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This harp was just what I was looking for. I'd purchased some CFL lights and was disappointed to find that they didn't fit into my old lamp harps. So at the hardware store I bought some that were wide enough but they were way too high--the lamp shade sat up so high that it looked funny--you could see the switch and it looked silly. I wondered how to get a lamp harp that was wide enough but not so high that my lampshade wouldn't fit? I first looked for longer lampshade, but they were very expensive. Then I found this harp that was a perfect fit.

I'm going to run into this more and more as I gradually switch all of my lights over to CFL lights. So it is handy to have an extra harp, too.

Highly recommended.

*****

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I bought these because of an old lamp that couldn't take anything larger than a 40-watt incandescent bulb. They seem well made, and the one I put on that lamp fit very nicely, including taking the old final. I can now put a regular CFL into the lamp.

Note, however, that these DO NOT fit a 3-way CFL. For that you need the 10-inch version.

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Just what I needed to fit a 3-way CFL into an old lamp. This size is not stocked locally so I was happy to find it reasonably priced with fast shipping

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These harps are the right size to fit a three-way CFL in my Crate & Barrel table lamps. About an inch longer than the original harps.

Two problems: First, they are gold/bronze color, not silver as in the pictures. Second, the collar rings that lock the harp are too small, at least for my lamps. Tension keeps the harp in place, but they aren't locked and could get bumped off.

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Short version: Excellent product for accommodating oversize energy saving bulbs in existing lamps.

Long version: I've had a pair of lamps on my desk for several years. I like them. But I like bright lighting, especially at my desk where I use my laptop, which presented a problem. The harps on these lamps would accept an A19 size incandescent, but would insistently push away any bulb even a little bit bigger. When I was younger I had always wanted brighter bulbs, like 100W, but having grown up with Fern Gully, Captain Planet, Jump Start 6th Grade and 6th Grade Adventures I was already aware that besides costing more to operate, brighter bulbs were a continual environmental burden. So I was stuck with 40 or 60 watt bulbs until I learned about CFLs. I was maybe 11 when I bought my first. Of course, back then they were a little bigger! They shrank somewhat over the years, but still I couldn't get better than a 60W equivalent into my lamps. I expected LEDs to finally break the size barrier and was thrilled when the first 100W equivalents recently hit the marketplace, but discovered that they were being offered in the A21 size that still wouldn't fit my lamps. I looked at harp extenders, but what I saw were cheap plastic add-ons that I had tried before without success. One of the reviewers had suggested replacing the harps themselves. Of course! So I looked into that. Many of the offerings were 2 piece kits, but I wasn't sure if I would be obligated to use the included harp holder and wouldn't want to, since the current one is already painted to match my lamp. So I got these.

They ended up being an easy install-ironically, they fit better than the original harps. The width is very generous. The height is also generous; actually too generous. You see, these harps are designed for Alzo's own CFLs, which are very large, even by CFL standards, so the extra height makes sense. However, for A21 sized LED bulbs and compact CFLs the harp is more than wide enough and more than tall enough. The extra width is sort of a bonus unless you have an extremely narrow, petit lamp shade, but if you have a somewhat but not extraordinarily short shade, as I do, the less attractive switch portion gets exposed and devalues the aesthetics somewhat. On the whole I'm glad to be running brighter lights, but a 7" version of this harp would be nice.