Office Sunlight Lamp
This lamp has an interesting balance of pros and cons. I think perhaps if I were using it in an office, or even a craft workspace, I would see a higher value in it.<br /><br />1) When I pulled the lamp out of the box, the pieces looked pretty straightforward. I put the lamp together without needing to look at the instructions. However, when I tried to put the main straight pole into the base, I ran into an issue. While it fits over the top of a protruding metal piece in the base, it wouldn't go all the way down into the groove that was made for it. Essentially, this meant that I couldn't screw it into the base.<br /><br />After looking at it for a while, I realized that it was because either the straight pole or the base was just slightly off. One of them was cut incorrectly, preventing them from fitting together. Because I can't get the screw in if I can't get the hole to line up, I will never be able to lift the lamp up by the straight part of the neck. This isn't a huge deal to me, but I know it may really irritate others. =)<br /><br />My guess is that this issue was specific to my lamp rather than a normal design flaw.<br /><br />2) During the day, this lamp brings a nice natural light to your workspace. It appears to make every item in the room have the correct coloring rather than the yellow/orange hue you get from incandescent lights. When looking at some jewelry I've made in the past, I realized this would be incredibly helpful to have over the desk while trying to match colors.<br /><br />3) I would not use this lamp at night. This is mostly because your body gets thrown off by the bright sunlight after the sun has set. During the day, it didn't really bother me, but in trying to use it to light my bedroom in the evening, I quickly turned it off. If I had left it on much longer, I would suspect it would give me a headache and some painful eye strain.<br /><br />4) This lamp makes a buzzing noise a little like fluorescent lights. If you get annoyed by small noises like this, it's something to take note of.<br /><br />5) The top of the neck (darker grey) is quite flexible. You can bend the lamp slightly backwards towards the ceiling if you like.<br /><br />6) The light from this lamp is pretty direct. I believe it's intended to be used over a desk, providing a small focused area of light.<br /><br />7) It's a little ugly, as you can see in the picture. I'd say it's more suited for a basic work or home office that is focused on function over design.<br /><br />So in summary - this lamp is most useful in an office, over a desk, during the day, when your purpose is to see colors for what they really are and to eliminate the fake feeling of yellow lighting. This lamp is not really for lighting a room.
Rating: 3 stars