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Paul Antill

I was skeptical about monitor light bars until I tried this one — and now I'm never going back

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I have always been a bit of a "gremlin" who prefers working in the later hours of the day and into the night. Besides the neon glow from my Govee RGB desk strip lights and occasionally a lamp, I'm working in a dark room, staring at my ridiculously large and eye searingly bright Samsung 49" G9 Ultrawide monitor.

I had seen monitor light bars trending for the past few years, but I've always dismissed them as a fad. I mean, I already had lamps, and desk lighting that looked much cooler, why would I clip another light to the top of my screen?

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