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Fatboy Edison the Petit
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Fatboy Edison the Petit

Fatboy Edison the Petit cordless rechargeable lamp.

$109Buy on Amazon
Amazon US, October 2026. Prices change.

A small battery and a chip that dims the light when you tap the top. It moves from the table to the terrace and keeps glowing through a power cut.

Off-grid
Runs on battery, crank or solar, so it survives a power cut.
Calm
Does not compete for your attention: no notifications, feeds or endless content. Does its job and gets out of the way.

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Survival checklist

What it survives, next to the smart one it replaces.
1
=SURVIVES(threat)Survives…
ThisFatboy Edison the Petit
What it replacesSmart onePhilips Hue Go
2
Power cut
TRUE
FALSE
3
Wi-Fi goes down
TRUE
#DEPENDS
4
The company switches off its servers
TRUE
#DEPENDS
5
Someone tries to hack it
TRUE
FALSE
6
A firmware update goes wrong
TRUE
FALSE
7
Twenty years from now
#DEPENDS
#DEPENDS
8
=COUNTIF(TRUE)Total
5 of 65/6and one maybe
0 of 60/6and three maybes

The smart one is the Philips Hue Go.

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A touch dimmer and a battery. Never asks for Wi-Fi.

Fatboy Edison the Petit

$109
Off-grid · Calm
Fatboy Edison the Petit$109
Buy on Amazon