Lights up a room just fine. I searched long and hard for a relatively inexpensive torchiere lamp that accepts two compact fluorescent bulbs, and this was the least expensive one I could find. I use two 150W-equivalent (42W) CF bulbs. I would have preferred a lamp without a 'low' setting, which I've never had any use for with incandescent bulbs and is wasted on CF bulbs, which are either on or off.

Extreme caution in assembly required. The aluminum tubes screw together with overly delicate threads that can easily be stripped.