Good lighting for your streaming setup can be the difference between being able to present a clear, warm face to your audience and looking like you’re telling ghost stories during a nuclear winter. With the rise of content creation, you can get all kinds of lighting solutions at a variety of price points for creating all kinds of videos. When it comes to streaming, gamer brands are really coming into their own, and we’re starting to see some purpose-built options for our niche.
The Logitech Litra Beam LX is a lamp designed not only to illuminate the face, but also to provide RGB lighting and additional control options. It’s a polished and high-quality experience, but there’s nothing revolutionary here to justify the price.
Mounting the Logitech Litra Beam LX is nice and simple. The lithe strip screws onto the stand using a standard 1/4-20 UNC mounting connection. There’s a screw on both the long and brief ends of the lithe, so you can position it horizontally or vertically when mounted on the stand. There’s also some cable management aid regardless of orientation, and the stand is nice with a solid pull-in-place action, although it does have a slightly chunky foot.
You’ll need a free power outlet for the lithe, and then you’ll connect to your computer using the Logitech G Hub app via USB-C or Bluetooth. This was also nice and basic, as the lithe was instantly recognized by the app, and from there I could operate the software to change the lithe settings from my computer, rather than using the Litra Beam XL’s somewhat hard-to-find (especially with the key lithe shining in your face) physical buttons.
Litra Beam LX Specifications
Maximum DC power: 13.5 W (6.3 W dual color side, 7.2 W RGB side)
Brightness: Up to 400 lumens+ on bi-color side
Temperature: 2700K – 6500K; RGB 16 million colors
Communication: Bluetooth and USB-C
Accessories: Table mount
Price: 150 US dollars | 150 pounds | 250 Australian dollars
Those physical buttons are great when needed, though. There’s a choice between chilly or sultry lighting and a brightness slider. You can adjust it to your preferences, and it’s handy to be able to do it subtly in an app while streaming.
Once set up, it’s a really attractive key lithe. The lithe is supple and even, and there’s no flicker at all, regardless of brightness. I found that setting the brightness to around 70% was enough to lithe up well, giving room for a variety of scenarios. The lithe is also polished enough for taking makeup shots, which is what ring lights were originally designed for, so the evenness is impressive for a bar lithe.
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The package boasts Logitech’s Truesoft lighting technology, which produces the effect, and also passes safety checks to ensure long-term operate. Some of that is solid to quantify, but the video results aren’t all that different from much cheaper solutions like greaseproof paper-baked bulbs and inexpensive lithe rings I’ve used in the past.
Another tab in the G Hub software is for the rear RGB lithe panel, which you can set to pulse and vibrate for a variety of colorful presets or create your own. There’s a sound-responsive mode for visualizers, as well as a screen mirroring mode if you want to create that immersive splattering effect. The lights are radiant, pretty customizable, and look pretty chilly. But they also feel super unnecessary. They don’t affect your stream at all, which is good in the sense that your radiant RGB party doesn’t affect the supple camera lighting you just set up, but it does make you wonder what the point is.
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Buy if…
✅ You don’t care about the price and want a flashlight with a few extra features: There are no downsides to this lamp other than the price, so if you close your eyes after buying it, it’s probably okay.
✅ You must have these RGBEEE: We all know people who want everything to lithe up in their lives, and when it does, it looks really lovely.
Don’t buy if…
❌ Want to get good value for money: You can get much cheaper keyboard lighting kits that will probably look just as good. Even from Logitech themselves.
❌ You’ve already covered all your RGB needs and just want a main lithe: If you are not a fan of colored lights or already have them, you will not miss anything if you disable this feature.
This is what I keep coming back to when using this lithe. I have no qualms about using it, it’s a nice, neat solution with a few useful extras. While I love the RGB lighting, I can’t see myself bothering to operate the back of the Litra Beam XL. I have better solutions for this and I’ve found that when streaming with the front key lithe I don’t even notice the backlight effects thanks to everything else going on.
When much cheaper keyboard lighting options offer indistinguishable results while sacrificing only a few useful features, the Logitech Litra Beam XL becomes a tougher choice 150 dollars/150 pounds/$250 AUD. Especially since the non-RGB Litra Beam is a whole $50 cheaper.
The Logitech Litra Beam XL is very simple to operate. It’s simple to set up and does a great job of providing the right amount of lighting while also looking good on your desk. It has a robust, supple front lithe aimed at your face, a variety of setup options, simple app operation, and RGB lighting if you really want it. It’s also carbon neutral, which is really chilly. If you’re looking for a key lithe with these features and the price tag doesn’t seem high to you, then you’ll have a great time.
However, if you’re on a tight budget and just want to look good on your stream, you can probably save a lot of money elsewhere.
