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Govee Floor Lamp Pro Review: Elevate Your Space with Lights and Sounds

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PROS:


  • Handsome minimalist design with a fabric-covered base

  • Built-in speaker in the RGB-lit base

  • Bright and colorful lights that can sync to music

  • Includes a magnetic remote control

CONS:


  • Speaker output quality is average

  • Matter support still unavailable

RATINGS:

AESTHETICS
ERGONOMICS
PERFORMANCE
SUSTAINABILITY / REPAIRABILITY
VALUE FOR MONEY

EDITOR'S QUOTE:

The Govee Floor Lamp Pro delivers a breathtaking audiovisual experience that syncs to the music while also standing proudly as a design object when the lights are off.

Most of us probably presume that lamps either hang from ceilings, stick to walls, or stand on tables. While elevated lighting is indeed necessary to provide illumination in the darkness, every inch of your room or house definitely deserves a bit of light, especially when it adds a splash of color as well. As far as ambient lighting products go, the tall, stick-like figures known as RGB floor lamps are probably the least known or appreciated. Govee might very well be changing that perception with its new Floor Lamp Pro which not only brings pro-level features deserving of its name but also looks quite sleek and elegant standing anywhere in the room, even when all its lights are turned off.

Designer: Govee

Click Here to Buy Now: $219.99.

Aesthetics

Govee has dozens of designs for different kinds of lighting solutions, but if there’s one trait they share it’s that they shine best when the lights are on, figuratively and literally. When they’re off, they tend to look unimpressive, at least for those that aren’t hidden behind TVs or stuck to wall corners. Floor lamps, however, are always visible and are, therefore, designed to be seen. Fortunately, the Govee Floor Lamp Pro is something that you’ll love seeing even if there’s no light show taking place.

Available in black and gray color options, the Govee Floor Lamp Pro’s dark silhouette cuts a rather striking figure whether it’s standing in a corner or placed somewhere in the middle of the room. The floor lamp’s shape is pretty simple: a tall, thin rod standing on top of a cylindrical base. On closer inspection, you will realize that the rod is made of sturdy aluminum that slightly wraps around a white silicone LED light strip. You’ll hardly see this color contrast unless you intentionally turn the light strip into view, which is actually easy to do since you can rotate the rod 360 degrees.

The can-shaped base is covered with a fabric-like material reminiscent of those found wrapped around smart speakers. That association isn’t by accident as the Floor Lamp Pro, unlike Govee’s other lights, actually comes with a built-in Bluetooth speaker. This makes the product an all-in-one light and sound system, one of the extremely few floor lamps with such a feature. The bottom of the base itself isn’t covered by this soft material as it exposes the base’s own RGB lights, yet another defining feature of this new Govee Floor Lamp Pro.

Although you can expect the Govee Floor Lamp Pro to be a dazzling sight once the psychedelic lights start to dance, what sets this design apart is how it still catches your eyes once the show is over. Unless you’re familiar with these kinds of RGB floor lamps, you might actually mistake it as some modern design object meant to add some minimalist elegance to your room. This pretty much means that the Floor Lamp Pro provides value all the time, even when you’re not actively using its bright lights.

Ergonomics

Just like any Govee product, setting up the Floor Lamp Pro is practically a breeze. Given the rod’s 67-inch height, you shouldn’t be surprised that it comes in four pieces that you can quickly join and screw together in a snap. You slip in the silicone light strip and install the rod into the base, easily connecting the wires to finally finish the process. It can be done in around 10 minutes, depending on how well-versed you are at assembling things.

You won’t be handling the Govee Floor Lamp Pro most of the time, at least not directly, which is probably for the best. After all, it’s meant to stand in a corner of the room and stay there until the next time you redecorate. And even when you do need to control it, you won’t be able to do it on the lamp itself anyway because it lacks any form of physical control. Instead, you will be operating the lamp remotely, mostly through your smartphone.

Surprisingly, Govee ships a Bluetooth-enabled remote control with the Floor Lamp Pro, which gives you quick and instant access to some of the most basic and important functions. Instead of fiddling with the app to turn down the volume, you can simply press down the button on the remote to save you the trouble and the stress. And to make sure you don’t lose that small remote, you can magnetically stick it to the lamp’s metal rod until you next need its services.

The Govee Floor Lamp Pro isn’t exactly lightweight at 7.3lbs (3.3kg), but that’s fine since you’re unlikely to move it around anyway. One trick that it does have is that you can turn the rod around, making it trivial to customize the lighting experience from bouncing off walls to directly shining the light in your direction. All in all, this Govee product is just as easy to set up just like its siblings, though there is definitely some assembly required. Operating it is also straightforward, though the Govee Home app can admittedly be a bit daunting and overwhelming for first-time users, but that is mostly because of the plethora of features available for such a simple-looking product.

Performance

When you first turn on the Govee Floor Lamp Pro, you might actually be blinded by how bright the LED lights are. It is to be expected from a flagship Govee product, but this one definitely takes it up a notch with a 2,100 ANSI lumens brightness. Govee didn’t skimp on the LED beads either. The light strip, for example, has 162 RGB units and 162 white units, while the base has 30 RGB beads and 30 white beads.

What all these numbers mean in practice is that you have a bright and unbroken beam of light wherever the Floor Lamp Pro shines. You won’t see any distinct cuts or patterns on the projected light thanks to the high density of LED beads distributed along the length of the light strip. And thanks to Govee’s RGBICWW technology, your eyes are treated to the widest range of colors, turning every moment a psychedelic experience.

The Govee Floor Lamp Pro, however, doesn’t stop there. As mentioned earlier, this is one of the extremely few floor lamps to bear a speaker inside. And not just any speaker, mind you, but a Bluetooth speaker system with two full-range and one low-frequency speaker inside. What would normally be a captivating light show becomes an immersive multimedia experience that dances to the beat of your music or even your film. That speaker, though loud, won’t exactly blow your mind with its quality. It’s decent enough for small parties and enhancing the mood of a film or soundtrack, but it isn’t going to win any awards, especially against actual speakers from audio brands.

The Floor Lamp Pro has the ability to sync its lights to music like a magical light and sound show. It can use either the built-in mic to listen to the sounds around it or, better yet, the built-in Bluetooth speaker playing your own tunes streaming from your phone. With Govee DreamView, you can even sync other Govee lights so they all dance to the same beat, whether they’re in the same room or scattered throughout the house. This Music Mode is just one of the many features you can access from the Govee Home app, of course, and there are literally a dozen others you can pick out to set the right mood at the right time, from scheduled activation to scenes for different holidays. You can even enjoy 29 preset white noise sounds to calm you down and help you focus, though not everyone might like the available selection. Fortunately, you can always use your own relaxing notes thanks to the lamp’s speaker.

As a smart lamp, you have a variety of ways you can control the lamp, though what you’ve heard so far requires your fingers to tap your way through menus and options. You can also use your voice thanks to integration with Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant. Unfortunately, the Govee Floor Lamp Pro doesn’t yet support the new Matter standard that would open up compatibility with other smart home platforms and devices. That will eventually come, but there’s no timeline yet for its arrival.

Sustainability

The Govee Floor Lamp Pro is an exceptional smart lighting product, but it isn’t that too different from other brands when it comes to the materials it uses. There’s plenty of plastic to go around, especially with the silicone light strip. That said, the Floor Lamp Pro is a little unique in its use of slightly more sustainable materials like the aluminum rod and fabric-like cover for the base.

Any damage, however, would require sending the product back for repairs, which is thankfully a straightforward and painless process. It’d be impossible to repair the light strip on your own, at least not without extensive electronics experience, though you might get by with a few dents and knicks on the metal rod. Hopefully, as Govee’s business grows, so will its efforts in sustainability in order to secure a brighter future for its customers.

Value

Truth be told, a floor lamp is a harder sell compared to products like string or strip lights. The latter are more general-purpose and more flexible as they can be used in almost any situation or design. That said, they also don’t have a big effect when it comes to coloring an entire space, at least not without investing in longer strips. Not only is that not economical, it’s not very efficient either.

The Govee Floor Lamp Pro has the power to really change the atmosphere inside a space. Whether it’s bouncing off walls or shining directly, the bright and colorful lights can easily reach across the room. The magic, however, really happens when you start pairing those lights with sounds coming from the lamp’s own speaker. Best of all, it remains just as captivating as a decorative design when it’s not in use. For a floor lamp that costs $219.99, that’s quite a steal.

Verdict

Smart floor lamps are still a pretty niche market, and it might be difficult to justify one or two if you’re not a gamer or a die-hard room modder. Of course, these aren’t the only audiences that these lights serve, but most people probably can’t imagine what they’d want a vertical stick of light for. With the Floor Lamp Pro, however, Govee is pushing the envelope of what floor lamps are capable of and trying to break the mold with a smart lighting solution that can instantly change the ambiance of a room in a cost-efficient and space-saving manner.

The configurable and bright RGB lights are already impressive, but their ability to sync with the music playing from the lamp’s built-in speakers really takes the immersion up a notch. The wide variety of modes and features enables you to almost literally paint a different picture of your room every time, whether you’re having a lively party or trying to focus on work. The Govee Floor Lamp Pro’s value, however, doesn’t end when the lights go off and the music stops. With a sleek minimalist design and quality materials, it becomes a design object that adds a different kind of aesthetic, one that can speak loudly with fewer words and without the dazzling lights.

Click Here to Buy Now: $219.99.

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This Smart Light is what you get if a Disco Ball and Smart Bulb had a baby

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If the 20th century had the lava lamp, the 21st century has the GLORB. It’s dynamic, portable, customizable, smart, heck, it’s even waterproof.

A geodesic sphere, where each individual facet is a dedicated LED panel. The GLORB isn’t your average smart home lighting solution. Forget the moon lamps of 2020, the sunset lights of 2021, and those atrocious astronaut-shaped projector lamps that still pass off as ambient lights. The GLORB might just be the most beautifully dynamic ambient smart light ever made.

Designer: Alexander Osika

Click Here to Buy Now: $129 $199 (35% off). Hurry, only 3/630 left! Raised over $381,000.

On the inside, the GLORB’s like any other smart bulb. It changes colors, connects to the internet, is audio-responsive, and has the ability to animate light patterns… But zoom out and you’ll see what makes the GLORB so alluring. Made up of 80 different triangular panels that light up in various colors, the GLORB looks like a disco ball, but instead of working on reflecting light, the GLORB itself comes to life by lighting up in uniquely different ways.

The app works by combining a palette and an animation. Save the combination as a favorite. Favorites can be placed into playlists that you can name for any specific occasion or mood.

The multiple panels allow the GLORB to come to life by breathing light and color. Roughly the size of a football, the faceted light can either be hung from the ceiling or used as a tabletop ambient light. It comes with its own stand, runs on 5V of power (which means you can operate it via a power bank too), and can be controlled by an app, through your smart home network, or even with music. The GLORB boasts compatibility with Alexa, Philips Hue, Homey, and Home Assistant, with future support for Google Home, Apple Home Kit, and even Matter.

You can stream your music directly to the GLORB.

The GLORB makes for a perfect ambient light during movie night, a house party, a backdrop for your vlog or podcast, or even to pair along with your RGB gaming gear. The 80 individual LED panels pulsate light, changing colors or breathing an individual hue to make it look like the lamp is living. Through the app, you can select from a variety of animations and adjust the brightness or pulsating speed. The app also lets you pair multiple GLORBs together so they shine in synchronicity, and an audio-responsive mode allows the GLORB to even respond to music, quite literally mimicking the dynamic appeal of a disco ball.

Each GLORB comes made from a mix of plant-based polymers as well as recyclable plastic. The GLORB comes paired with a dedicated faceted stand that also doubles up as a ceiling mount, letting you either keep the orb on a tabletop surface or hanging as an ambient pendant light. The light works without the stand too, running directly on a power supply or a power bank, and it’s water-resistant too, which means you could take it outdoors to upgrade your camping experience, place it in your garden for an ambient evening, or strategically arrange them around your swimming pool for the most incredible night-time pool party ever. The GLORB is both WiFi and Bluetooth compatible, and will get better with time through free OTA updates.

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IKEA JETSTRÖM smart LED wall light panel embodies the brand’s minimalist spirit

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It’s almost too easy to get into the smart lighting scene, especially if you consider bulbs you can simply screw on, string lights you just need to hang, or panels you can stick to walls or other flat surfaces. That said, the theory might be simple, but the design and features of these smart lights can sometimes be complex and confusing, requiring owners to spend time, effort, and energy on setting up the “perfect” installation. Ever the masters of minimalism, IKEA is fighting against the flow with its newest smart light design, basically just a simple, nondescript square panel that does one thing but does it to beautiful perfection.

Designer: Andreas Fredriksson (IKEA)

IKEA can probably be credited for popularizing two things: flat-packed furniture, and Scandinavian minimalism. Granted, some of its designs straddle the fine line separating design trends, and it has also become infamous for simple yet overpriced products. The new IKEA JETSTRÖM, however, seems to go back to the roots of the brand’s design language, championing elegant minimalism that can fit any interior motif over complex shapes and features.

Like the ceiling lamp of the same name, the new JETSTRÖM is a single-piece lighting panel, this time just a 30cm x 30cm (11.8in x 11.8in) square. It’s not a plain square though, as it has rounded corners and curved edges, softening some of the harshness that usually comes from straight edges and inorganic forms. There’s only one color available for the diffuser cover, and you can’t really go wrong with white in order to blend well with different wall colors and decors.

That’s pretty much it in terms of visual design and aesthetics. There are no connecting mechanisms to worry about, as each JETSTRÖM is intended to be a self-sufficient and sometimes isolated unit. You can place several of these squares side by side if you want to, but there’s no requirement or expectation to do so, unlike wall-mounted smart lights like those from Nanoleaf. In a way, it’s a “what you see is what you get” kind of experience, and it’s a simple yet powerful one.

It might look simple, but the JETSTRÖM isn’t lacking in smart lighting features, at least when it comes to the essentials. The default cold white light can be made warmer to set the mood, or set to different colors to match a theme. All of these can be set from the IKEA Home mobile app, whether on its own or in concert with other IKEA smart lights via the DIRIGERA hub. To keep things even simpler, you can use a dedicated remote, though that’s a separate purchase. And contrary to expectations, the IKEA JETSTRÖM actually only costs around $44, which is pretty affordable for a large smart LED panel, especially one that comes from IKEA.

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The ultimate table lamp is perfect for studying, parties, midnight fridge-raids, and can even charge your phone

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Back in the 20th century, a lamp was just a lamp. It had a bulb, a switch, and either a battery or a cable that connected to a plug socket. Today, the term Lamp doesn’t have those simpler definitions. Meet the rather ironically named Boring Lamp – it comes with a power source as well as a built-in battery. It can be both height and angle-adjusted on its sleek base, or detached entirely to be used as a light baton for walking around the house, or a lightsaber for play-fights with your friends, siblings, or kids. The lamp features individually addressable LEDs that shine in a variety of colors (including gradients) and even respond to music, and if all that wasn’t enough, the Boring Lamp’s base comes with a 15W wireless charger for your phone and TWS earbuds.

Designer: The Boring Lamp

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The first thing that strikes you with the Boring Lamp (aside from that name) is the design. It’s slick, to say the least, and features a baton-shaped light attached to a cylindrical stand, with the ability to adjust its angle, tilt, and height. The entire lamp, base and all, is made from metal, giving it a minimalism that the modern tech enthusiast would appreciate, while also allowing the lamp to easily dissipate any heat generated by the 54 high-quality LEDs built into the lamp’s lighting system. The LEDs can be activated by a simple tap on the end of the lamp, and tapping again can let you cycle between warm, cool, gradient, and music-reactive modes, while long-tapping lets you adjust the LED brightness.

The Boring Lamp’s modular, magnetic design makes it easy to install, disassemble, and replace.

The slide rail design allows for height adjustment, and the lamp arm rotates 360° for perfect illumination, exactly where you need it.

The Boring Lamp’s modular magnetic design and unique lamp bracket make it easy to transform into a monitor light bar which you can place above your screen for a space-saving solution.

It comes with a built-in mic that syncs with the beat of your music or even clapping and stomps.

Colors can sync with the colors of movies and games- experience a new level of immersion like you’ve never seen before.

Can also use a battery module to transform into a portable Light Sword.

Where the Boring Lamp really differs from others is in its ability to detach from its base to become a battery-powered wireless light. When you don’t need a table lamp, just unplug the lamp element from its stand and use it as a standalone handheld torch instead of your smartphone flashlight. The lamp also plugs right into its base as a vertical pillar of light, or even onto desktop monitor mounts that let it double as a much more tailor-made light-bar that illuminates your keyboard and workspace without the base eating into your table’s real estate. This versatile approach to lighting allows the Boring Lamp to transform into jus the kind of light you need, whether it’s a warm light to read a book under, a cool light to keep you alert as you send that important email, or just a glowing, ever-changing ambient gradient that dances to music to keep the party going, and to keep your life anything EXCEPT boring…

The name Boring Lamp probably comes from the fact that it’s the antithesis of a ‘smart’ lamp that has its own app and interface. The Boring Lamp doesn’t require an app, given that it works just fine entirely on its own, providing versatility and functionality in the same heartbeat. The lamp does, however, charge your smartphone thanks to a 15W wireless charger built right into its base. Designed to work with a device kept at any orientation, the Boring Lamp’s base can fast-charge your phone or even your TWS earbuds simply by placing them in the charging zone.

Each Boring Lamp is built with a design that’s equal parts sleek and durable. The slim outer frame comes made from aluminum, offering a lightweight design while being able to rapidly dissipate heat, while the LEDs in the lamp are rated with a 60,000 hour lifespan, giving your Boring Lamp more than a decade’s worth of use. The Boring Lamp starts at $79 for its bare-basics version, although for $99 you can grab the lamp along with all its accessories, including the desktop monitor mount.

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Top 10 Smart Lights That Become The Center of Attention and Brighten Up Your Everyday Life

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Although they were still novelties a few years back, smart homes have started to become more common these days. It’s not a complete makeover, though; just a few embracing connected appliances and devices to automate the boring rote things in their lives. Some people are afraid to take the plunge because of misconceptions about the complexity and cost of upgrading to a smart house, but there’s really no need to go all out all at once. You can always start simple and work up to a more sophisticated setup, and nothing gets simpler than lights that can automatically turn on or off without you pushing a single switch or button. To help get you started, here are ten of the best smart lighting options in the market, whether you need an artistic indoor lamp to set the right mood or a bright outdoor light to protect you and your loved ones.

1. Gingko Moon Lamp

We all love a little magic in our lives, even if it’s just something that to look at for a short period of time. The right lights can do that with a mesmerizing light show, but what if you could take the magical feeling a step further? What if you could almost literally shrink down the moon and put it on your desk, always available for you to behold in awe whenever you feel like it?

The Gingko Moon Lamp is more than a moon-shaped light source, though it does that splendidly with a texture that closely mimics the surface of the moon. It floats on top of its wooden pedestal like magic and rotates slowly to enchant you with its mystical charm. It’s also eco-friendly, made from biodegradable PLA and reclaimed wood, giving it an internal and unseen beauty that is reflected in its otherworldly visage.

Click Here to Buy Now: $199

2. Halo Rise

Most lights are naturally designed to provide illumination in the dark, so they don’t have much use when you actually need the room to be dark, like at night. Not everyone wants to have a bedside lamp turned on all night, but almost everyone wants to wake up to a gentle light, almost like the sunrise. The latter has become especially important after studies show how beneficial such a kind of light is to the body and mind when waking up.

Halo Rise is a bedside lamp that provides such a feature and then some. When you’re asleep, it acts as a sleep tracker you don’t have to wear that lets you keep tabs on the quality of your sleep to improve it. And when it’s time to wake up, it simulates the sunrise to wake up in the most natural way. While most lights just work to let you see in the dark, Halo Rise works even at night to ensure you’ll get the best and most restful sleep you deserve.

Click Here to Buy Now: $139.99

3. Moonside Neon Crystal Cube

Sometimes, lighting is meant less to provide illumination and more to add accents to a space. This is often the case for lamps with peculiar patterns or softer lights that can evoke certain moods, depending on what they’re showing. Their functionality might not be as critical as, say, ceiling lights or reading lamps, but they’re still important in setting up a more comfortable atmosphere, depending on your preferences.

The Moonside Neon Crystal Cube is an intriguing product that practically puts a lighting art piece on your desk or shelf. Bright LEDs can be controlled independently to produce single swathes of soothing colors or a kaleidoscopic light show bursting with life, setting the correct mood that you need at any given time.

Click Here to Buy Now: $153 $218 (29% off).

4. IKEA Symfonisk

By definition, lamps are visual products, and depending on their location, they’re designed to be either eye-catching or invisible. In reality, there are really not that many limitations to what a lamp can do as long as they are able to provide the most basic function of illumination. That means that they can not only be works of art but also function as other devices as well.

The IKEA Symfonisk is one such example of a multi-functional lamp that looks exquisitely elegant. It comes as a cylindrical table lamp with a rather unique circular lampshade, but its secret power is that it’s also a 360-degree Wi-Fi speaker as well. It’s a product that looks good and sounds good, even when the light is turned off.

Click Here to Buy Now: $178.99 $239.99 (25% off).

5. Ring Solar Floodlight

The majority of smart lights you’ll see in the market are all meant for indoor use. After all, those are the easiest to replace in your life and also the most dynamic. Depending on how often you move around, these lights might be turned on and off multiple times a day, so automating their switches has the most return on investment for not so much effort.

The Ring Solar Floodlight brings that same convenience to an area that’s often taken for granted in homes or rather outside of homes. It provides bright light that can be controlled automatically or through a variety of apps and services, and it can even be connected to other Ring devices like the Ring doorbell for improved home security. Best of all, it’s solar powered, so you don’t have to worry about the added burden on the environment and your electricity bill.

Click Here to Buy Now: $89.99

6. Nanoleaf Elements

While picking smart lighting is serious business, that doesn’t mean it can’t be fun as well. Selecting the right pieces and combining them in a pleasing way can feel almost like a puzzle game. Most lights, however, limit you to a specific arrangement, but there are some that provide a bit more flexibility, allowing you to design the final appearance of the puzzle.

With its hexagonal panels, the Nanoleaf Elements leaves you free to mix and match pieces as you wish. They may look like wooden pieces when turned off, but these lighting panels come to life in both static and dynamic ways, depending on your whim at the moment. They also make for interesting wall decor, even when they’re not providing mood lighting to your living area or room.

Click Here to Buy Now: Starting from $249.99

7. Teno

Most of the eye-catching smart lamps tend to attract attention with their dazzling colors and psychedelic light shows, but that can sometimes turn out to be a bit overwhelming for some tastes. Other people prefer to spark interest with subtler yet more manageable designs, particularly ones that are minimalist yet intriguing. A form-changing lamp would definitely fall under that category, especially one that doesn’t look anything like a lamp at all.

At first glance, Teno looks like a bowl-shaped stone with a large crack in the middle. Pull it open sideways, however, and you will be greeted by an almost otherworldly glow. What’s even more unexpected is that the product is also a smart speaker in disguise. Minimalist, aesthetic, tactile, and functional, it’s a one-of-a-kind lamp that can do many things without looking pretentious.

Click Here to Buy Now: $350

8. Twinkly Squares

Who says that lamps should only emit a single hue or an amorphous combination of colors? While that’s definitely the most efficient type of lighting for practical purposes, you don’t need to be limited by such considerations in this smart age. Going beyond just dynamic lighting, you can even turn part of your wall into an almost literal work of art, and you don’t have to burn a hole in your wallet with a flat wall TV.

Twinkly Squares are smart LED wall panels that let you put pixel art images and designs on your wall, turning your living space into the next smart attraction. Whether you’re displaying a static picture or moving patterns of colors and lines, these squares give not only brighten up the area but make it pop to life with eye-catching visuals any time of the day. Of course, everything is controllable through apps, and it can even sync with the lights of your PC gaming rig.

Click Here to Buy Now: Starting at $249.99

9. Govee Lyra Corner Floor Lamp

We sometimes have preconceived notions of what lamps should look like, but you’d be surprised at the variety of shapes and designs available out there. Not all lights need to be mounted on walls or ceilings, and neither do they need to be put on top of desks and surfaces. There are lamps that stand tall on floors, for example, and there are some that can even look like nondescript sticks you’d never expect to be a lamp at all.

The Govee Lyra almost disappears into the background when you place it in a corner of the room, but the moment you turn its RGB lights on, it becomes the life of the party. You can combine a variety of colors and effects to literally light up the space, or you can select a more solid but softer glow that won’t hurt your eyes when you read. Whether it’s actually on a corner or standing against a wall, this tall RGB glow stick is sure to catch anyone’s attention and make you the talk of the town.

Click Here to Buy Now: $109.99 $149.99 (20% off + get additional $10 off with code ‘FL10’)

10. MOMAX QL1 Desk Lamp with Wireless Charger

Fancy lighting and mood-setting lamps might be great for creating a proper atmosphere, but when it comes to functional lighting for work or study, simpler is better. Simple doesn’t have to mean simplistic, though, and there is plenty of room for the venerable desk lamp to have a meaningful upgrade. From smooth moving parts to premium materials to extra features that don’t get in the way, all it takes is some creative thinking to pull it all together.

MOMAX did exactly that with its QL1 Desk Lamp, which at first glance, looks like a desk lamp like any other. The use of high-quality materials, however, sets it apart from the common lot, and its gentle LED makes sure your eyes don’t get too strained even after hours of working. Even better, its base reclaims desk space by functioning as a Qi-compatible wireless charger, providing you with a 2-in-1 smart product that doesn’t get in the way of your productivity.

Click Here to Buy Now: $56.99 $62.99 (10% off )

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