We wanted a good light at the back of the Prado, for cooking, packing and sitting around at night, and the Stedi Micro Touch has been a great one. It sits on the side of our rooftop tent and has white and amber LEDs, which you switch and dim with a touch, so you can mix the two into exactly the light you want. We paid $79 for it.
What’s in the box
The Stedi Micro Touch is a compact 7.8 inch LED light bar, only 2.6 cm tall and 300 g, with 12 OSRAM LEDs and 1,400 lumens. Six of the LEDs are a 5700K pure white and six a 1500K warm amber, each colour with its own touch button. The housing is aluminium with a polycarbonate lens, it’s rated IP68 and it runs on 10 to 30V DC. In the box are two side brackets, M8 and M6 bolts with nuts and washers, and male and female Deutsch connectors. It comes with a 2-year warranty.
What we like
- White and amber in one light
- Touch controls on both sides
- Dims to mix amber and white
- 1,400 lumens, 12 OSRAM LEDs
- Low draw: 12 W, IP68
- Good value at $79
What we don’t
- No switch or wiring included
Quick Specs
| Spec | Details |
|---|---|
| Brand | Stedi |
| Material | Aluminium housingPolycarbonate lensStainless steel hardware |
| Weight | 0.3 kg |
| Size | 19.8 × 2.6 × 4.1 cm |
| LEDs | 12 OSRAM LEDs: 6 white6 amber |
| Brightness | 1,400 lumens |
| Light | White (5700K) & amber (1500K)Dimmable120° wide flood |
| Power | 10–30V DC |
| Power draw | 12 W1.15 A at 12V |
| Water rating | IP68 |
| Plug | Deutsch connectors |
| Warranty | 2 years |
Mounting it
Our Kings Grand Tourer Lite rooftop tent has channels along its sides, and that made mounting the light easy. We slotted four T-bolts into the channel at the back of the car and mounted the light on its side brackets, so it sits on the tent itself and lights up the area behind the Prado.
From there we ran the cable underneath the rooftop tent to the corner where the rear door opens, and led it back inside along the door trim. Inside, it connects to our 12V control panel on a simple rocker switch. The light comes with a male and a female Deutsch connector: one is already fitted to the light’s cable, and the loose one we wired onto our own cable, so the light clicks on and off and can come off without cutting anything. There’s no switch or wiring loom in the box, so plan for those.
Touch controls and dimming
The white and the amber LEDs each have their own touch button, one on either side of the light. A tap switches that colour on or off, and if you keep your finger on the button, it dims the light up and down. That’s the clever part: because each colour dims on its own, you can mix more amber or more white until the light is just right. Between them, the light is dimmable anywhere from a warm 1500K amber to a 5700K pure white.
Amber on its own is soft and doesn’t draw as many bugs to the light as bright white does at night. White on its own is the one for packing up or finding something in the back of the car.
Our favourite mix
We find an almost even balance between the two gives a nice warm light at the back of the car. It’s bright enough to cook and sort gear by, without the harsh glare of pure white, and it makes the back of the Prado feel like part of camp.
The 120° wide flood spreads the light across the whole area behind the car rather than throwing it far, so it’s a camp and work light, not a driving light. It draws only 12 W, about 1.15 amps at 12V, so it’s easy on the battery on a long evening.
Micro Touch 7.8 vs 13.9
Stedi also makes the Micro Touch in a 13.9 inch version. It has the same white and amber LEDs, touch controls and 120° wide flood, just twice as many LEDs, so it’s about twice as bright and draws twice the power. For the back of our car the 7.8 inch is plenty and fits neatly in the tent’s channel; the 13.9 inch suits a bigger area, like under an awning or across a wide canopy.
| Tested 7.8 inch | Bigger 13.9 inch | |
|---|---|---|
| Width | 19.8 cm | 35.3 cm |
| LEDs | 12: 6 white, 6 amber | 24: 12 white, 12 amber |
| Current at 12V | 1.15 A | 2.23 A |
| Brightness | ≈1,400 lm | ≈2,600 lm |
| Power draw | 12 W | 24 W |
| Weight | 0.3 kg | 0.5 kg |
| Shop | Amazon | Amazon |
Micro Touch vs Micro V2
Stedi’s Micro V2 lights have the same 2.6 cm micro profile, but only one colour each: you choose a white (5700K) or an amber (2700K) light when you buy it. They’re cheaper, and the 26 inch version gives you a long bar of white light for under an awning. If you want to switch between white and amber, or mix the two like we do, the Micro Touch is the one.
| Tested Micro Touch 7.8 | Amber only V2 7.8 amber | White only V2 7.8 white | Bigger V2 26 inch | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dual colour | Yes | No | No | No |
| Colour | White 5700K & Amber 1500K | Amber 2700K | White 5700K | White 5700K |
| Width | 19.8 cm | ≈19.8 cm | ≈19.8 cm | ≈66 cm |
| LEDs | 12 | 12 | 12 | 48 |
| Water rating | IP68 | IP67 | IP67 | IP67 |
| Shop | Amazon | Amazon | Amazon | Amazon |
Conclusion: Stedi Micro Touch Flood LightConclusion
The Stedi Micro Touch is a great light for the back of the car. It’s compact, bright at 1,400 lumens and has white and amber LEDs in one housing, with touch controls that switch and dim each colour, so you can mix exactly the light you want. Ours sits in the channel on our rooftop tent on four T-bolts and runs off a rocker switch on our 12V panel. You need your own switch and wiring, but at $79 it’s good value. It’s the best dual colour light in our camping lights guide and our 12V accessories guide.
A great little light for the back of the car.
The Stedi Micro Touch has white and amber LEDs that you switch and dim with a touch, so you can mix the two: an almost even balance gives us a nice warm light at the back of the Prado. It's compact, bright at 1,400 lumens and good value at $79.
- 4WD tourers
- Rooftop tents
- Car campers
Yes. $79 gets you white and amber in one compact light, and the touch dimming lets you set exactly the light you want at camp.
