I have an awkward place where I needed lighting but I didn't have room for a table with a lamp.  This lamp solved the problem, and it is attractive.  It gives me light over a sofa for reading without creating too much heat or being too bright.  I didn't realize that the switch was in the chord, probably intended to be on the floor.  I got around that by tucking the chord into the space between the back cushion and the arm of the sofa.  Works well for my situation but perhaps not for everyone.  If you need the switch on the lamp itself, this won't work.