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Antok 30 × 36 in LED mirror review

A 30 x 36 in LED mirror with CRI above 90 dual lighting, a 60-minute defogger cut-off and dimming to 10%.

What the maker puts in writing

“Backlight and frontlight LED technology… high-quality, CRI>90 light strips that deliver even, stable illumination and render colors with exceptional accuracy… The dual light sources can be controlled independently”
“Our enhanced defogger technology activates quickly, dispersing condensation from the center outward, and automatically shuts off after 60 minutes for safety and energy efficiency. The smart memory function saves your last-used brightness and color temperature settings”
“Long-press the sensor to dim or brighten the lights smoothly from 10% to 100%… Toggle effortlessly between 3 color temperature settings—Warm (3000K), Natural (4000K), and Cool (6000K)”
“Crafted from high-grade 5mm (0.20 in) nano tempered glass, this shatterproof mirror is explosion-proof and waterproof… distortion-free, high-definition reflections”
“This wall mounted LED mirror supports both hardwired and plug-in power options to suit any bathroom setup… the included heavy-duty Z-bar brackets… can be mounted horizontally or vertically… most installations are completed in under 30 minutes”
Two robust Z-bar mounting brackets engineered to support the mirror’s full weight
“Lifetime free maintenance and free return & exchange services”

CRI above ninety

That figure appears on one of the four listings on this shelf, and it is the specification this entire shelf is about.

The Color Rendering Index measures how truthfully a light renders color against daylight, on a scale to 100. Below about 80, reds go muddy and skin looks gray. Above 90 is what photographers and makeup artists work under.

Now read what the other listings offer in its place:

Natural White (4000K) for true-to-color makeup application.

Four thousand Kelvin is the hue of the white. It is not accuracy. A 4000 K lamp at CRI 70 and a 4000 K lamp at CRI 95 look nearly the same on a white wall and render a face completely differently — which is why makeup applied in a cheap bathroom mirror looks wrong in a parking garage.

The three DUMOS mirrors on this shelf promise true color and publish the wrong measurement for it. This one publishes the right one.

And a defogger that knows when to stop

Automatically shuts off after 60 minutes for safety and energy efficiency.

A defogger is a resistive heating pad bonded behind the glass. Once the steam has cleared it has no job to do.

The three DUMOS listings do not mention shut-off at all, which leaves it unknown.

This one turns itself off, and says why.

Ten per cent

The dimming floor, which is the end of the range that matters.

Antok 10%. The three identical DUMOS 20%.

Ten per cent is a light you can meet at three in the morning with your eyes half shut.

The sentence five other listings should have

Supports both hardwired and plug-in power options.

This is the practical omission running through this shelf. A bathroom mirror needs electricity, and an American bathroom typically has either an outlet beside the sink or a junction box behind the mirror — rarely both.

The other three listings do not say which they expect.

So a mirror can arrive with a bare cable and no box in the wall, or with a plug and nowhere to put it. This one does either, with two Z-bar brackets, horizontal or vertical mounting, and all the hardware in the box.

What the glass is

Five millimeter nano tempered, stated shatterproof and explosion-proof.

Only this mirror publishes a glass specification on this shelf. The largest mirror here — twelve square feet of it — publishes none.

What it costs

Fifteen dollars seven a square foot, the highest here, where DUMOS’s 36 x 48 is $7.29.

Seven and a half square feet for $112.99 against twelve square feet for $87.91.

If the job is seeing whether your hair is flat, buy the DUMOS. If this is the mirror you put your face in every day, the six things on this page that nothing else here offers are what the money is for.

And lifetime free maintenance is the only after-sales commitment published on this shelf at all.

Availability

Available at around $112.99 on Amazon.com when we checked on October 29, 2026, for delivery to a US address.

Stock and prices on Amazon.com move without notice; the button above opens the live listing.

Prices quoted in this text were read on October 29, 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.

Strengths, and the catches

Strengths

CRI above 90, which is the only published color-accuracy figure on this shelf and the number that makes "true to color" mean something
A defogger that switches itself off after 60 minutes — the only automatic cut-off here, on a heating element bonded to glass
The only mirror on this shelf that states how it connects to power: hardwired or plug-in, either way

Compromises

Fifteen dollars seven a square foot, against $7.29 for the largest DUMOS on this shelf
Seven and a half square feet for $112.99, where $87.91 buys twelve square feet from DUMOS
Seven bullets of considerable length, and no warranty term beyond "lifetime free maintenance"

Where this one is not like the others

Set against the median of its own shelf on this site — not against the whole bathroom market.

Adjustable color temperatureYes, with BACKLIGHT AND FRONTLIGHT INDEPENDENTLY CONTROLLED and dimming from 10% TO 100% — THE LOWEST FLOOR ON THIS SHELF, which is what a night visit to the bathroom wants. Memory saves the last brightness and color temperature.-50 % against this shelf’s median
Size30 × 36 in — 7.50 sq ft, at $15.07 a square foot on October 29, 2026: THE HIGHEST PUBLISHED RATE ON THIS SHELF, about double the lowest; the three European mirrors here publish no price. 13.0 lb (5,897 g). Mounted on TWO HEAVY-DUTY Z-BAR BRACKETS, horizontal or vertical, all hardware included, with most installations completed in under 30 minutes. After-sales is stated as lifetime free maintenance with free return and exchange.-17 % against this shelf’s median

Specifications

Size	30 × 36 in — 7.50 sq ft, at $15.07 a square foot on October 29, 2026: THE HIGHEST PUBLISHED RATE ON THIS SHELF, about double the lowest; the three European mirrors here publish no price. 13.0 lb (5,897 g). Mounted on TWO HEAVY-DUTY Z-BAR BRACKETS, horizontal or vertical, all hardware included, with most installations completed in under 30 minutes. After-sales is stated as lifetime free maintenance with free return and exchange.
Color temperature	3000 K warm, 4000 K natural, 6000 K cool, AT A CRI GREATER THAN 90 — THE ONLY Color ACCURACY FIGURE ON THIS SHELF, and the number that decides whether make-up matched at this mirror still matches in daylight.
Adjustable color temperature	Yes, with BACKLIGHT AND FRONTLIGHT INDEPENDENTLY CONTROLLED and dimming from 10% TO 100% — THE LOWEST FLOOR ON THIS SHELF, which is what a night visit to the bathroom wants. Memory saves the last brightness and color temperature.
IP rating	NOT PUBLISHED BY THE MAKER. The glass is 0.20 in (5 mm) nano tempered, shatterproof, explosion-proof and waterproof, which is a set of words and not an IP figure.
Power supply	BOTH HARDWIRED AND PLUG-IN SUPPORTED — THE ONLY MIRROR ON THIS SHELF THAT SAYS, and the one fact that decides whether you need an electrician.
Switch type	Touch.
Demisting	Yes, dispersing from the center outward, WITH AN AUTOMATIC SHUT-OFF AFTER 60 MINUTES for safety and energy — the only demister on this shelf that turns itself off.
Amazon reference	B0FY1HL3KG
EAN	6978779704884

The questions we get

What is CRI and why is it the specification that matters?

The Color Rendering Index measures how faithfully a light source renders colors compared with natural daylight, on a scale to 100. Below about 80, reds go muddy and skin looks gray or sallow. Above 90 is what photographers and makeup artists work under. This is the whole problem with the rest of this shelf: the three DUMOS listings promise "true-to-color makeup application" and offer a color temperature — 4000 K — as the evidence. Color temperature is the *hue* of the white light, not its accuracy. A 4000 K lamp at CRI 70 and a 4000 K lamp at CRI 95 look much the same on a white wall and render a face completely differently. Antok is the only mirror here that publishes the number that answers the question.

Why does a 60-minute defogger cut-off matter?

Because a defogger is a resistive heating pad bonded to the back of the glass, and it has no reason to run once the steam has gone. Antok shuts it off after an hour and gives both reasons — safety and energy. On this shelf, the three DUMOS listings do not mention shut-off at all, which means it is unknown. A heater you can leave on indefinitely behind a sheet of glass is not a crisis, but it is not nothing either, and this is the only mirror here that handles it.

Is it worth nearly twice the price per square foot?

It depends entirely on what the mirror is for. If it is for seeing whether your hair is flat, the DUMOS 36 x 48 gives twelve square feet for $87.91 and this gives 7.5 for $112.99 — no contest. If it is the mirror you put your face in every morning, CRI>90, independently controlled front and back lighting, dimming to 10%, published 0.20 in (5 mm) nano tempered glass, a defogger that turns itself off and a stated power connection are six things no other mirror on this shelf offers. That is a coherent product rather than a bigger sheet of glass.

Against the closest bathroom fittings on price

Same category, nearby prices, between bathroom fittings. What remains is the specifications every one publishes — half empty, a column is no use.

Model	Price	Size	Color temperature	Adjustable color temperature	IP rating
Antok 30 × 36 in LED mirror	$113	30 × 36 in — 7.50 sq ft, at $15.07 a square foot on October 29, 2026: THE HIGHEST PUBLISHED RATE ON THIS SHELF, about double the lowest; the three European mirrors here publish no price. 13.0 lb (5,897 g). Mounted on TWO HEAVY-DUTY Z-BAR BRACKETS, horizontal or vertical, all hardware included, with most installations completed in under 30 minutes. After-sales is stated as lifetime free maintenance with free return and exchange.	3000 K warm, 4000 K natural, 6000 K cool, AT A CRI GREATER THAN 90 — THE ONLY Color ACCURACY FIGURE ON THIS SHELF, and the number that decides whether make-up matched at this mirror still matches in daylight.	Yes, with BACKLIGHT AND FRONTLIGHT INDEPENDENTLY CONTROLLED and dimming from 10% TO 100% — THE LOWEST FLOOR ON THIS SHELF, which is what a night visit to the bathroom wants. Memory saves the last brightness and color temperature.	NOT PUBLISHED BY THE MAKER. The glass is 0.20 in (5 mm) nano tempered, shatterproof, explosion-proof and waterproof, which is a set of words and not an IP figure.
DUMOS 36 × 48 in LED mirror	$88	36.1 × 48.1 in — 12.06 SQ FT, THE LARGEST ON THIS SHELF, at $7.29 a square foot, THE LOWEST HERE. THE LISTED 9,344 G IS THE SAME FIGURE THE MAKER GIVES FOR ITS SMALLER 36.1 × 36.1 MIRROR, a third less glass. Neither the glass thickness nor any tempering is published, and the mounting hardware is not itemized.	3000 K warm, 4000 K natural, 6500 K cool. No CRI is published.	Yes, dimming 20% to 100% by touch control, with a memory restoring the last brightness and color temperature. The light sources are not stated as separately controlled. Its published bullets are identical, word for word, to the maker's 24.1 × 32.1 and 36.1 × 36.1 mirrors.	NOT PUBLISHED BY THE MAKER.
DUMOS 36 × 36 in LED mirror	$75	36.1 × 36.1 in — 9.05 sq ft, SQUARE, the only square mirror on this shelf, at $8.33 a square foot on October 29, 2026. THE LISTED 9,344 G IS THE SAME FIGURE THE MAKER GIVES FOR ITS LARGER 36.1 × 48.1 MIRROR, which cannot be right for both. Neither the glass thickness nor any tempering is published, and THE MOUNTING HARDWARE IS NOT Itemized on this listing.	3000 K warm, 4000 K natural, 6500 K cool. No CRI is published.	Yes, dimming 20% to 100% by touch control, with a memory restoring the last brightness and color temperature. The light sources are not stated as separately controlled. Its published bullets are identical, word for word, to the maker's 24.1 × 32.1 and 36.1 × 48.1 mirrors.	NOT PUBLISHED BY THE MAKER.
DUMOS 24 × 32 in LED mirror	$57	A slim rectangular profile with integrated LEDs, 24.1 × 32.1 in — 5.37 sq ft, at $10.60 a square foot on October 29, 2026: THE MOST EXPENSIVE GLASS OF THE THREE DUMOS MIRRORS HERE, 45% more a square foot than the maker's own largest. Neither the glass thickness nor any tempering is published, and no weight is published.	3000 K warm, 4000 K natural, 6500 K cool. No CRI is published.	Yes, dimming 20% to 100% by touch control, with a memory restoring the last brightness and color temperature. The light sources are not stated as separately controlled front and back. ITS PUBLISHED BULLETS ARE IDENTICAL, WORD FOR WORD, TO THE MAKER'S 36.1 × 36.1 AND 36.1 × 48.1 MIRRORS — so only the size and the price tell these three apart.	NOT PUBLISHED BY THE MAKER.

Where the models diverge, in bathroom fittings

If price decides: DUMOS 24 × 32 in LED mirror, at $57.
Highest Size in the table: DUMOS 36 × 36 in LED mirror (36.1 × 36.1 in — 9.05 sq ft, SQUARE, the only square mirror on this shelf, at $8.33 a square foot on October 29, 2026. THE LISTED 9,344 G IS THE SAME FIGURE THE MAKER GIVES FOR ITS LARGER 36.1 × 48.1 MIRROR, which cannot be right for both. Neither the glass thickness nor any tempering is published, and THE MOUNTING HARDWARE IS NOT Itemized on this listing.).
Highest Adjustable color temperature in the table: DUMOS 24 × 32 in LED mirror (Yes, dimming 20% to 100% by touch control, with a memory restoring the last brightness and color temperature. The light sources are not stated as separately controlled front and back. ITS PUBLISHED BULLETS ARE IDENTICAL, WORD FOR WORD, TO THE MAKER'S 36.1 × 36.1 AND 36.1 × 48.1 MIRRORS — so only the size and the price tell these three apart.).

The price on Amazon.com

This model is listed on Amazon.com, at ≈ $113 at the last reading. Listed is not the same as in stock: availability changes daily, and the buy box shows the live price.

Details checked on October 29, 2026.

Who buys this one, among bathroom fittings

Anyone who does their face in this mirror — CRI above 90 is the difference between right and nearly right

What buyers actually choose

Amazon reports what buyers took in the month before this page was last checked: at least 200.

The figure is a floor, rounded by Amazon, and read through Keepa — it says what buyers picked, not what a maker claims.

Sources

Specifications: the manufacturer sheet for bathroom fittings and the matching Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure on this page names its source.

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