Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2303 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Brand: Zelco
• Model: 10413
• Dimensions: .20" h x 3.90" w x 5.20" l, .2 pounds

Features

• Two replacement bulbs for "Itty Bitty" booklights
• Excellent light for reading in a dark room
• High optical quality
• Bright shadowless glow
• Compatible with original and paperback light models

Amazon.com Review
Designed by Zelco, these two little bulbs keep your Itty Bitty book light going strong. With the same cool, no-glare shine of the bulb that came with your lamp, the bulbs are optical quality and cast a shadowless glow. Packaged in twos, they are compatible with the original Itty Bitty or the paperback version. On either model, changing the bulb is easy and quick, so you can get back to your book. --Emily Bedard

Customer Reviews

Better deal and reliability with different voltage
I've used Zelco's booklights for years, and discovered early on that their bulbs burn out quickly - no doubt a nice profit center for the company since replacement bulbs cost about a dime each when bought in bulk. The problem is that four 1.5 volt batteries (or the AC adapter) produce 6 volts, and, while called 6 volt bulbs, these things actually work optimally at 5 volts (which 4 rechargable NiCad batteries would produce, but that's another discussion). The solution is to hit Radio Shack or a similar vendor (maybe amazon has them?) and buy 7.5 volt replacement bulbs (they're about a buck each at full retail). You get very slightly less light, but a single bulb has now lasted me almost 3 years of nightly use, because the filament in the bulb is burning at a lower temperature. So only buy these 6 volt bulbs if you like replacing bulbs frequently and/or need the extra 7% of light they squeeze out of their overworked, overheated filaments, or are using NiCad rechargable batteries (which, although they're called 1.5 volt batteries, only produce 1.3 volts).

Short Life
These bulbs are very expensive and very short lived. Unfortunately it is almost impossible to find a cheaper replacement with the same amp and watt rating. You are hooked into buying these bulbs for your itty bitty if you want the same brightness. These bulbs progressively darken as the tungsten is burned off the filament and deposited on the bulb surface, so the light begins a dimming process almost immediately. This whole system from Zelco needs reengineering. Beware!

itty bitty replacements
You need replacements, well, as far as the lamp that goes with these, well, my kids have had them for some time and use them all the time so the quality of the lightbulbs is great- I was sent a couple replacements with the light when they got them for gifts but to this day have not had to replace them.