LED Desk Lamps

An LED desk lamp puts focused, adjustable light on your work surface without lighting the whole room. This collection covers base lamps, clip-on and clamp lamps, and monitor-mounted light bars.

• Mount: a base lamp moves easily between rooms; a clip or clamp holds to a shelf or desk edge; a monitor-hanging bar sits on top of the screen and frees desk space in a small room.
• Light control: compare the brightness steps or stepless dimming and the colour temperature modes each listing states. As general guidance, warm light suits evening reading and neutral or cool light suits task work. Not every lamp offers both.
• Power: check whether the lamp is USB powered, plug-in or rechargeable with a built-in battery, and whether the listing names a USB or wireless charging feature.
• Reach and controls: look at arm or gooseneck length, single or double head, and touch, button or remote control.

For a small desk, the Monitorbeam monitor-hanging lamp is listed as USB powered with a touch switch. For a cordless setup, the Clampglow clamp-on desk lamp lists a built-in battery, touch controls, three-level dimming and adjustable colour temperature.

Compare touch lamps, bedside lamps and night lights, or read the bedside lamp guide for colour-temperature basics.