Many people love to read their favorite books in pitch darkness by the light of a flashlight. This habit must have been ingrained at an early age, when children hide under a blanket with a book from their parents. Today, the more traditional books that have become familiar to us in the binder are electronic ones . But even for their reading in the dark you can not do without a source of bright light.
General information
Immediately the question arises, why do we need a flashlight or a lamp for reading an electronic book? But what about the backlighting of the screen? The thing is that the highlighting of electronic books, and in particular of their early models, which are still in the process, is far from perfect. Their main drawback is the uneven illumination of the screen. For this reason, to read some of the fragments of the text of the book, you have to strain your eyes. The latest development in this area is called "liquid ink". This is a special type of black and white screens of electronic books, there is no highlighting at all. Considering the fact that the average user of this gadget spends several hours a day reading, one can only imagine what kind of overload his vision is subjected to. If you neglect this matter for a long time, then the problems with vision are just around the corner. To solve this problem, a special flashlight for reading e-books was created.
Variations of flashlights
Many lantern manufacturers responded to this problem. In a few months, various concepts were created, the most successful and popular of them is a flashlight-clothespin for reading books. It can not be said that this idea was new, similar devices were used before for reading ordinary books. Only their design was modified, which allowed to reliably fix the flashlight on the cover of the electronic book. This device for lighting has an adjustable angle with respect to the screen of the gadget, and it does not need to be held in hand.
Some manufacturers decided to approach this issue in a comprehensive manner. They came to the conclusion that it is necessary to combine two in one - a cover with illumination. Among such specimens, you can find decent samples, but they will cost several times more than a good cover for an e-book and flashlight-clothespins separately.
There are also desktop versions of miniature LED lamps for reading electronic books, but they are much inferior in functionality to the devices described above.
Among users of electronic books there is an opinion that it is better to buy a good flashlight with a clothespin, and not overpay extra. But among the flashlights there are models that, to put it mildly, do not justify expectations. The next section will tell you what to look for when choosing a flashlight, so as not to buy useless junk, veiled under a quality product.
How to choose?
So, what to base your choice on so as not to get trapped? Let's take a step-by-step look at what a set of qualities a good flashlight for an e-book should have.
- First, pay attention to the ergonomics of the device. The clothespin should have a reliable locking mechanism, the hinge should be fixed when bending, do not unbend spontaneously.
To avoid permanent replacement of batteries, it is better to overpay a little once for a model with large capacity batteries. The higher the capacity, the longer the gadget will work without recharging. - It is best to choose LED flashlights - their energy consumption is the lowest of all existing ones.
- Do not trust unknown producers. It is better to pay a little more expensive, and buy a standing model. Especially well proven brands are Orient, PocketBook and Sony.
And in the end do not forget, staying up late reading books is fraught with lack of sleep and bad mood throughout the coming day.