The Ultimate Guide to Choosing a Friendship Lamp Style for Your Australian Home
Miss someone? There's a lamp for that. Not in a gimmicky way — in a real, tactile, their-light-just-turned-warm-pink-at-10pm kind of way. LuvLink's connected lamps let you reach across cities, states, or oceans with a single touch. With five distinct lamp families and all the friendship lamp styles available in Australia right now, picking the right one can feel a little overwhelming. This guide cuts through all of it.
How Does a LuvLink Friendship Lamp Actually Work?
Touch your lamp and it glows. Wherever your person is — interstate, overseas, down the coast — their lamp glows the same colour at the same moment. No messages, no missed calls. Just light. The lamps connect over Wi-Fi through the LuvLink app, and you can choose from over 200 colours. Warm pink for "thinking of you", blue for "goodnight" — whatever feels right between the two of you.
The core technology is the same across the full range, which means you're really choosing based on design, not function. So let's talk design.
The colour you choose can carry meaning — warm pink for "thinking of you", blue for "goodnight", whatever feels right between you two.
“I recently moved 3 hours away from home for a new job. I had spent weeks trying to come up with something to give my best friend so that she knew the physical distance wouldn’t cause a tear in our friendship. We’ve known each other for 16 years so I wanted it to be special. Once I found LuvLink it was a no brainer. Being connected with her has kept me grounded and loved even in the middle of the night and alone. Being able to customize the colors to our favorites that represent us has reinforced...”
Friendship Lamp Styles in Australia: A Full Breakdown
Here's a look at every lamp style LuvLink offers in Australia, who it suits best, and what makes each one different.
TL;DR — LuvLink offers five lamp families: the classic Friendship Lamp, the Pulse Friendship Lamp, the Infinity Lamp (with optional voice messaging), and the Modern range (Cube, Tower, Cylinder, Home). The right one depends on your home's style, who you're gifting it to, and how many people you want to connect.
| Lamp | Design | Finishes / Colours | Available As | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friendship Lamp | Rounded teardrop silhouette; soft, classic look | Single translucent white shade | Single, Set of Two, Three, Four, Five, Six | Families, first-timers, anyone who wants the classic experience |
| Pulse Friendship Lamp | Modern teardrop with a twist — Clear or Core styles | Clear (glass-look), Core (frosted centrepiece) | Single, Set of Two, Three, Four | Those who want a contemporary edge without going full minimalist |
| Infinity Lamp | Sleek column with mirror infinity effect | Black, Mint, White | Single, Set of Two, Three, Four | Couples and best friends who want something visually striking |
| Infinity Voice Lamp | Same infinity design + voice messaging | Black, Mint, White | Single, Set of Two, Three, Four | Long-distance pairs who want more than just light |
| Modern Range (Cube, Tower, Cylinder, Home) | Four architectural shapes; Scandi-meets-Aussie warmth | Natural, Walnut | Single, Set of Two, Three, Four (per shape) | Design-conscious homes; thoughtful gifters who care about aesthetics |
The Classic Friendship Lamp: Still the Most Popular for Good Reason
The original Friendship Lamp has that immediately recognisable rounded shape — warm, soft, and unpretentious. It doesn't try to be a design statement. It just sits there glowing and doing its job beautifully.
It's the go-to for families spread across Australia — a mum in Brisbane, a daughter in Melbourne, a son studying overseas. Because it comes in sets of up to six, it's the only lamp in the range that can connect a whole family at once. One touch from anyone in the group lights up everyone else's lamp simultaneously.
If you're buying for someone who isn't especially fussy about interiors but will absolutely cry when their lamp glows for the first time, this is the one. Real Australian families have shared just how much it's changed their daily connection — it's worth a read before you decide.
The Pulse Friendship Lamp: A Step Up in Style
The Pulse Friendship Lamp keeps the same connected magic but wraps it in a more contemporary shell. Two styles: Clear (a glass-look finish that catches light beautifully) and Core (a frosted centre panel that diffuses colour in a softer, more layered way).
If you live in a modern flat or a home where you actually think about what goes on the shelf, the Pulse is the sweet spot between "looks good" and "doesn't feel cold or clinical". It still has the warmth of the original — it just photographs better on your bookshelf.
The Infinity Lamp: For When You Want a Statement Piece
The Infinity Lamp is genuinely different. It uses a mirror infinity effect to create a tunnel of light that appears to stretch endlessly inside the lamp. Touch it and the light ripples through that infinite depth — it's the kind of thing that makes guests stop mid-conversation to ask what it is.
It comes in Black, Mint, and White, and the Infinity Voice version adds voice messaging — hold the lamp, leave a message, and your person hears your actual voice playing from their lamp. For a long-distance couple or two best friends who moved to different cities, that moment of hearing someone's voice through a lamp — unprompted, unexpected — is something a text simply cannot replicate.
- Infinity — light touch, deep visual impact, three colour options
- Infinity Voice — everything above, plus record and receive voice messages directly through the lamp
The Infinity range suits homes with a modern or monochrome aesthetic — think concrete benchtops, matte black fixtures, or the kind of shelving where every object is deliberate.
The Modern Range: Four Shapes, One Beautiful Idea
The Modern Range is LuvLink's most design-forward collection. Four distinct shapes — Cube, Tower, Cylinder, and Home — all available in Natural or Walnut timber finishes. Same Wi-Fi connection, same 200+ colours, same one-touch reach across the distance.
What makes this range special is how naturally it fits into Australian homes. The timber finishes sit beautifully alongside rattan, linen, and the earthy tones that are absolutely everywhere in Aussie interiors right now. These aren't lamps you hide in a corner — they're lamps you put front and centre.
| Shape | Silhouette | Finishes | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cube | Compact square block | Natural, Walnut | Desk, bedside table, smaller spaces |
| Tower | Tall, vertical column | Natural, Walnut | Shelf styling, living rooms, statement corners |
| Cylinder | Soft round column | Natural, Walnut | Bedside, reading nooks, anyone who prefers curves |
| Home | House-shaped silhouette | Natural, Walnut | Gifting to parents, grandparents, families — carries emotional symbolism |
The Home shape is something else. There's something unexpectedly moving about a house-shaped lamp — your mum gets it immediately, without you having to explain it. A walnut Cylinder on a linen-covered shelf, glowing amber while dinner's on — it just belongs. If you're shopping for a parent or grandparent, this guide for mums who live far away is worth bookmarking too.
A timber lamp on a natural-wood shelf, glowing soft amber at 8pm — it's the kind of object that stops feeling like a purchase and starts feeling like part of the house.
Which Friendship Lamp Style Should You Actually Choose?
The right answer really does depend on your situation, so here's how to think through it:
If your family is scattered — a mum in Brisbane, a kid at uni in Perth, another in London — the classic Friendship Lamp is the only one that connects all six of them at once. Nothing else in the range does that. It's purpose-built for exactly this.
Gifting to someone with a carefully styled home? The Pulse or any shape from the Modern Range will mean far more than the classic — because it'll actually live on the shelf rather than get tucked away. A Natural Cube on a desk or a Walnut Tower on a bookshelf just reads as intentional.
For a long-distance couple or two best friends in different cities, the Infinity Voice is the one to get. The visual impact alone makes it worth it — the voice feature makes it genuinely irreplaceable.
The Modern Home shape is one of those gifts that barely needs wrapping. House-shaped, timber-finished, glowing in your mum's favourite colour — she'll know what it means before you say a word. The classic Friendship Lamp works beautifully here too, especially if simplicity matters more than aesthetics.
Sending to someone overseas? Every LuvLink lamp works internationally over Wi-Fi — this guide for Australians abroad covers the setup in more detail.
Prices start from the classic single Friendship Lamp, with the Modern Range and Infinity Voice sitting at the premium end of the range. All styles ship within Australia, and international delivery is available for gifting abroad.
Not sure if a lamp is the right kind of gift at all? The Digital Photo Frame vs Friendship Lamp comparison might help if you're weighing up a different style of connection gift.
Ready to choose? Browse the full range at LuvLink Friendship Lamps and find the style that feels like home.
“LuvLink has been a great addition to our daily routine — easy to set up and works reliably every time. Highly recommend it to anyone looking for a simple, dependable way to stay connected with the people who matter most”
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I mix different friendship lamp styles in the same connected group?
Each lamp style operates on its own network within the LuvLink app, so lamps of the same type connect together. If you want everyone in a group to be connected, choose the same lamp model (e.g. all classic Friendship Lamps or all Modern Cubes) for the set.
Do LuvLink lamps work between Australia and overseas?
Yes. As long as both lamps are connected to Wi-Fi, they work across any distance — city to city, or country to country. Many Australian families use them to stay connected with loved ones in the UK, US, and across Asia.
Is the Infinity Lamp the same as a Friendship Lamp?
They share the same core technology — touch to glow, 200+ colours, Wi-Fi connected — but the Infinity Lamp has a distinct mirror-tunnel light effect and the Voice version adds voice messaging. It's a step up in design and features from the classic Friendship Lamp.
What's the difference between the Pulse Clear and Pulse Core styles?
The Clear style has a glass-look translucent finish that lets colour radiate openly through the whole lamp. The Core style has a frosted centrepiece that diffuses the light in a softer, more layered way — it's subtler and suits moodier, dimmer spaces well.
