INTRODUCTION

   Even though RGB lighting made its debut on TV screens many years ago it has since expanded to numerous areas of the electronics industry. That being said i seriously doubt there's an area as heavily influenced by RGB lighting as the PC and console industries since aside the usual gaming peripherals like keyboards, mice, mouse pads, LED strips and even LCD screens there are even hardware components like motherboards, graphics/audio cards, CPU coolers and SSDs designed with that specific feature in mind. Still it seems that's not just quite enough for CORSAIR since they are clearly looking to further expand their RGB product lines and the latest (and quite impressive) ICUE LT100 Smart Lighting Towers are their latest innovation.

   Founded in 1994, CORSAIR has grown from pioneering the high-performance DRAM market into one of the world’s leading providers of high-performance gaming and streaming products. CORSAIR offers a complete range of products to equip gamers, enthusiasts, and esports athletes, including mechanical keyboards, precision gaming mice, wireless headsets, premium PC components, and the CORSAIR ONE fully-integrated gaming PC. With a company-wide commitment to quality, innovative design, advanced features and high-performance, CORSAIR products have won thousands of media and industry awards, earning their place in gamers’ hands and PCs following years of development and engineering by a team dedicated to building great products that they themselves would want to use. In 2018 CORSAIR acquired Elgato Gaming, a manufacturer of streaming products. In 2019 CORSAIR acquired Origin Computers, a manufacturer of custom high-performance gaming PCs and laptops, and SCUF Gaming, an innovator and creator of high-performance gaming controllers.

   As the name clearly states the iCUE LT100 is part of CORSAIRs smart lighting ecosystem and consists by two slim dark grey towers (starter pack) which just like in the case of the LS100 RGB LED strips can be expanded with more towers via the extra expansion packs (maximum number of connected towers is 4). Each tower stands 422mm tall and features a total of 46 fully customizable RGB LEDs (according to CORSAIR these LEDs can support 16.8M colors and update at rate of 25 times per second with no flickering) located behind light-diffusing casings made out of silicone which soften and blend light for a continuous and smooth effect (a removable headset holder is also present in the bundle and can be used with one of the towers). As with the LS100 via the iCUE software you can choose and adjust the properties of one of the 25 available effects (11 of those can be used without the software). Of course, both towers feature a reversible design, meaning you can either have them facing forward or backwards if you'd like a subtler illumination of your space.