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now some people might say the lumio is a novelty item but to those people I would

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say this look at the root of the word novelty it's novel which to me says

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you're just being closed-minded because it's in the shape of a book that is to

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say judging a book by its covered that was a joke but this video is actually

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very serious this is an unusual product for us but I got a special request to do

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a video about it and I was intrigued so I figured what the hey let's try

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something a little different

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the Jazz mini is a beautiful and compact aluminum stand for your smartphone that

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even holds tablets up to 8 in Click now to learn more in our journey to

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determine what exactly lumio is we'll

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start with their website hello.com seems to suggest that in fact lumio is

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something much more than just a lamp with words like Simplicity possibility

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and Beauty well I don't know anything about that stuff but what I do know is

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that lumio is an LED lamp in the shape of a book it features an environmentally

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conscious construction that is recyclable although it doesn't allow the integrated battery rated at about 8

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hours to be replaced and you can choose from three different finishes cherry

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maple or walnut also the pages are made of waterresistant tyvec the way it works

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is and I have to admit it's actually about as captivating as most of the

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pictures in their Gallery suggest you simply open up what looks like a fairly

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ordinary hard cover book and an internal switch which automatically turns the

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lamp on and reveals a surprisingly powerful light source brightness control

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is strictly analog that is to say you control it by opening up the book more

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or less the spine is made of wood like the rest of the cover which gives it

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strength and mounting flexibility so you can open it up on a flat surface prop it

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up like a book open it up fully and pin it there with the neodimium magnets

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embedded in the cover and the included magnetic widget or put the included

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leather strap on the widget and hang it for a completely different effect there

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are some other creative ideas that were included with the kickstarter launch

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video such as sticking it to a metal surface such as a shelf when you're

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trying to get something from inside a closet um but honestly unless I was

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planning for a place to put my lumo like if I were to run out and specifically

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buy a metal shelf or a small table to put next to my reading chair that has a

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metal surface um I just didn't find many

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places that I could stick it that would make a of sense I mean the fridge

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perhaps if the light included with my fridge was already broken perhaps and

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there in lies the problem a big part of the pitch for lumo is convenience pull

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it out when you can't find something in the dark pull it out when you need to

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read a book under a kitchen cabinet instead of 3T to the right where the

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lighting appears to be perfectly adequate or and this one really made my

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eyes just about roll out of my skull onto the floor pull it out an emergency

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situation what defines a convenient solution in my eyes is something that's

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easier and or faster than the other way to achieve an objective and given the

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popularity of smartphones with integrated flashes uh you're more likely

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to have one of those handy than a lumio in any of the above scenarios so in

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short I think those things are lumio trying to be something it's not it's not

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really any more convenient than a flashlight and if those were better than

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other Solutions I'm sure we'd light our houses with them and carry them around

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too but we don't and besides for $160 I

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can get a pretty cool flashlight and a book to like point it at instead if I'm

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looking at this from a purely pragmatic perspective so we need to detach from

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practicality a little bit to correctly evaluate what lumio isn't and what it is

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what it isn't is something I'm going to start carrying around with me all the

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time it's just not useful often enough to justify the extra pound of weight and

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the stress of you know worrying about accidentally damaging its pages with the

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other junk in my bag so it falls into the same category as tablets for for me

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needo when I'm at home and it's nearby but really too bulky to make part of my

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everyday life what it also isn't is a light fixture its 500 Lumen rating puts

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it in the neighborhood of a 40 W bulb which is an impressive feat for

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something so slim and battery powered and honestly it works well and looks

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awesome to the point where I'm sure folks would consider putting you know

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metal plates on a wall to accommodate it

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but the issue is that the design doesn't allow it to hook up to your house wiring

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in any way that would be practical and

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I'm not going to build permanent fixtures in my house around a light that

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needs to be charged somewhere else every time before it can be relocated and then

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used what lumio is to me though is a

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really cool fashion statement that has the added benefit of actually coming in

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handy from time to time I mean say what you will about how expensive it is

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lighting Products are expensive in general so it's not totally out to lunch

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there but if you pull one of these out and put it on the table for a romantic

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dinner or bring it out to impress some friends when you sit down to drink some

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wine and play a game of settlers of kitan or something it's a fantastic

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conversation starter and I've seen people spend a lot more than $160 on

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stuff that's legitimately useless and with lumo it was kind of cool to use my

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latest gadget to play superhero when my wife was cross-stitching in bed and

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needed a bit of extra light I stood up walked over to the bed and whipped it

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out for her the lumo that is and she was like oh cool that's perfect and propped

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it up on the headboard so she could see what she was doing not exactly Earth

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shattering and not the kind of thing that I typically spend that kind of money on but certainly better than

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useless thanks for watching guys the link for where to buy this product is in

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the video description below the like dislike and share buttons which you

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should use accordingly also in the video description is a support link that we'd

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hear your comments on where you would use the lumio or if you would use it at

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