Pleat Battery Operated Table Lamp

What it is

A cordless table lamp with an aluminium body and a fabric shade, running on a 1000mAh built-in battery. Because there is no flex, it goes where a lamp normally cannot: the middle of a dining table, a windowsill, a bathroom shelf, a bedside table nowhere near a socket, or a garden table on a still evening.

Touch dimming, and three whites

The whole lamp is the switch. Touch it to turn it on, hold to dim, and it cycles through three light colours: white, warm and natural.

Warm is the one for evenings and a bedside, where cooler light keeps you awake. Natural is the one for a dressing table or a desk corner, where you want to see colour honestly. Being able to move between them is most of the reason to own a lamp like this rather than a fixed one.

Five to six hours per charge

Five to six hours of battery life from the 1000mAh cell. That covers a long dinner or an evening on the sofa comfortably, but it is not a lamp you leave running all night. If you use it daily, expect to put it back on charge most days.

It is rated under 60 lumens, so treat it as mood light rather than a reading lamp. For sustained reading, the Stem desk lamp or the Arc reading wall light are the better answer.

Where it works

Dining tables, bedside tables with no socket nearby, bookshelves, a desk corner, or outside on a table for an evening. It carries no weather rating, so bring it back in rather than leaving it out overnight or in rain.

Specifications

Stated voltages disagree across the specification, so we quote none. This is a low-voltage rechargeable lamp with no mains connection.