This lamp is wonderful!  I got this lamp for my husband for Christmas.  His old lamp, because of its position in the room, would be so bright that we couldn't see half of the television screen.  No such trouble with this lamp.  He likes it because it doesn't produce the heat that his old lamp did, so he doesn't break out in a sweat when he has it on for hours at a time.  It is a very steady, reliable, and unobtrusive light.  Buying another one for myself.