See what “Star-Telegram” had to say about the HUGlight:

Tech the halls: gifts for gadget-lovers

“Few things are as comforting as curling up under a Snuggie with a good book; few things are as frustrating as curling up and not having enough light to read the book you curled up with. The lightweight HUGlight is a flexible, soft foam tube with LED lights on either side, one for wide angle, the other a spotlight; there’s a rubber grip neck pad in the back to hold it in place once you get cozy. You get 40 hours of light off two AAA batteries. In several colors for $14.95, at Walmart, Costco and other retailers or www.mylight.com. And yes, we love our Snuggie, silly as it looks.”

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On February 11, 2007, Elizabeth Birge from the Ledger wrote:

“Light the Way

From the department of things you wished you had when you’re in a pinch comes the Big Clip, a light from MyLight.

The light can clamp onto a closet shelf, engine mount, tent pole, basement pipe — anywhere you might find the need to crawl under or peek around dark spots. Powered by two 3-volt batteries, the light is shock resistant, waterproof and small enough to fit in your palm. Plus it swivels.

And at $10 it’s the difference between screaming when you can’t see anything in the back of your closet and calmly reaching for that shoe box full of keepsakes.”

On January 5, 2007, we got some kudos from Edgar Fawcett at Daily Camera:

“Who says a book light should be used for reading alone? Not the makers of the MyLight LED Clip Light, a compact mini-lamp that attaches to just about anything — a keyboard, a fishing tackle box, a cave map.

This little light of theirs is waterproof, shock resistant and available in pink, blue, black, purple, green and clear. Comes with two lithium batteries with an average battery life of 40 hours.”

We had a nice write-up by Wayne Chamberlain at the Cottage Times:

“MyLight is a bright LED reading light that can be clipped to just about anything. The unit is waterproof, shock resistant and comes in six different colours, including pink, black, purple and clear. MyLight ships with two lithium batteries and has an average life of 40 hours.

It features a clamp that has rubberized clips to it doesn’t damage your book, laptop computer, tent, the bill of your baseball cap or anything else you attach it to.

It’s useful for lighting up hard-to-see spots like tackle boxes and doesn’t tie up a USB port on your laptop.

MyLight’s bulb housing is about the size of a ping-pong ball and swivels.

Click once on the rubber switch on the back of the ball, and you trigger two white LEDs. Click again, and you get two red night-vision LEDs for those times when you need to see in pitchblack conditions.

The MyLight LED Clip Light sells for $9.95 US each at www.mylight.com.”

We got a nice write-up in Florida Sports Magazine in May 2006:

“More than a Book Light

Where is it written that a book light must be used only for books? Climb out of that pigeonhole with the MyLight LED Clip Light, a mini-clamp lamp that fits in your palm, pumps out a beam bright enough to make you squint, never burns out and attaches to practically anything with a wide-opening rubberized clip. Use it as a book light, a no-USB-port-needed keyboard light, for map reading in a car, and anywhere from a shelf or a hat to a tent, toolbox or music stand. MyLight LED Clip Light is waterproof, shock resistant and available in six colors. It comes with two lithium batteries and has an average battery life of 40 hours.”

Judie Lipsett at the Gadgeteer had this to say about the Clip light:

“There are some days when I can’t help but wonder why so many companies are intent on reinventing the paperclip. Okay, not exactly the paperclip in this example, but the clip light.

In just the last couple of years, I have seen and reviewed lights with gator clips, lights that clip on hats, lights that have removable clips and lights with clips and stretchy goose necks. Some of these clip lights have been better quality or more cleverly made than others, but they have all served basically the same purpose — they clip on something and shine a light.

That’s why I’ll forgive any of our readers who groaned when they saw the title of this review, as they thought to themselves “not another clip light review!” Because yes, that is exactly what I will be talking about today; but bear with me. I agreed to do this review because I felt that this particular clip light had a little something extra, that it wasn’t just another incarnation of an already done and overly played-out design.

So without any further ado, I present to you the My Light LED Clip Light.

The My Light Clip Light is available in Blue Midnight, Pink Popsicle, Purple Passion, Green Clovers, Clear Crystal and Charcoal Gray; I was send the blue and pink versions.

I think that the following pictures of the blue version should show that the approximately 4″ long x 2″ wide light is quite a bit more substantial than some of the clip lights I have reviewed in the past, and it is also more attractive.

The My Light weighs 1.7 ounces, and it is composed of two main parts: the rotating ball which comprises the flashlight head, and the adjustable clip body. The flashlight head is a 1.5″ sphere containing two user replaceable 3V 2032 disk batteries and two sealed white 8000mcd LEDs.

The rear of the sphere opens to allow access to the battery compartment, and a rubber gasket adds some level of water resistance to the threaded plastic pieces. The My Light website says that the light is submergible, and I verified this to be true. Battery life is given as approximately 40 hours with two fresh cells.

The Clip Light is turned on or off by pressing the rubber sealed button on the rear of the head.

When the sphere is slipped into the tension forks which hold it to the clip’s body, it can be rotated in any direction without slipping from the fork’s grip. The tension forks are wide enough that even though the light’s head is easily removed, it shouldn’t be easy to unintentionally dislodge.

At the base of the tension fork on the clip’s neck, there is a ball joint which allows the neck to be aimed forward or backwards, up to a 180° angle total.

The ball joint also allows the neck to be turned 360°, allowing for light placement exactly where it
is needed.

The clip portion of the light is a substantial improvement over any I’ve seen. Its jaws open a w-i-d-e 1.25″ allowing the clip to clamp down on supports of many different thicknesses. The non-marking rubber pads inside the clip also adjust to allow for the best grip possible.

The glow produced by the two white LEDs is bright enough for comfortable reading in a darkened room. It would be a great light for reading in the backseat of a car, as it is bright enough for the reader but would not be distracting to the driver. The light is also bright enough to casting a safe beam when walking on a dark path.

Even though at first the My Light Clip Light might be seen as “yet another clip light,” it is a better version than usual. The MyLight is more ruggedly made, more attractive, more adjustable and more substantial than those I have reviewed in the past. It has also won my 16 year old daughter’s seal of approval. When she saw the light, her first words were “Ooooh, I get that when you are done.”

Luckily I have two… ;0)”

On January 16, 2006, we got reviewed by Steve Bass at PC World:

“Bright Book and Notebook Light

…a cheap, $10 LED On-The-Go Light from MyLight. There’s a little ball — the light – that revolves in a holder with a clamp on the bottom. I use it to read at night when my wife’s asleep; I’ve also used it on the plane clamped onto the top of my notebook. BTW, one click turns on the white LEDs. A second click turns them into a red light, perfect for night time eye sensitivity.”