I my LightWedge a lemon, or do they suck in general?

[johnniet]

Has anyone else tried the new LightWedge?

It looks like a good idea, so I ordered one from www.AllDirect.com , which is an Amazon affiliate. It cost $25 instead of $35. I don't know what the difference is.

I took it out of the box and put some batteries in. Actually, the first battery I tried wouldn't go in at all. The battery compartment is too damn tight.

I got some other AAA batteries out, and managed to get four of them in.
Then it wouldn't turn on.
Then I had to get all four of those batteries out again.

I obviously won't keep this one, but should I ask for a replacement, or a refund?

Should I not shop at AllDirect?

 

[Esav Benyamin]

What a great idea! Light the whole page! I saw that in some catalog ... now I know why I'm not getting one.

I would suggest going for a refund. They did the concept, they just didn't do the engineering right.

 

[johnniet]

Esav,
remember that I ordered from one of those deep discount places.
I'm wondering if QC is not as good there. Maybe these are even factory rejects.
I'll try to find out over the next few days.
Meanwhile, if you want a gadget for bedtime reading, these might be a lot of fun! (I do not worry about looking dorky when I'm reading at night.)

 

[Snow]

To me it doesn't look like such a good idea because you'd have to move it every time you turned a page.

 

[Esav Benyamin]

I do a lot of my reading online. The screen is always lit!

 

[johnniet]

Well, I'm trying to do more of my reading offline, so there!