I use it to illuminate the night of the keyboard and PC for playback. You can choose to turn on only 1 LED 2 which is already enough to ensure adequate lighting for reading. The rod is easy to steer in all directions to find the right position. On a reading light lamp is impractical to fix for the housing / clamp is a bit big and well weighed down by 3 batteries that power the lamp. Advantage, however, they are LR03 (AAA), easy to find (I put rechargeable). Under 3, it's a good deal.