Review of Ledu L283MB Computer task lamp, fluorescent, convertible

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I looked over some of the reviews saying that this lamp sags or that it broke after a while, and while those claims may be valid, I don't think they give the lamp enough credit. If you find a position that you like and leave it there, it is awesome.

I bought this lamp over a year ago, and it has worked great.

you can prop it up one of 2 ways, either insert it into a clamp that clamps on to the edge of your table, or place it in a base (as shown in the picture).

When it was inserted into the clamp, I did note that it sagged a little bit, but it still worked fine. I now have it resting in the base, and the lamp is standing on its own a little less than 2 feet above the surface of my desk. It brilliantly illuminated my entire desk (about 4' wide by 2.5' deep)

I reaaaally like the tone of this light. It doesn't feel like a fluorescent light, or a halogen light, but it's definitely as bright as one. Honestly, the only drawback is that sometimes i'll turn it on during the late afternoon when it's a bit darker to get some extra light, and i'll leave it on accidentally because i think the light in the room is sunlight.

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Lamp sags, e.g., it doesnt remain horizontal, no matter how much the two adjustment knobs are tightened. Merchant did not respond to email describing problem

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I first want to say something about the reviews mentioning it not staying in place. I see this kind of review on almost every single product out there, someone gets a defective unit, so instead of replacing it and giving it a chance, they are all crap because of a lemon off the manufacturing line. Well guess what? It happens, manufacturing is not a perfect process gauranteed to produce a perfect product 100% of the time. And so what if the QA guys missed your one lamp, they probably have to check several thousand a day, and hey, we are all only human right?

On to the lamp. It has been the most useful addition to my workspace since I got a third monitor for my computer. The arms give it a great reach, and with the pivots you can place the lamp in just about any position, and unless you have a huge desk this should be more than enough to reach all corners of your workspace. It comes with a very bright light out of the box, I've been using it two months and no sign of dimming so far.

The main thing that I have against the lamp is the support at the base. It is just a plastic nub on the lamb base that fits in either the desk clamp or the desk base. A little better engineering would turn this into some kind of a locking mechanism, as it would be more sturdy. I can see why they chose to do it this way, it is extremely simple and cheap to produce. What this means is it turned out to be fairly loose in either base. The lamp moves around a bit more than you want when adjusting the light, it also leans to the side a bit when you have it extended. This makes it harder, but not much, to position the lamp in exactly the position you want. Personally I just made a shim out of a piece of paper, seemed to do the trick at first but it has become a little loose from use. This makes me worry as it means the plastic is flexing and that could cause the desk clamp to break at some point. Fortunately they are nice enough to provide you with a second base should this happen, it is much more robust and not likely to break in any way. The desk base is fairly large, about 4"x6"x1" and weighs a couple pounds, so you need some space for that if you don't like the clamp that you can attach to the sides of your desk. The clamp has about 1.5" of clearance, and I may have gotten a bad bolt with mine, but it is slightly curved. It took me several tries to clamp it to my desk because the bolt would keep sliding out of the plastic block. This was probably not helped by the fact that my desk was putting the clamp right on the edge of it's clearance, my other desk clamped to very easily (~.5" thick top). Once I got it secured it was fine however. I haven't even needed to tighten it in two months

Highly recommended lamp, caveats aside, mostly for the amount of freedom the lamp has to move. The reach of this lamp eliminated the need for several other smaller desk lamps, clearing up precious desk space.

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The lamp failed after 7 days of use. The transformer in the base of the stem apparently caught fire and melted the plastic. This is the 2nd one of these lamps I have had that failed (the first broke at the neck holding the lamp). Pure junk, don't buy it.

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Stylish little thing but bright as day light. It fits perfectly on messy tables and doesn't take space at all if u clamp it. It hangs over my computer and can be moved freely. I like the black color, it fits great with my interior.

I recomend it!