Portable USB Light Laptop Light for Keyboard Flexible Stick Dimmable Touch Switch LED White Light Lamp for Laptop Computer PC (Black)

I have a keyboard that could use an occasional light at night and didn't want the bulky desk lamp due to the small space available where this sits.This worked out well. I actually added some 2 sided tape to it and stuck it under the front of the monitor.The built in USB cord is of decent length, though I did need to add a separate USB extender so this would reach to the location of the PC these are connected to.The USB cord is pretty solid and holds it shape if you need to bend or twist it. a bit.The on/off button is touch activated, so no need to actually push a button.It's also more than bright enough to light the keyboard area, but not be in your face.

I like a super dim light. Just enough to see the laptop keys. This does the trick. It has a touch-sensor to turn it on/off to full brightness. But, if you hold that sensor, the light dims until its lowest setting (it will stop a min brightness, not at "Off"). Since it resets to max every time, I could see it being annoying if you want a specific mid-level brightness, but I'm only interested in the Min and sometimes Max, so it's perfect. Some lights I see, the lowest dimness is really just 50%, but this is closer to 10% as it should be.It's also thin (I'd say like a pencil) so it's as unobtrusive as a bar light can be, and easy to stash in a laptop bag. The neck is also metal and feels nice and durable.1 thing IDK how I feel about: The construction of the lamp housing. This consists of a thin metal tube wrapped around a thin hard-plastic clear tube, inside of which is a strip of LEDs. About 1/3 of the metal tube is cut away to expose the plastic and LEDs.So say you have it horizontal. Now say you want to roll/rotate it so it shines at a higher or lower angle (think barrel roll). It's really difficult to do because for you to grip it well enough to get the necessary torque, you're squeezing a thin metal tube, and probably also the exposed plastic. Additionally, the plastic tube is free-rotating inside the metal tube. Because of the strong neck, it takes some force to rotate, and the ability to grip it just isn't there. You can use some wiggle-trickery to work the neck to do what you want, it's just not the natural action one would perform to accomplish the task.Having said that, if you don't squeeze the lamp housing tube, I can't see many problems happening. I only used it once, will update if anything bad does happen in the near future.

Ok, even though I am a pretty swell touch typist - thank you 7th grade! - I still occasionally glance at the keyboard.Especially with that pesky top number/character row (pretty handy when I want to use a crude invective but I know it's going to be read by my Aunt Virginia). Where was I? Oh yeah, this USB light thing. Anyway, now that I am officially old and my current laptop (Chromebook actually) does NOT have a lighted keyboard ($%#$ you HP) I have a very hard time seeing the keys at night...even WITH the lights on. Anyhow, I searched the amazing purveyor of all things "stuff", Amazon, for a keyboard light and found this "Mudder Portable USB Flexible Stick Dimmable Touch Switch LED White Light Lamp for Laptop Computer PC" thing and bought it. Well, the dang thing works like a charm. A lot of light, the touch button is so soft I feel like I am on the Enterprise whenever I use it. For only eight bucks it is completely useful and let voila, low light, dim key problem solved! I definitely recommend it for the low light, eyeball challenged.So with such great enthusiasm why only four stars you may well be asking yourself (or maybe asking why doesn't this idiot shut up already). Well, the one tiny drawback is that if not positioned correctly there can be just a bit of glare off the screen which can be offputting. So, Mudder, ya want five stars? Put a small light shade on the edges of this thing so that its light is concentrated down on the keys and not the screen. Charge a buck more, still completely worth it.In summation: small, light weight, very easy to use, a lot of light, and best of all cheap! I recommend it.

I use these, not just with my laptop, but with my DJ and PA equipment rigs to light up the area I am working in, such as mixing console, lighting console, etc.