Desk Lamp VS Monitor Light Bars | Worth it?

[@MangoTangoFox]

I literally just use a normal lamp with a shade behind my side vertical monitor. It's a somewhat warm light, and illuminates the whole area in a very soft way without hard shadows by bouncing off the ceiling. I've tried other forms of highly directional LED lights, and the cooler temperature and high directionality of it FEELS incredibly uncomfortable to me. In pretty much any school/office, even though the lights are insanely bright, there's so many of them all across the ceiling that you don't get any hard shadows at all, and none of that "being under a spotlight on a stage" kind of uncomfortable pressure feeling. If I need more illumination for reading or writing on the desk surface, I just use another of the same lamp on the opposite side of the room, and if you plan it well you can position them so that there's zero bloom/reflection in your monitors. To improve that setup if you sometimes want a more gamer/techy vibe as well as the warm casual light, you can probably get some of the higher end controllable RGB bulbs that have one or multiple dedicated white LEDs in them.

[@brandon_wallace]

Another excellent review! This man knows how to review products.

[@MrEye4get]

I bought the XIAOMI Mi Computer Monitor Light bar and the light holder blocks the camera (when centered) on the Studio Camera! It triggers anyone's OCD since the light sits about 1 inch to the right or left of the monitor!

[@mohammadreza.t.]

Thanks for honest review. Should I worry about this light bar's reflection on top of the monitor? Does it haze the blacks? Any differents between BenQ, Xiaomi or Baseus in terms of blocking reflections?

[@whowhowho6149]

I have one BenQ and a Xiaomi, and in terms of refection, Benq is much better, whereas Xiaomi would make dust on screen more noticable and might not be suitable for screen that is placed higher that eye

[@mohammadreza.t.]

@@whowhowho6149 Yeah I see. Unfortunately the BenQ is unavailable in my region and I have only access to the Xiaomi and Baseus.

[@ReviewsForLifeYT]

I'm not sure how well those 3 compare, but I didn't notice much dust when the monitor is on for the xiaomi. (but my screens are generally pretty clean)

[@ahmedusama2136]

Is the light bar safe for frameless monitors?

[@weightycarlos]

Doesn’t it cast hand shadow when you do note takings?

[@smaao]

If you want to use the light for desk work without the computer on sometimes like reading, notebooking etc would you still recommend monitor light?

[@suryopras]

Is it slower on laptop with integrated grqphic?

[@Bobronium]

Bruh. You didn't go over the most important points: 1. A lot of monitor lamps shine on the monitor, drammatically reducing the contrast in the dark environment (when it actually makes sense to use the light). 2. Same goes with your eyes, when LEDs can be seen when the lamp is mounted. 3. The quality of the light (a lot of cheap LEDs tend to use PWM) 4. Can these lamps be controlled just by turning the power on/off from USB, allowing to switch them on/off automatically with the computer?

[@ReviewsForLifeYT]

Hey! Thanks for the feedback! 1. I mentioned reflections off the monitor at 0:39, but I could've spent some more time explaining it 2. 0:35, same here 3. are you talking about monitor light bars or desk lamps? or both? 4. yes if USB power is enabled when computer is off. Just know that USB power from computer is generally not enough to power the monitor lights Appreciate the comments

[@Bobronium]

@@ReviewsForLifeYT thanks for the answer! In my comment I talked only about monitor lights.

[@skang3368]

Are you paid by Xioma for this vlog?

[@digitalDolby]

Haha, even the laptop light bar is noticeably better than the desk lamp. Just look at the glare and reflections on the screen.

[@teabagNBG]

in my opinion if u dont read at ur desk and just use a computer these lights are useless...

[@gb76231]

your content is great

[@czarkowskipawelyt]

Had this Xiaomi lamp, it sucked

[@ReviewsForLifeYT]

what was bad about it? I'm genuinely curious

[@czarkowskipawelyt]

@@ReviewsForLifeYT Bad mount causing glare on the display. Benq's so much better.

[@EmperorStorky]

@@czarkowskipawelyt I guess you pay what you get for. I am very pleased with my BenQ ScreenBar Halo.

[@re.liable]

Nice video

[@mohammadreza.t.]

Hey bro, I really need my answer!

[@gbxgbxgbx]

Put the desk lamp high over the monitor and a little behind. BAAAM the desk lamp won. Money saved. No need to thank me. Didn't even watch the vid.

[@gbxgbxgbx]

One more thing - first You buy a high end monitor with maxed specs that are barely makes difference to human eye, and then you mount a lamp that shines directly on it, if even slightly, it's easily visible... :)

[@khj5582]

You used a desk lamp for kids as a reference. Why didn't you choose a proper desk lamp to make a fair comparison?