Seta Cordless Rechargeable Mushroom Lamp

The owner's take on the Seta

Seta is the mushroom lamp shape, a wide dome cap over a short stem, with the cord taken out. The cap sends light straight down, so you get a warm pool on the surface below and almost no glare above it. On a bedside table that means you can read while the person next to you sleeps. Tap the top to turn it on, tap again to move through the brightness, and it shifts colour temperature from a warm 3000K for winding down up to a cooler 6000K near daylight. Charging is USB-C, the same cable as most things you own.

Where it is not the right tool: the small cap lights one zone, not a whole open-plan room, and the shell is deliberately light rather than weighted. For a bedside, a hallway shelf or a child's room at night it is the right size, and it is built to move between them.

Why you will love the Seta

• The mushroom shape, made rechargeable. A design that has come back every decade since the seventies, without a cord to a wall socket.
• Downward glow, no glare. The dome cap pushes light onto the surface, so it is comfortable on a nightstand next to someone asleep.
• 3000K to 6000K, touch dimming. Warm for the evening, cool for a task, set from a tap on the top.
• Light enough to carry. Bedroom to hallway to a kid's room and back, one hand, no rewiring.
• Four finishes. White, Sage and Terracotta sit quietly in a room. Chrome draws the eye and lines up with the current run on warm metals.

Why a cordless mushroom lamp is worth it over the cheap ones

The $20 versions of this shape are everywhere and feel like it: stiff switches, weak batteries, thin plastic. Seta has proper touch control, three-plus colour temperatures and a battery that lasts an evening. It also runs on a low-voltage USB-C battery, so it skips the 240V electrical approval that holds up imported plug-in lamps at the Australian border. Backed by our 60-day guarantee.

Seta cordless mushroom lamp specifications

Why are mushroom lamps so popular?

Part of it is nostalgia, but mostly the shape just works. The dome puts soft light exactly where you want it and no light in your eyes, and switched off it is an object worth looking at rather than a bare fitting. It is on every 2026 trend list for that reason. We cover the shape in more detail in our 2026 lighting trends guide.

Is the Seta bright enough to read by?

Yes for a book in bed or a chair, with the cap over the page. The downward beam is built for close, comfortable reading rather than lighting a desk. For bright white light on detailed work, a dedicated task lamp is the better tool. On its lowest warm setting the Seta also works as a night light in a nursery or hallway.

See the full range in the Cordless & Rechargeable collection, or read our pick of the best cordless table lamps in Australia. For a smaller warm glow, look at the Vela. Free shipping across Australia on orders over $99. The 60-day guarantee covers any damage or fault, and change-of-mind returns are accepted within 30 days.