have one of those "happy lamps", I can't tell if it's actually working.

[@lmamakos]

It's nice that the chromatic aberration of the cheap lens is actually an "feature" providing that artistic fringing at the edge.

[@fredbear3915]

Although it doesn't, is it possible to route the cable down through the stem so there are no wires showing? or is the stem solid or blocked? If you can, it makes you wonder why they didn't...

[@boatman323]

Looks like the ball joint is in the way.

[@CrunchyF123]

oh god LOL ... when i joined amazon vine the first item i rated 1 star was the tripod version of this being sold for £15 but i found them on wish or ali express at under £5 each. mine had a very large amount of thermal compound splodged inside and the lens was horribly scratched on the inside and then the cheap and nasty tripod broke after a few hours ! i still have the light section stuffed in a draw never to be used again lol

[@whitesapphire5865]

Speaking of sunset 🌆🌇 lighting, I have my string of individually addressable led lights from TCP, set down to a very pleasant and relaxing sunset orange. In the daytime I let them go bonkers in a six colour changing (RGB CYM) sequence, but at night, it's definitely got to be that sunset orange. Likewise, I have a 35W SOX lamp in the yard, which I also like a lot. There's just something about that orange glow which says "Day's over, time to settle down for the night"!

[@bigclivedotcom]

I designed a theme of lights for Qbis around the warm look. I suggested the name Autumn lights, but they went with sunset lights to make them an all year round theme. The LEDs are all red, orange and yellow for a very cosy glow. It also had the huge advantage of the use of traditional non gallium nitride LEDs for very long life.

[@markfergerson2145]

Reminds me of the “color therapy” fad a few years back to combat Seasonal Affective Disorder. There was a push to market lamps of a specific blue meant to mimic a clear sky to people who became depressed during winter supposedly due to part of the brain not being stimulated by enough exposure to natural light. They were supposedly effective for people who basically never went outdoors too. I’ve read science fiction stories with underground extraterrestrial colonies using scheduled colored lighting schemes for the same purpose, based on the SAD concept. I don’t know how valid the concept is- I personally seem not to be affected by such things- but if your intentional mimicking of sunset lighting helps some people calm themselves after a long hard day, that’s a good thing. Not getting enough sleep seems to be becoming something of an epidemic.

[@macefentura]

Merry Christmas And A Happy New Year yet again Clive. Hasn't the year passed quickly? I hope this year that you do get a sore bottom, 🤞👍

[@tncorgi92]

😳

[@AvallonYo]

The edging is referred to as Chromatic aberration

[@restorer19]

How consistent is the stock and selection between individual One Beyond stores? Even a lot of the major used-to-be-$1 stores here can get pretty inconsistent with what's carried at one store but not another.

[@bigclivedotcom]

I've only been to one branch.

[@tncorgi92]

I used to think they did that just to make you visit more than one store, but more likely the chain buys discontinued or closeout merchandise and they sometimes don't have enough stock to ship to all their locations.

[@Urban_Spaceman]

Looks like this was designed to run the cables internally through the fittings.

[@dean5263]

I'm curious to know if the base is heavy enough to keep it from tipping over at the slightest bumps? Great video, you sharing your knowledge is a great experience for us.

[@stumccabe]

It would be easy enough to add weight to it. My first thought would be to just stick a bag on sand in the base.

[@rustyudder]

The one I got falls over if you look at it wrong. Got it at the dollar general.

[@FrontSideBus]

Social Media Ready..... Oh dear... A real sunset light is what I am using at the minute... a 100w Philips SDW-T uplighter :)

[@Keeping_IT_Simple]

Les Pounder did a good video on removing the Installed LED & replacing it with a neopixel ring & adding a esp8266 to control the colour / brightness & animation via WLED

[@semidemiurge]

do you have the link?

[@KeozFPV]

How is it powered? I guess usb 5v? because i think i saw a power bank on the table. But not the pink onee 🤨

[@bigclivedotcom]

USB.

[@Martock1017]

Is the SMD resistor capable of dissipating 400mW? It looks a bit small to me.

[@Ni5ei]

What's that green light circle on your wall? It's a sunset lamp. Ah yes of course! I knew it reminded me of something!

[@yadt]

Technically, sunsets can be green, briefly. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_flash

[@Ni5ei]

@@yadt Interesting

[@LordCarpenter]

Just noticed you have 1M subscribers. Congratulations!

[@stumccabe]

A useful set of parts for a bargain price!

[@edgarcornette6387]

LOVE YA !!! MERRY CHRISTMAS !!! 1 Million Subscribers . you deserve it .. should have been sooner .. but awesome just the same !!!

[@DjResR]

The LED module is typical Aliexpress module you get 10pcs for ~2.50€ with generic chinese LED chip, they print Cree just for show._

[@MrTurboturbine]

It would be nice to have dichroic filters as opposed to these simple gel filters.

[@Ni5ei]

It's a £4 lamp...

[@bigclivedotcom]

You can buy dichroic film on eBay.

[@davidfalconer8913]

Quite correct ! stuff the base with 18650's ( in parallel ! ) no need for the concrete ! ! ( the BIG advantage of 3v7 Lithium cells is the LED's go dim at around 3 Volts so you NEVER discharge them to their wreck point ! ..... DAVE™🛑

[@thegodsonuk]

Great Video as always… have you looked into the One Below / Beyond PRISM LED cube clip light .. a 6 LED multi white rechargeable book light. Very bright but extremely short life … guess it’s using a Button Cell li-ion .. but only £2 .. worth a look see .. still trying to break into mine LOL

[@BRUXXUS]

That's absolutelty worth it for the enclosure! I bet a lot of us could make some super fun and interesting things with that. I wonder if I could get ahold of one here in the states. 🤔

[@Boraxo]

Search "sunset light". 🙄

[@frankowalker4662]

The first thing I thought of was 'It would make a nice microphone'. LOL.

[@whitesapphire5865]

@@frankowalker4662 Or a "pop screen" for an existing mic🎙️!

[@frankowalker4662]

@@whitesapphire5865 Yeah.

[@BRUXXUS]

@@frankowalker4662 Oh yeah! Could probably fit a nice condenser capsule in there! haha

[@vincentxgolden6624]

THE EDGE EFFECT IS NOTED AS CHROMATIC ABERRATION and an optical bad word but pretty

[@KarldorisLambley]

something just occurred to me when watching this vid. no fecking 'sponsorships' like when a video about op-amps has a 30 second interlude where they become a barker for bloody world of warships. i don't mind these 'sponsorships' if they are apposite/or nice, like electroboom mehdi getting cash from the scope lads to be paid in scopes to give to schools. i am all for that. but tbh my dearest mehdi has outraged me. he made a vid in which he said cheap, shitty blue-tooth headphones weren't shit, something like romcom. once sec and ill find their name. RAYCON. either mehdi is taking the piss or he thinks my ears have shite frequency response. when i see him bopping about with romcoms in his ears lying about how great they are i think 'mehdi, why have you become a whore'? but dearest clive never does this. EVER. how cool is that? i would bet any money these buggers have asked BC to be their shills and he said 'no way man'. perhaps i expect too much when i think my heroes should never lie to me. but that is the way i feel.

[@Mr.Leeroy]

I believe they routinely mark all of these 3535 size footprint AL heatsink adapters. Since you can buy them in bulk separetly and they still come with Cree indication as if it signifies this type of footpring in CN market.

[@bobroberts2371]

" Social Media Ready " sounds like 1990's computers and parts " Multi Media Ready "

[@wasdaletimelapse7658]

Is the enclosure deep enough to house an ESP32-cam? it would be interesting to take a picture through that bullseye😂

[@GreenAppelPie]

I have an unhealthy interest in light and have a few of these, the latest models come with RGB light and a remote, it’s quite nice

[@Lumibear.]

Ooh welcome to the club, my house is full of mood lighting because I find some of the modern tech fascinating, especially programmable animated RGB LED lighting with sensory input that causes dynamic motion effects. We should get T-shirts! ;)

[@matthewweinberger7023]

have you seen r/flashlight its not mood lighting but theres some crazy high power lights

[@midiwall]

@3:40 - I'd bet that the thought is that you could stand in front of it, and not have the light directly in your eyes. So, a color wash around your head for your next KZbin video.

[@pmpwiz]

When you said it was about 4 pounds I thought, "Dang, that's heavy for such a small lamp!"

[@doughunt5175]

Maybe the spot in the center is to light your face differently. Really just guessing from the pic. We could call it anti potato vision lighting!

[@CubbyTech]

USB Powered aka 5vDC if you were wondering (Back of the box says so)

[@OscarSommerbo]

There are at least two versions of the astronaut nebula lamp you featured, a more expensive unit with the laser class 1 warning labels.

[@Ni5ei]

Why don't you post that under the video about the astronaut lamp? 🤔

[@h-leath6339]

I have one of those! Except with mine they fed the wire through the neck to the base. And that is soo much not a Cree that I'm surprised they didn't spell it with a K.

[@brianallen9810]

The package looks like it's straight from the 70's. Too bad it doesn't have a bendy neck.

[@KeyboardBuster]

So judging from the box, it will turn you into a burned skin home boy brutha yo yo cRap artist?

[@terryhayward7905]

No store even close to me in Somerset, but amazon sell them for £15, now that is profiteering in a big way.

[@rickseiden1]

They are probably so cheap because of all the free labor they get. "JAFFA! CREE!"

[@Lumibear.]

Oh I have the exact same lamp, except mine has a 3 colour cob led with remote, and a curious cellophane film behind the lens that creates a pretty colour change across the projected light. Otherwise physically identical, it cost around £8 from Ali, about 2 years ago.

[@bigclivedotcom]

Search on eBay for dichroic film.

[@Lumibear.]

@@Throckmorton.Scribblemonger “yes”.

[@shadetreemechanicracing22]

You're a bad influence on me. Now I've ordered two of them, and thinking of how to fill them.

[@simonhopkins3867]

Reminds me of the cafe table lamps you showed us. I bet you were faster than a tiger when you saw that.

[@mxslick50]

He was fast like a bear. 😂

[@dustinsmith8341]

3:05 I wonder if this is an optical illusion. If you mark out a tiny ring to separate the yellow and green I bet it would be way more distinct.

[@DarthPerkins]

I added a quantum capacitor and a ruby focussing lens to make lasers for my sharks heads.

[@TheNewton]

The dots are maybe for reduced brightness when the lights pointed at your face? but why for only the green ones

[@robwilkes]

Colour fringe is called chromatic aberration in optical physics.

[@Quickened1]

You could glue some lead weights into the base to make it more stable... It reminds me of the old candlestick microphones... Cool for the price of admission! 👍

[@JohnDlugosz]

You didn't comment on the wire going out a hole in the dome, rather than down the tube. Even the foam insert has a channel for the wire!

[@AndyFletcherX31]

That box looks like something from the 1970s.

[@vtbn53]

LOL they cost $25 here in Australia - very typical

[@gregorythomas333]

That is a very nice lamp...wish we had those stores here :)

[@Lumibear.]

Available in all good (?) Chinese landfill sites!

[@tncorgi92]

There's got to be something like it on eBay or maybe Amazon.

[@MrRelevance02]

i have one with wifi and rgb sound control too

[@DiDaenskePyndt]

I'd love to pop one of those round LCD-screens into one of these, and see how that looks!

[@coondogtheman]

I have something like this but it's a family dollar version. It does work and it puts a very nice orange circle on the ceiling.

[@RODALCO2007]

Nice lamp, has a lot of options available to suit the purpose with different LED's.

[@nickg1266]

I think the green with a dark patch is for if you record a green screen for socials ect

[@nekosarantango865]

The green with the black dot looks like the magic eye from tech of old! 😂

[@rustyudder]

I got one. It's the cheapest thing ever 😅, awe man mine is even cheaper them yours 😢

[@kewakl8891]

All this and they could not figure out how to channel the wiring up the tube!

[@shayanthis]

I have two of these. They are pretty great as is, but also, fun to hack

[@two_tier_gary_rumain]

How hot does it get? I have a torch (or flashlight as the Americans would call it) that claims to be an Ultrafire. I got it on eBay from a Chinese vendor so ... Anyway, I had a flexhose water connector under the main bathroom sink develop a leak (tiny little thing that I could have just taped up but it was about 25 years old and seemed to be going and it was easy enough to replace it). Well, that's when the drama started. I struggled to get it loose from the hot water tap under the sink due to rust. The other end connects into the wall and was OK. The space under the sink was so tight I used a shaving mirror and this torch to see what I was doing. After a long struggle, I managed to get it off. But the torch got so hot at its head. It had a COB behind a lens. The head unscrews so you can replace the battery but I can't seem to take the head itself apart. The COB is clear enough behind the lens. No branding on it. Not sure why it would get so hot. After 10 minutes it's very hot to the touch. I found that a little unusual.

[@bigclivedotcom]

It stays fairly cool.

[@Cassandra_Johnson]

Too bad there is no place to buy this stuff online for us across the pond.

[@danbrit9848]

i found 2 at my dollar store ...thay are grate and cant beat the price

[@imqqmi]

You could print a gobo and project an image on the walll with it.

[@TimMatrix]

Sorry, I couldn't hear what you said about the price for this product? I'm deaf and the auto-captioning isn't near perfect. Thanks Clive.

[@chrisfairbrother9197]

Clive said £4

[@notsogreat123]

lovely fringe caused by Chromic aberration from crappy lens.