Table Top Lamp Review

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I have purchased several small lamps to use in doing close work and for photography of small objects. None of the lamps worked well because the light is not strong enough, and the light doesn't cover a large enough work area. I purchased this Daylight lamp because it is BIG! It is a huge improvement over the Ott Lite I was using.

The Ott Lite was the type in which the light turns on when you flip up the arm containing the bulb. The Ott Lite bulb is only about 6" long, and I had to have my work directly under its small pool of not-very-bright light. The Ott Lite bulb also is only 10" above the work surface. The Daylight bulb is 8" long, and is raised 23" above the work surface. The light is significantly brighter, and creates a much larger pool of light to work under. It's a huge improvement.

The magnifying glass of the Daylight lamp is easily removable if you don't need it. The lamp has a very long flexible stem which I love. I can bend and twist that lamp in all directions, which allows me to turn my attention to other objects on the work surface, and is really helpful with lighting angles for closeup photography, though I do need to bend the lamp close to the object in order to get a good photo (without using the camera flash). The color of the light is "clean", not yellow like regular house lighting. Though I need to invest in better photographic lighting, this lamp is filling in adequately until that time.

I haven't seen any other lamps of this type that have had such flexibility. I rated it a 4, because I still would like to have a lamp with even stronger light.

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I make a lot of quilt tops, also I am a "night person", the later it gets the more energetic and creative I get. This lamp shows the TRUE colors at any hour of the day/night. I use it for rotary cutting light, fabric color matching/blending, it is great. It is also very helpful when beading, shows up the colors and openings, making it less stressful to see everything. I like it so much, I have 2 table lamps and 1 floor lamp. You won't be disappointed, take care, enjoy life...........

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I liked this lamp a lot when I got it and have it on my desk all the time. After a period of time, though, the collar holding the lamp itself onto the gooseneck cracked, and now the lamp just flops down. It won't stay up. Contacting the Daylight company was to no avail. "We don't make this model any more and can't help you." The lamp was useful, but sure made cheaply at the points where it should have been more durable. I also bought an extra bulb. I wish now I hadn't. Maybe it will fit in a new model? Do I want to spend another 100 bucks? I don't think so. I am not happy.

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I use my craft lamp several hours a day while I bead. The flexible arm makes it easy to find the optimal height, and the bulb doesn't get overly hot. My only complaint is with the magnifying glass, which is of poor quality. And the stem end doesn't fit well into the holder on the lamp.

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I've had this light and magnifier for a year now, primarily use it for tying flies at my table. I got it from Amazon with free shipping, it came well packaged and only too 3 days to arrive. The price was very good as well.

All in all, it is a very nice light, the characteristics are ideal for tying flies and doing other detailed work in the shop. You can adjust the head of the light for various angles, or move the goose-neck itself to totally reposition the light out of the way, or get a different angle, etc. The mount that the bottom of the light goose-neck fits into is fairly tight, but I've noticed that it is loosening up a bit with use. We'll have to see how it does over time.

The spectrum of light provided is very good; much better than typical incandescent or florescent light. So the colors of the materials I select for my flies, are about as close to what you'd have in natural lighting. Hey, I've also noticed I need a little more light the older that I get too, and have found myself using the light/magnifier for small electrical projects, reel maintenance, etc.

The magnifier goose-neck is fairly rigid and a little difficult to get it to stay in shape at times. So you sometimes need to bend it a few times, to get it where you exactly want/need it. Even so, it is easy to swivel out of the way when you don't need it. However, I've noticed that the lens itself does scratch easily and tends to collect dust. So be sure to use one of those micro-fibre rags with a little moisture to clean it up -anything else causes scratches!

The base has a felt material on the bottom, and would be a little better if this was a rubber material that grasps the surface better. Sometimes the base will slide on the table top, when you swivel the lens on the base to get it out of the way. [I had it fall on the floor one time when I wasn't paying attention, so I may glue a piece of 1/8" mouse pad on the bottom, if it happens again.]

It comes with a 5-6' cord, which is long enough to plug into a nearby wall outlet. My old light/magnifier only had a 3' cord, and I had to use an extension cord with it. The on-off switch gets used at least 2 or 3 times a day and I was concerned that that might be a problem (based on the problem I had with my old light). But so far it is working just like the day I got it.