Great for the price but could be better.
Bought this as a general use desk lamp as well as a better light source and magnifier for soldering surface mount components ( ~2mm items) on a budget.<br /><br />PROS:<br />I like the adjustable brightness and light color for the kind of work I do and the light is somewhat focused (which could be a drawback but in my case it is helpful) so overall it is good. The range of travel of the arm itself is decent and the lamp head is big so it casts a good amount of light where it is pointed. The head of the light itself feels like it is good quality.<br /><br />CONS:<br />My only complaints are that the arm on this lamp feels cheap so it doesn't provide a very rigid support for the lamp and the head of the lamp doesn't have as much dimensional positioning as I'd like for really fine tuning what I am looking at through the magnifying glass. The metal part of the clamp is also kind of cheap and I'll probably rig it with more durable hardware since I've already bent the bar to tighten it. Also the plug for this lamp doesn't have a ground pin which is mostly just a pet peeve of mine. Finally, the plastic peg that attaches the arm of the lamp to the clamp bracket feels sloppy and weak-- I'm concerned that it may break at some point in the future.<br /><br />If I were to go back, I would have purchased something with 4x or higher magnification since I have to get this lamp super close to my circuit board in order to really get a good view of what I am working on. The problem with that is that I can't use my soldering iron when the lamp is so close. However this is a mistake on my part so it doesn't affect my rating.<br /><br />In the end, I like the lamp and for any other task I would purchase it again mainly due to the quality for the price point.
Rating: 4 stars