When I saw this story I didn't recognize the model number and I thought "Hey, is that the Rez lamp?" sure enough...
Show HN: Remote-Controlled IKEA Deathstar Lamp
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#52Cool project indeed. I used to own the first model and thought about how one could motorize the lamp. I used to own the one which didn’t have the reflected coating on the inside panels. At least in Germany they changed that a few years back from plain white to silver or gold reflection. And now the lamp is also available in bigger sizes. I bought it like most because of the interesting design. But was never really pl…
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#53Why does this lamp make people think of the death star? Me and my wife bought it ten years ago because of the cool mechanism and immediately started calling it the death star, but I struggle to see what the resemblance really is.
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#54Why does this lamp make people think of the death star? Me and my wife bought it ten years ago because of the cool mechanism and immediately started calling it the death star, but I struggle to see what the resemblance really is.
I find your comment very confusing! You don’t understand why people call it the Death Star but as soon as you got the lamp you started calling it the Death Star but you struggle to see the resemblance? Surely you’ve answered your own question…?!
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#56I owned one of these lights before it went viral and it was a nightmare to install. The thing doesn’t screw into the ceiling like every other light figure does. Instead you install a hook and dangle the damn thing off the hook. Which means the plastic surround never goes flush with the ceiling. Even when you do finally get it flush after several painful iterations of hanging it, gravity stretches the cord causing the…
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#59I owned one of these lights before it went viral and it was a nightmare to install. The thing doesn’t screw into the ceiling like every other light figure does. Instead you install a hook and dangle the damn thing off the hook. Which means the plastic surround never goes flush with the ceiling. Even when you do finally get it flush after several painful iterations of hanging it, gravity stretches the cord causing the…
Never seen a light fixture that screws into the ceiling.
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#60I bought one of those ikea lamps, but never put it into service because it was a hardwired lamp, which made it a "project" installation.
Then one day at home depot, I noticed they sell an adapter from hanging lamp to track lighting rail. Wire the adapter, snap into tracklight over dining table.
It might be easier to use ikea ceiling lamps this way.