Pendy USB LED Light Review: A ¥1,099 Hanging Bulb for Power Cuts and Camping

This is the English edition of a review from my Japanese YouTube channel, iestaLife. I review gadgets from my home studio in Japan, so product links go to Amazon Japan.

Quick take

The Pendy USB LED light is a bulb on a USB cable with a hook on top. Plug it into a power bank, hang it up, and it lights a room like a ceiling light. At ¥1,099 it was far brighter than I expected — one bulb was enough for my room of roughly 8–10 tatami mats (about 13–16 m²) — and it saves your phone battery during a power cut.

What I tested

Pendy USB LED light (dimmable, three colour temperatures)
Powered from a UGREEN 20,000 mAh power bank
In my room with all lights off, then hung from the ceiling

What I found

It lights up as soon as it gets power. An inline switch handles on/off, brightness and colour: cool white, neutral and warm.
With the room lights off, my main camera made it look dim, but to my eyes the room was well lit. A clip shot on iPhone is closer to what I saw.
At full brightness it was more than enough for emergency lighting; you could turn it down.
After 5–10 minutes on, the bulb was still comfortable to hold. One area got slightly warm, nothing more.
The bulb alone is about 50 g, about 85 g with the cable.
It is light enough that hanging it by the cable seemed fine, though the maker may not recommend that, so do it at your own risk.

Adjusting brightness and colour on the Pendy USB LED light — The inline switch changes brightness and colour

Weighing the Pendy USB LED light — The bulb alone weighs about 50 g

Who it’s for

Anyone putting together a power-cut kit, and campers or car campers who want overhead light rather than a torch beam. If you need a handheld flashlight, this is not that.

Watch the video

【防災・キャンプ】災害時の必需品。スマホのライトより「吊り下げUSB電球」を買うべき理由【地味だけど神アイテム】

The video is in Japanese. The lights-off test starts around 3:05, and the iPhone footage that shows the brightness more accurately is at around 4:20.

Limitations

I did not measure brightness or battery runtime, and the heat check was a 5–10 minute session by hand. The price is from Amazon Japan at the time of recording.

Products

Pendy USB LED light: on Amazon Japan

UGREEN power bank 20,000 mAh (used in the video): on Amazon Japan

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