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The Verilux Brookfield desk and table lamp is attractive, well-made and easily adjustable. Unfortunately, it has a couple of design flaws, resulting in my rating of only 3 stars.

First, the Natural Spectrum Daylight compact fluorescent lamp that comes with the Brookfield is, in my opinion, unsuitable for reading or viewing color illustrations. While Verilux goes to great pains to convince the consumer that the lamp mimics the spectrum of natural daylight, it actually produces an unpleasant bluish light that reminds me most of the blue-green glare of mercury vapor lamps used in some street lamps. The light the Verilux bulb produces may look like daylight to a photospectrometer, but it does not at all resemble the light produced by the sun on a clear day to the human eye.

Colors, whether in photos in a book or magazine or on textiles or plants, are all shifted toward the blue end of the spectrum producing an uncomfortable, artificial look. I cannot recommend Verilux bulbs for most purposes.

Second, while the articulating arm positions the lamp housing easily and smoothly, the reflector does not tip left or right. This is a minor quibble but would be nice to have and easy for the manufacturer to provide.

I elected not to return the lamp as I actually like its design. Instead, I removed the lamp socket and replaced it with a socket to accept standard screw-base compact fluorescent (CFL) lamps. I installed a warm white CFL and am now very satified with the lamp's performance.

Verilux uses a proprietary two-pin bayonet socket. Replacement lamps to fit this socket are not widely available except from Verilux or its dealers. They tend to cost more than ordinary CFL lamps. I don't recommend replacing the socket unless you are quite handy with tools are are comfortable modifying the socket mounting and wiring the new socket.

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I contacted both the merchant (who deferred to the manufacturer) and the manufacturer and was told the lamp was out of warranty so "we're sorry".

I've had lots of other lamps from quality manufacturers that are still perfect after 20 or more years of use.

I wouldn't buy another Verilux product on a bet.

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I am very pleased with this lamp. It is well-made, attractive and provides extremely good light without glare. If I needed it, I would certainly buy another one.

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This was the perfect desk lamp for me!!! I was looking for a lamp to help provide concentrated, happy light for me as I work in my home office. This lamp did the trick. It is non-glare, which is very nice when referring to papers that might be printed on gloss-coated paper. The brightness of the light and color spectrum is very pleasing. The style of the lamp design works well with my decor. I have heard that replacement bulbs are a bit expensive, but I am hopeful that the bulb will not need to be replaced very often. I like that I can easily adjust the hight of the light to go up, down, or side to side without much effort. The swing arm design works very well. Also, there is a rather large on/off twist button on the base of the lamp that makes it very easy to turn on and off. I am very happy with my purchase and highly recommend this lamp to others looking for a nice desk lamp with light that is sufficiently bright and yet easy on the eyes at the same time!

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The size, the adjustability and the "defused" lightning are close to perfect!

I don't think I could have found a better Desk Lamp anywhere on the web.