Review: Lepro TB1 and TB2 AI Smart Table Lamps

I’m a big fan of smart home devices and love it when companies try something new to improve upon something that a ton of companies generally just try to do the bare minimum for. I, for one, welcome our future robot overlords and am always excited to try out new smart options on the market. Lepro may not offer a ton of ways to automate my home, but their lighting is something I’m now a fan of. 

Normally, I’d present devices individually, but their TB1 and TB2 AI Smart Table Lamps are so similar that I wanted to talk about them both at the same time. Since TB1 and TB2 are so cold and robotic sounding, I will also refer to them throughout this article as I refer to them in real life, the Gyroscope and Music Note, respectively. But, aside from a few visual differences, they run and act nearly identically.

Setting up the Lepro TB1 and TB2 AI Smart Table Lamps

The tech behind Lepro’s AI is surprisingly simple. Out of the box, the lamps were easy to connect their few pieces together and plug right into a wall to turn on and off like a normal lamp.

Automatically, the lamps are set to a bright white color and maximum brightness. I do recommend you not look directly at it when you plug it in for the first time, especially if you’re in a dark room to start. I made that mistake multiple times in order to make sure you don’t.

While they both work great on Google Home or Alexa, each lamp has a built-in mic for integrated, self-contained smart home use. This is great for people who don’t want to use the “always listening” options out there, as it’s ready to go out of the box.

As a smart home enthusiast with a Google Home, it’s pretty standard to get it onto your network. Download the Lepro app, have it find the new devices, head to the Google Home app on your phone, and get them added to your network. From there, you’re good to go.

Let me also make sure to repeat that I’m familiar with these kinds of tech, and it was an absolute breeze for me. My wife, on the other hand, is not generally the tech in our home and, while she did it entirely on her own, she did struggle with an initial setup process to get it going fully when left to do it on her own. So, keep that in mind when deciding to go with an AI smart lamp over one that isn’t smart.

Using the lamps

Starting off, the TB1 and TB2 are a couple of interesting shapes. As I mentioned earlier, TB1 resembles a gyroscope, with movable inner circles. This gives a really cool design that looks great on a table. The TB2 is in the shape of a clef note in sheet music, which is great for musicians or people who just love music. 

I’m generally wary of anything that touts AI as a main feature. But, I’m willing to give a pass to this one as it uses a custom Lepro AI LightGPM 2.0 large language model to try to understand color theory, color psychology, and deep lighting design knowledge without any unnecessary additions.

The individual LEDs within each lamp are customizable, including brightness, color options, patterns, movement, speed, and so much more.

We spent a ton of time testing the capabilities of each lamp; they both have some awesome patterns that the AI will take advantage of, if you tell it to. For instance, you can tell the AI in the app that you feel “happy”, which it’ll give you a ton of color, pattern, and speed options for “happy”. We tried the same with various emotions, and it hit the nail on the head for each.

The limitations started to show when we started being a little more abstract with our requests, as the language model just might be sealed off from the world at large. 

All the same, the options that it does offer are fantastic. Just make sure you tell it that you’re feeling “melancholy” or “ecstatic” and not things like “Sailor Moon” or “Dungeons and Dragons”.

Another really cool feature is that both lamps offer a LightBeats Music Sync mode to have dynamic lighting with your music and tunes. Oh, and if you’re wondering: yes, you can do a bunch of versions of the generic RGB gamer lighting in any mode.

Final Verdict

I’ll be honest, our home needed more lamps. But, I have the TB2 (Music Note) at my work desk and my wife uses the TB1 (Gyroscope) at hers. They both work incredibly well as intended, even when you just need them to be a nice bright white to illuminate a desk without a color overtone.

Aside from the personal qualms, both the Lepro TB1 and TB2 AI Smart Table Lamps are incredibly great. My only concern is how pricey they are in terms of value for what you get, as there are many much cheaper smart home desk lamp options out there. However, the built-in AI and integrated voice assistant do add some great value to them.

You can pick up the gyroscope-looking Lepro TB1 for $75.99 on Lepro’s website, with the music note-like TB2 for $64.99. They also go on sale often enough that you can look out for some great deals. Now that you can set the right coziness for your lighting while gaming, you should check out our CRKD Nitro Deck+ review for your Nintendo Switch.