Anyone who has spent a late evening staring at a bright monitor in an otherwise dark room knows the feeling. The screen glows, the rest of the space disappears, and after a couple of hours, everything starts to feel harsher than it should. The LitONES EaseGlowXP H04 is built around a simple answer to that problem: light the desk and the room behind it at the same time, from a single lamp. Task light below, ambient glow above: LitONES’ latest home office lamp tackles the harsh screen-in-a-dark-room problem without turning your workspace into a gaming rig.
LitONES has designed the H04 as a dual-zone desk lamp for focus, calls, creativity, and after-hours reset. Offering a wide adjustable task light aimed down at your keyboard and monitors, paired with an independent ambient light that washes the wall behind your desk in white or colored light. It is priced at US$149.99, with a launch offer currently bringing that down to US$126.99.
Two Layers of Light, One Lamp
The thinking behind the H04 starts with how most of us actually work now. Hybrid workers, video editors, streamers, and anyone living on video calls tend to spend long stretches at a desk where the only meaningful light source is the screen itself. A conventional desk lamp helps with the surface below, but it does nothing about the visual gap between a bright display and the dim room around it.
The H04’s answer is what LitONES calls dual-zone lighting. The lower zone is a conventional, if unusually large, white task light covering the desk and work area. The upper zone throws light backwards and upwards, adding depth to the wall and the space around the setup. Used together, the two zones are designed to reduce the sharp contrast between screen and surroundings, which is what makes long sessions in a dark room feel so punishing. Used separately, the rear light works as a soft wall wash on its own, and a single press of the remote shuts off the task light entirely so the ambient glow can carry the room by itself.
It sounds like a small idea, but it addresses something most desk lamps, monitor light bars, and RGB strips each only half solve. Task lights ignore the room. Ambient lights ignore the desk. The H04’s pitch is that you should not need two separate products, and two separate sets of controls, to get both.
The concept is not entirely new territory for LitONES. Its existing EaseGlow H01 and H02 lamps already pair a downward task light with a soft white glow above, and have built a solid following among home office users. The XP badge on the H04 marks the step up: the ambient zone gains a full color system and dedicated modes, turning what was a comfort feature into something you can actually style a room with.
The Task Light Side
The productivity half of the lamp is specified more like a piece of studio kit than a simple desk light. The light head measures 11 inches across, total power output is 36W, and the downward light delivers up to approximately 1,950 lux of center illuminance at 0.4 meters at full brightness. That is enough coverage for genuinely large setups, and LitONES positions it specifically for multi-monitor workstations: two desktop displays plus a laptop is the sort of arrangement it has in mind.
Brightness is steplessly adjustable from 1% to 100%, and color temperature runs from a warm 2700K to a cool 6500K across five settings, so the same lamp can shift from crisp midday working light to something much softer for the end of the day. At the bottom of that range, the 1% setting is dim enough to serve as a night light.
The dual-sided design matters here too. Rather than a single downward beam, the lamp emits from both sides of the head, filling in the dark areas around the screen and evening out the scene your eyes are dealing with. LitONES is careful not to overclaim on this front, but the intent is clear: less contrast between screen and background makes long work sessions feel easier on the eyes.
For anyone streaming or on camera, the other headline figure is a color rendering index of 98. CRI measures how faithfully a light source reproduces color compared with natural light, and it is the difference between looking like yourself on a video call and looking vaguely seasick. High CRI is standard language in the key light world, and its inclusion here signals who this lamp is really for: people who present, stream, or edit for a living, or at least for a good chunk of the week.
Ambient Glow Without the Gaming Aesthetic
The second zone is where the H04 separates itself from the crowd of architect lamps and light bars, and it is also where LitONES is most deliberate about tone. This is RGB lighting, but it is emphatically not pitched as a gaming light.
The ambient side uses an independent RGB light source with five modes: Daylight, Candlelight, Cycle, Static, and Flow. Crucially, it is designed for indirect use. The colored light is meant to be reflected off a wall or the desk surface rather than blasted into the room, which is why LitONES recommends a wall-facing desk for the best results.
The hardware supports a few neat tricks in this mode. Flip the lamp head back 180 degrees and the whole unit becomes a dedicated ambient light for the wall. Flip it downwards and you get a low mood glow across the tabletop instead. Combined with the ability to switch off the task light independently, the H04 can move from full working brightness to a warm evening wind-down without touching anything else in the room.
Where this lands for real users is in the transitions. Afternoon slump with flat, gray light in the room? White task light plus a soft ambient color behind the monitors. Evening deadline? Both zones in white. Editing session or a bit of gaming after hours? Drop the task light and let the Flow or Static modes take over. The lamp is built for a desk that has to be several different areas over the course of a day.
A Remote You Operate Like a Mouse
Control is often where multi-mode lamps fall apart, usually into a companion app that needs Bluetooth pairing and a firmware update before it will dim a light. The LitONES EaseGlowXP H04 goes the other way entirely. There is no app dependency; instead you get touch controls on the lamp body and a wireless rotary remote that sits on the desk like an oversized volume knob. Press it, rotate it, double-click it. Rotating adjusts brightness or color temperature without you lifting your arm or looking away from the screen, which is a small ergonomic win that adds up over a working day.
The remote also unlocks the feature most likely to become muscle memory: Favorite Mode. Dial in a lighting setup you like, perhaps your standard video call configuration or a preferred evening arrangement, hold the control for three seconds, and it is saved for one-touch recall. Combined with a memory function that restores your last settings even after the lamp has been switched off or unplugged, the H04 is designed so that you set it up properly once and then mostly stop thinking about it.
Built to Be Repositioned
The arm holding all of this up is a multi-hinge design with four metal damping joints, rated for a lifespan of more than 100,000 adjustment cycles. Fully extended, the cantilever reaches a maximum height of 71 cm (28 inches), which gives it the range to sit high above a dual-monitor setup or drop down low for close work, sketching, or filming.
The damping hinges are worth a mention because sag is the quiet killer of cheap architect lamps: they hold position for six months and then slowly nod off every time you set them. Metal friction joints with a six-figure cycle rating suggest LitONES expects this lamp to be moved around a lot, whether that is angling it for a call, repositioning it as a fill light for recording, or flipping it over into ambient duty at night.
How LitONES Sees the Competition
The company’s own positioning puts the H04 up against two very different rivals. On one side is Logitech’s Litra Beam LX, a dual-sided streaming light at US$159.99 with a maximum draw of 13.5W and a CRI of 93, controlled primarily through an app. On the other is the Quntis RGB Pro+ monitor light bar at US$61.99, a 9W device whose ambient lighting is limited to a fixed backlight mode.
Against the Logitech, the H04 undercuts on price while offering several times the power and a physical controller instead of an app. Against the light bar, it offers far more output and flexibility, albeit at roughly double the cost. At the current US$126.99 price, it sits comfortably below the Litra Beam LX while trying to do the job of a task lamp, a key light, and an ambient light in one unit.
Specifications at a Glance
- Dual light source: white task light plus independent RGB ambient light, 11-inch light head
- 36W total power, up to approximately 1,950 lux center illuminance at 0.4m
- CRI 98, brightness 1% to 100%, color temperature 2700K to 6500K in five steps
- Five ambient modes: Daylight, Candlelight, Cycle, Static, and Flow
- Touch controls plus wireless rotary remote, Favorite Mode, and power-off memory
- Four metal damping hinges, maximum arm height 71 cm / 28 in, 36W DC adapter
Inside the Dual-Zone Optical Design
Underpinning all of this is what LitONES calls a dual-zone optical architecture, with each lighting zone operating independently. An edge-lit LED panel delivers the uniform, low-glare white light for everyday work, while a separate RGB LED array produces the dynamic, pixel-based color effects that set the mood. Because the two zones face in opposite directions, the lamp expands what it can do without growing any larger, and that space-saving approach removes the need for a second ambient light source while keeping the desktop uncluttered. High-color-rendering white light for reading and writing, colorful ambient light for relaxation, decoration, and personal expression, and the freedom to run either zone alone or both together: it is the engineering that makes the whole focus-to-wind-down pitch work in practice.
Pros and Cons
Pros
- Dual-zone design genuinely replaces two products, covering the desk and the wall behind it from a single lamp
- CRI 98 and 36W of output make it a credible key light for video calls, streaming, and editing
- Large 11-inch dual-sided head with up to approximately 1,950 lux comfortably covers multi-monitor setups
- Stepless 1% to 100% dimming and 2700K to 6500K range, with the 1% setting doubling as a night light
- No app dependency: the rotary remote control, Favorite Mode, and power-off memory handle everything from the desk
- Four metal damping hinges rated for 100,000+ cycles, 71 cm maximum height, and a warranty extendable to three years
Cons
- The ambient zone relies on reflected light, so desks that do not face a wall lose much of the effect
- No app also means no smart home integration, voice control, or scheduling for those who want it
- Color temperature moves in five steps rather than steplessly, unlike the brightness control
Pricing and Availability
The LitONES EaseGlowXP H04 carries a list price of US$149.99 and is currently available directly from LitONES for US$126.99. Every lamp ships with a two-year warranty, which extends to a full three years once the product is registered. Given that the current offer knocks roughly 15% off the list price, anyone tempted by the dual-zone concept has an obvious incentive not to wait for it to return to full price.
Desk lighting has quietly become its own product category over the past few years, split between the productivity crowd with their monitor bars and the setup crowd with their wall-mounted hexagons. The EaseGlowXP H04 is a single lamp that handles the whole arc of a working day, from video call to final render to winding down with something warm on the wall. Whether it be a focused worker at 10am, or a tired human being at 9pm.
Final Thoughts : Verdict 4.5/5
Having used the H04 at my own desk, what has won me over is how versatile the light is and how quickly it adapts to whatever I am doing. The color temperature range is the standout, shifting from a crisp, cool white for daytime work to something much warmer as the evening draws in, and the difference it makes over a long day at the screen is hard to overstate. Just as useful is the ability to flood my entire desk space with light or drop everything down to a soft ambient glow, quickly and efficiently, without breaking away from what I am working on. The Favorite button has become second nature too, taking me straight back to my normal go-to settings at a single touch, while the desktop remote and the responsive touch controls make everything else effortless to reach.
The H04 is also a very sleek and stylish piece of hardware that looks like it belongs over a modern setup rather than bolted onto it. It is one of those products you configure once and then simply live with, and if your day runs from morning video calls to late evening screen time, it makes a strong case for replacing a desk lamp, key light, and ambient strip with a single, smarter unit.
Source: LitONES
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