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The Beam N Read Hands Free Light from ASF Lightware Solutions is a versatile, personal, portable, LED light that is worn around the neck and lights up personal space. Often compared with clip-on "book lights", a Beam N Read Hands Free Light delivers much more flexibility than a book light. It delivers a wider light than clip lights, easily works with newspapers as well as books, and provides anywhere, anytime lighting for tasks like knitting or writing without disturbing others. Battery life is a lot longer so the ongoing cost to use one is less. Standard alkaline batteries last for 120 hours at full brightness in the Beam N Read LED 3 Hands Free Light with 3 bright LEDs. This compares to book lights with similar light that advertise battery life of 20 to 40 hours. Batteries in the Beam N Read LED 6 Deluxe Hands Free Light with 6 bright LEDs last for 48 hours compared to 20 to 30 hours advertised for clip lights with similar light. The utility of a Beam N Read light is further enhanced with its support for clip-on color filters, large clip-on hands free magnifiers, and AC and DC power adapters. Included accessories vary by model. You would have to buy several other lights to get the same functionality as just one Beam N Read. When you want an energy efficient, hands free LED flashight with long battery life, a Beam N Read is the answer.
As a "book light", a Beam N Read Hands Free Light easily covers 2 hardcover or paperback book pages. Contrast this with a typical clip-on book light that illuminates only one page at a time. And, with paperbacks, the clip may need to be unclipped and shifted when turning pages. A lie-on book light must be moved page to page and separate versions are needed for hardcover and paperback books. Few of these "attachable" lights work with newspapers or other soft materials. A Beam N Read is truly a "Reading Light" that makes it easy to get extra light to read anything including newspapers, maps, magazines, and even a flimsy medication instruction sheet. A Beam N Read works well for tasks such as choir members needing personal lighting for reading music. And a Beam N Read also works well for writing in journals, diaries, or even making plans on napkins or the backs of envelopes in a dimly lit restaurant.
Recommended: BNR LED 3, BNR LED 6, BNR Classic
The Beam N Read LED 3 Hands Free Light with 3 LEDs in a row nicely lights up eBook readers such as the Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Nook, and Sony Reader. Since it's worn around the neck, unlike a clip-on light, there are no issues about attaching the light to a device or the extra weight on a reader. And it will fit any size eReader. The versatility of a Beam N Read means it is not limited to just being useful for book reading.
Recommended: BNR LED 3, BNR Classic
A Beam N Read light shines for needlework such as quilting, knitting, crochet, embroidery, and cross stitch. The needleworker does not need to sit next to a table or floor lamp but can work anywhere - in a chair, bed, car, train, or plane. The Beam N Read shines directly on the work in progress and doesn't disturb others nearby. A Beam N Read Light offers easy accessory hands free magnification for those with normal vision (the magnifiers are not low vision aids). Knitters, for example, find this useful for fixing dropped stiches. Other personal, portable lights either don't have hands free magnification or require a special model with a small lens as part of the clip-on design. But how do you conveniently clip the light or a magnifying lens to knitting or other needlework anywhere, anytime and have the light you need? With Beam N Read Hands Free Lights a group of quilters, knitters, or other needleworkers can gather to work and chat and each can have a good, strong light for her own work without regard to fixed or environmental lighting. Beam N Read lights have been receiving acclaim from a variety of needlework websites/publications.
Recommended: BNR LED 6, BNR LED 103M, BNR LED 3, BNR 103M (classic)
The versatility of a Beam N Read Light makes it the better choice for travelers. Mini-flashlights aren't designed for reading or knitting or other tasks that need hands free in cars or planes. A clip-on/clip-to/lie-on book light is okay for reading books but doesn't handle newspapers, maps, or instructions on paper well nor do they work for quilting, knitting, etc. A Beam N Read Light handles these easily and frees travelers from inadequate lighting in cars, planes, trains, buses or hotels. At night, when street or other lighting is not sufficient, a Beam N Read becomes a handy walking light illuminating the traveler's path while leaving hands free. The extra long battery life is a real plus on the road or in the air, especially in case of power failure while traveling.
Recommended: BNR LED 3, BNR LED 6
A Beam N Read Light is great for lighting personal space when camping whether outdoors or in a tent, RV, or cabin. It fills a different need than other lights. A lantern is good for area lighting, a flashlight for hand held spot lighting both near and far, and a headlamp for hands free lighting when engaged in vigorous activities. Worn around the neck, a Beam N Read leaves hands, pockets, and heads free. A Beam N Read provides steady, personal space lighting for walking around camp, reading, knitting, other personal tasks, and even cooking. The extra long battery life keeps them shining when others have gone dim.
Recommended: BNR LED 3, BNR LED 6, BNR LED 6 w4F
A Beam N Read works great as a hands free light to illuminate personal space during power failures and provide hands free task lighting. Whether to walk around in the dark, prepare dinner, knit, or read a book, a Beam N Read provides personal light for a wide variety of tasks when power is out. The extra long battery life compared to other products keeps the Beam N Read shining after others have gone dim. The attachable filters, on the BNR LED 3, BNR LED 6, and LED 6 w4F help avoid night blindness when switching between light & dark conditions. Other products generally don't offer or support filters as an accessory.
Recommended: BNR LED 3, BNR LED 6, BNR LED 6 w4F
It would be nice if children would stay in one spot. But they don't. Beam N Read's versatility makes it an ideal light for parents and caregivers. A Beam N Read provides hands free light anywhere the children are whether home or away. As baby gear, a Beam N Read is great for changing diapers in the middle of the night without needing to turn on a room light at home or on the road. The red clip-on night vision filter is especially useful when checking on young and not so young sleeping children. The softer red light reduces the chance of waking them while helping maintain night vision when turning the light off in a dark room. Beam N Reads are handy when needing extra hands free light as they grow older and caring for dependents of any age.
Recommended: BNR LED 3, BNR LED 6
Beam N Read lights provide assistance to individuals with vision difficultiess that come with aging. Bright light from 3 or 6 LEDs (depending on the model) make it easier to read, write, knit, or engage in personal tasks anywhere, anytime without being dependent on sufficient light from fixed or environmental lighting. Large clip-on acrylic Fresnel accessory magnifiers that come with some models provide additional help for those with minor vision challenges. Please note that due to the acrylic Fresnel design, these magnifiers are not intended for those with very low vision. ASF Lightware Solutions also offers several Low Vision Aids including high visibility keyboard stickers and cellphone keypad stickers, high visibility playing cards, and sleep switches for cassette tape players used to play talking books.
A Beam N Read light also provides assistance to individuals with the physical challenges that come with aging, from various disabilities, or sometimes due to accidents. When it's dark, with a Beam N Read worn around the neck, users aren't dependent on having a steady hand available to hold a flashlight, a steady head for a headlamp, or a nearby object to attach a clip light. Hands are left free to push a wheelchair, operate a power chair, or hold on to a walker, crutches, or railing, or to carry something while the Beam N Read lights the path immediately in front. The light is turned on/off by flipping the reflector head up/down so operating the light is more accessible for those whose fine motor skills make pushing a small button difficult. These lights are very useful during power failures, night strolls, or lighting the path in a darkened theater to find standard or handicap seating.
Recommended: BNR LED 6, BNR LED 3, BNR Classic Twin AC
Two Beam N Read LED models are useful for those who work at night or in the dark such as backstage workers, campers, pilots, police, hunters, and fishermen. These lights help maintain night night vision when needing to switch between lighted and dark conditions. The Beam N Read LED 6 Hands Free Night Vision Light is the standard 6 LED light plus 4 clip-on color filters. The red filter is good for maintaining general night vision while green and blue are preferred for map and chart reading. The pale orange filter softens and warms the LED light. A special version of the 6 LED light, the Beam N Read LED 6 Pilot's Hands Free Night Vision Light uses 6 red LEDs plus a red filter to provide an even better red light for maintaining night vision. A third model, our original night vision light, is the Beam N Read Classic Pilot's Hands Free Light, which uses an Ektron filament bulb and a clip-on red filter.
Recommended: BNR LED 6 w4F, BNR LED Pilot, BNR P (classic)
A Beam N Read Hands Free Light provides a better personal, portable, hands free light. With other lighting products, consumers may need multiple versions for just one type of use and multiple products to handle a variety of tasks. Beam N Read is unbeatable for its versatility. Filters and magnification then add even more utility. And with its longer battery life, Beam N Reads are more cost effective and energy efficient too. Beam N Read Hands Free Lights consistently receive acclaim from product reviewers and customers and have stood the test of time from long time users.
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