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This floor lamp is shorter than many floor lamps, making it perfect beside a bed or chair. I used it to replace a torchere that previously stood beside my bed. The old lamp threw more light, but was difficult to turn off from bed due to its height. This shorter lamp puts the pull chain (with attractive contemporary cube-shaped dangle) within easy reach. The light is less bright, but sufficient for bedtime reading, and creates a more peaceful bedtime ambience. It came with a 100 watt (equivalent) compact fluorescent soft white bulb. It is very attractive, with a fusion of contemporary and traditional style elements, just right for my eclectic design. Assembly was a snap. I marked it down to 4 stars rather than 5 due to a couple of minor manufacturing flaws. The underside of the base is covered in felt, a nice touch to protect the floor. However, the glue used to adhere the felt to the metal base was tacky, and the felt slipped right off the base when removing it from the packing box. I will look for a better adhesive to replace it, but in the meantime just tucked the edges of the felt up into the corners of the base underside, which will hold for now. Secondly, the top section of the vertical post (it is broken into 3 sections which screw together) had some slight corrosion on it, although the other two sections were finished perfectly. The flaws aren't bad enough to cause me to return the lamp. Altogether this is a great lamp practical and attractive. A perfect solution for my needs.
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The three way switch in this lamp doesn't work properly with 3-way CFLs and runs incandescent 3-way bulbs noticeably dimmer than other three way lamps in the house. If it has any special bulb requirements that I'm missing, it's not listed in the manual. Running a straight 100W replacement CFL didn't work so well either, even on the third switch setting (which should drive a 100W bulb at full power) the light from the CFL was dull and flickered somewhat.Other than the defective (or just poorly specked) socket it is a very attractive, well made lamp and shade that was very easy to setup. I like it and it looks nice in the room I have it in. Well made 3-way lamp sockets are available several places online for less than $10, rather than deal with a lengthy return process I've just ordered a better socket.
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