This was largely my mistake for not carefully inspecting how these were designed, but the thing is THIS IS JUST A BAD DESIGN for absolutely any purpose. They looook nice. But the cycle-through touch-button is absolutely stupid. There is no way to put a switch on one side of the cord because the lamp will not remember to be "on." Furthermore, if you want to use it on its dimmest setting you HAVE TO cycle through the brighter modes. What's the point of that? If I'm using it at night and want it dim the WHOLE PURPOSE is to not be flashed with brighter light which is harsh on the eyes and disruptive to the sleep cycle. Besides all that, it's hard to control which setting you put it on. My husband literally can't manage the hand control required and often cycles through the light cycles three times trying to turn it off! This is EXTREMELY disappointing. And to top it all off, one of the shades arrived cracked and damaged.