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RaLeno PLV-S116, 12 W, 600 lux, CRI 95 or better review

A panel with a published runtime — 90 minutes at full brightness from 4000 mAh — pass-through charging and a mini tripod in the box for 37 €, with 600 lux quoted at no distance at all.

The bottom line Ninety minutes at full brightness, pass-through power, CRI 95 or better and a tripod in the box make this the practical desk light of the four at 37 €. The output figure has no distance behind it, nothing is said about flicker, and at 388 g it is three times the weight of the pocket panel here.

On the listing

Five bracketed bullets. Side-emitting LED technology with a four-layer diffuser for soft, glare-free, eye-friendly light, named for video conferences, photography and live streaming; a 4000 mAh cell giving up to 90 minutes at full brightness, with pass-through charging over USB-C and USB for power banks, computers or adapters; an extendable mini tripod included; a weight of just 388 g, compared in the bullet to a paperback; and 2500K to 6500K with 0 to 100 per cent brightness, 116 LEDs and CRI 95 or better.

Ninety minutes, and then as long as you like

The only published runtime among the four here, and the pass-through makes it moot. Ninety minutes at full brightness is an honest figure for a 4000 mAh cell driving 12 watts; being able to charge while running means a power bank extends it without interruption. For a light that sits on a desk through a working day, that arrangement matters more than the brightness does.

Six hundred lux, and nowhere to stand

The number is in the title and the distance is not on the page. Illuminance falls away roughly with the square of the distance, so without knowing where the meter was, 600 lux could describe a modest panel at arm’s length or a bright one across a room.

Four layers, and what they cost

Side-emitting LEDs firing into a diffusing stack give an even sheet of light with no visible dots — the same construction as a laptop screen. It is the reason this panel is pleasant to sit in front of for an hour, and part of the reason its output figure is not large.

Three hundred and eighty-eight grams

Published, and worth noting: the pocket panel on this shelf weighs 125 g. This one is a desk fixture with a tripod, not something to forget in a coat.

Availability

Between 37 € and 56 € on the German, French and Italian Amazon stores when this page was last checked.

On the Spanish Amazon store the asking price sits more than 1.6× above the cheapest country. A difference that wide usually means a reshipper rather than a seller on the ground, so it is kept out of the figures above.

Listed in the American and British Amazon catalogues with nothing on sale against the entry: the camera has a page there and no seller behind it.

Everything in this section is the figure Keepa carried on the day of the last update to this page. Availability and prices shift without notice.

Prices quoted in this text were read on 13 September 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.

What it does well, and what it gives up

Strengths

  • Up to 90 minutes at full brightness from 4000 mAh, the only runtime published among these four panels
  • Pass-through charging over USB-C and USB, so it runs indefinitely from a power bank
  • CRI 95 or better, a four-layer diffuser, and an extendable mini tripod in the box

Compromises

  • 600 lux published with no distance, which makes the figure incomparable
  • No flicker claim and no frame rates, on a light sold for video calls and streaming
  • 388 g for a panel of this size, against 125 g for the pocket light below it

Specifications

Output in lux with its distance600 lux, in the title, and no distance is given anywhere on the page. The hub above is explicit that the distance is part of the measurement: 600 lux at one metre and 600 lux at thirty centimetres describe very different lights. The figure is therefore a number rather than a specification, and it cannot be set beside the 3300 lux at 1 m published by the panel above it
Colour temperature range2500K to 6500K, in the fifth bullet, adjustable alongside brightness. Warmer at the bottom end than the studio pair here and cooler than tungsten at the top — a practical range for mixing with room light
Accuracy indicesCRI 95 or better, in the fifth bullet, alongside a count of 116 high-resolution LEDs. One index rather than two, and a strong figure: the buying advice for this shelf puts accuracy ahead of output, and 95 is comfortably inside the range where skin tones need no rescuing
Dimming0 to 100 per cent, in the fifth bullet, described as seamless. No step count is given, so whether it is continuous or finely stepped is not stated
FlickerNot addressed on the listing. The first bullet claims glare-free, eye-friendly light from side-emitting LEDs and a four-layer diffuser, which is about softness rather than about frame rates. No flicker-free claim and no frame rates appear
Power optionsA 4000 mAh internal cell giving up to 90 minutes at full brightness, in the second bullet, with pass-through charging over both USB-C and USB so it can run from a power bank, a computer or an adapter during long sessions. It is the only published runtime among these four panels
MountAn extendable mini tripod is supplied, named in the third bullet, which implies a thread on the panel without stating its size. No cold shoe and no spigot is named, and the fourth bullet gives the weight as 388 g
Amazon referenceB087T94K63 (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN0753215062744

What people ask before they commit

Why does 600 lux without a distance tell me so little?

Because illuminance falls off sharply as a light moves away — roughly with the square of the distance. Six hundred lux measured at half a metre is about a quarter of what the same figure would mean at one metre. The hub above treats the distance as part of the measurement for exactly this reason, and the panel above it publishes 3300 lux at 1 m, which can be worked with.

What does pass-through charging change?

It removes the runtime limit. The second bullet says the panel can be charged over USB-C or USB while it is running, so a power bank turns 90 minutes into as long as the bank lasts. For a light used on a desk for meetings that is the difference between a tool and an accessory that dies mid-call.

What is a four-layer diffuser for?

To spread the light from individual emitters into an even sheet. The first bullet pairs it with side-emitting LEDs, which fire into the panel from the edges rather than straight out at the subject — the same trick used in laptop screens. The result is softer light with no visible hot spots, at the cost of some output, which is part of why the lux figure is modest.