Gets the job done
A lot of reviewers complained that it didn't work, that it was shoddy, or that they couldn't sit as close as it said they should. Pshaw.<br /><br />I get dreary when we go through a couple of days with no hint of sun, the kind of winter days where you have to have your inside lights turned on all day. From what I can tell, this takes care of it. I'm a little more energetic, a little less droopy when I use the light.<br />Is it made of solid gold? No. It's pieces of plastic with a lightbulb, just like most other things out there. It's fairly solid and not unattractive. Even better, when I dropped it, the pieces seperated but I was easily able to click them back into place.<br /><br />Some people complaining about prices implied that any light would do this. The FDA doesn't regulate this, but Mayo Clinic suggests brighter lights, white (as opposed to blue), and having the UV rays filtered out. This does all of that.<br /><br />As for its use: I just plug it in next to my computer on dreary mornings. It's about a foot and a half away. I just leave it on in the morning hours. One person said the instructions tell you to knit while using it. There's a whole list of activities they say you can do while using it; the point is that you can continue on with your life and just use it during activities that normally keep you in one place for an hour or so. Anyone who has such an active lifestyle that they don't have an hour of stationary time due to their obligations is probably so healthy that they don't even get seasonal affective disorder.
Rating: 4 stars