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Indoor Rechargeable Lights Recommendations & Buying Advice

The best ones are shaped for the job, so choose by where the lamp will sit. For a sideboard or dining table, the Novena Tocca, Capo and Punta pair cement or marble bases with pleated fabric shades. For a desk, the Anello Desk balances a disc head on an angled stem, and on a bookshelf the slim Scintilla stands 235mm tall. The Anello Floor brings cordless light beside a sofa at 1.3 metres.

For reading in bed, we would choose the Novena Sereno bedside lamp. Its hinged clamshell shade opens to direct light onto a page and closes down for a soft glow, so you need not disturb the person beside you. It lists 145 lumens, dims from 5% to 100% and takes 6 to 7 hours to charge. For a smaller glow on a narrow bedside table, the Elstead Luna stands 117mm tall.

Every lamp here that lists a charging time needs between 3 and 7 hours. The Novena Tocca, Capo and Punta each list 5 hours and the Sereno bedside lamp 6 to 7 hours, so we would charge them during the day for use in the evening. Check the product page for how each lamp charges and what comes in the box: the Sfera Core, for example, charges at 5V DC and its adapter is not included.

The lamps here list from 96 lumens for the Elstead Luna up to a maximum of 365 lumens for the Novena Sfera Core. By comparison, the plug-in Novena Fuenti table lamp is designed for a bulb giving up to 806 lumens. We would treat a cordless lamp as a glow or accent rather than a room's main light. Lumens measure output, and the shade decides how much of that light reaches the room.

When it has to go outside, within the zones around a bath or shower, or anywhere it could get wet. Every lamp here with a listed IP rating is IP20, which offers no protection against water; the Sfera Core's listing notes that its IP20 rating limits it to interior use. For a terrace or garden table, check the chosen lamp's IP rating and the maker's stated outdoor suitability, and ask us if either is missing. See our outdoor rechargeable lights.

Not any lamp, and we would not rewire a mains lamp to run from a battery yourself. Choose a lamp designed to be cordless instead. If you want something that looks like a table lamp, the Elstead Luna sets a pale stone globe on a slender gold painted stem. And despite the word 'bulb' in its name, the Novena Sfera Core is described as a 95mm rechargeable frosted orb that you place wherever you want light.

Yes, the Novena Anello Fly is designed for exactly that. It hangs from a ceiling hook or rail with no wiring, then lifts off to charge on its dedicated base, which suits rented homes and heritage buildings where a new ceiling point is not an option. Make sure the hook or rail is securely fixed and follow the maker's instructions. It is rated IP20, so it belongs indoors.