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I have used this lamp for close to a year now. It is very attractive and provides good light, but creates intense interference on my telephone line, as does another Ott-Lite that I own.
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I've had this lamp and it's floor lamp version for several years now and I thought I should offer a review since I'm experienced with them. My parents bought these for me as a birthday present before I moved out to college. That was in 2006 and I still have these lamps. The metal finish doesn't show scratches, and it doesn't scratch easily. The original bulbs are still going and I run them often. The transformer in the lamps originally made a slight humming noise but I no longer notice it. They flicker to turn on but that isn't anything to fuss over. Reading on the computer or in a textbook with these lamps is like reading them out in natural, perfectly bright, sunlight.I lived in Florida my whole life and then moved to New York where dismal gray occurs much more often. The lamps definitely helped me get over the sun setting hours earlier and the gray days. Having them on definitely made me feel like there was still sunlight outside coming into my room, even late at night.
The lamps get as warm as any other lamp in my experience, and can be quite bright when looking at the bulb. However, the lamps don't put out as much light as regular lamps. I actually use the desk lamp on my desk, and the floor lamp right next to my desk to cancel out the shadows. I have a central ceiling light in my room and use that in conjunction with these to create a brightly lit room. But these lamps weren't made to be really bright, they were made to imitate sunlight coming through a window, and that they do perfectly.
I recommend one change for customers to make to this lamp: assemble the top lamp part backwards from what the picture shows. The difference won't be too apparent, except the felt pad to keep the lamp pieces from scratching won't be in the right position. If you do this, the lamp can angle upward much more than the other way, and spread out the light across a greater area. I really liked this change; if you dislike the dark look that lamps create by lighting only certain areas, you will enjoy it too.
Despite a few set backs (brightness and needing to make a small modification), I still give these lamps 5 stars. They're five years old and look brand new, they are still stylish, they still get compliments for their looks and the light they output. Best of all, they actually do what they claim to do as OttLites: produce natural-looking sunlight. And they are definitely worth this reduced price.
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I like the overall design of these desk lamps and I bought two of them for my office last year.Both lamps quit working about 6 months into duty. Thought it was just the bulbs having burnt out, so I replaced both bulbs with Ottlight replacements (at over $10 each). Turned out the ballast/electronics is not user serviceable. So I now have two paperweights. Very disappointed in Ott quality control on this product and I probably will not buy Ott lamps again.
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