Premium price, shoddy quality
I have bought and used Verilux products for years, but have now turned against them. First I bought a desk lamp that failed within a year. When I asked for a repair or a refund, I was quoted something like $30 for the service, which together with shipping costs would have just about equaled the purchase price. Then I bought this floor lamp to replace an old one from the same company, and it proved to be absolute rubbish. I simply could not attach the base to the upright because the screw holes were misaligned, so that every time someone picked up the lamp, the base parted company with the rest of it. Then a couple months ago, a bulb failed. The replacement lasted one month, and when I replaced THAT, it too failed just a few weeks later. At $20 a bulb, that's not acceptable. Perhaps the ballast failed, as another unhappy shopper commented. In any event, I took this one to the dump -- just two years after I purchased it -- and replaced it with a plain wrought iron lamp from L L Bean that takes incandescent bulbs. So much for energy efficiency! I still have two Verilux desk lamps, but I won't be replacing them when and if they die. I suspect that what has happened is that Verilux shifted its production to China several years ago, with the predictable results.
Rating: 1 stars