I have a lamp I really really like¹:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D5LS2KQW
I don't know how honeywell of all companies is selling this, but I figure they have engineers that they turned loose on and got out of their way.
It is just super nice. Elegant looking, not expensive, very high quality illumination that can get bright, smoothly dimmable with a knob. a knob to adjust lighting is a good design.
In comparison, dyson makes a lamp that is the same kind of interesting genre, but they cost 10-20x.
[1] except to turn it off is inelegant - you have to press and hold instead of tap, because tap changes color temperature.
> I don't know how honeywell of all companies is selling this
Not really the Honeywell. I tracked the lamp maker down at honeywellsmartlighting.com.
Honeywell International is licensing out the name, according to https://honeywellsmartlighting.com/pages/about-us
Yes, and I believe all consumer products with the Honeywell name are made by other companies that just license the trademark.
Honeywell air filters are Helen of Troy, Honeywell thermostats are Resideo, Honeywell lighting is Huo Ming Technology Guangdong, etc.
Good find, very interesting.
I wonder how that deal works, if and what kind of vetting Honeywell does before products are released.
I would imagine when the name is licensed, they would like to keep an eye on the type and quality of products the licensee puts out on the market
The knob is such an underrated part of this. For something you adjust constantly, a physical rotary control is just better than tapping through presets or opening an app
I got 3 of those for my workplace. They're nice. I assume Honeywell is just a brand.
Honeywell is famous for thermostats, but they do air filters and aerospace APUs and engines. I did not know they did lamps!
I have a similar lamp that also makes you press and hold. Annoying. Yours even has that knob (mine is all touch) -- it should just have a physical detent at the end that cuts power, you know, like lots of dimmable lamps used to have.
> I have a lamp I really really like
A lamp you love, you might say?
I love people.
People are not silently replaced by others, who gradually change to monetize your relationship.
(ok, this may not apply to teenagers)