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Mom Depends on This Light
By Betts on Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2009
My 86 year old mom has tried multiple hand held magnifiers over the years, some lighted, some not, in her efforts to keep reading after a diagnosis of dry macular degeneration. We decided to try this lamp due to the combination of LED lights, gooseneck positioning, and the strength of the magnifier. In the month since the light was delivered my mom's life has expanded. She loves this light. With her hands free, she can work her large-print crosswords puzzles and is even reading magazines again. We are thrilled with the light and are so grateful that her quality of life is better because of it. Our one wish for improvement with this light would be for a more weighty base for stability. November 28, 2010 I thought I'd update my original review some 18 months after we originally purchased this terrific light. Mom still loves her light, in fact, Thanksgiving day I overheard her tell a friend that it was her life saver. We've had no troubles with the light since it was purchased. The weight of the base hasn't been an issue for Mom and that is surprising because she is so wobbly. I saw that it was on sale today and am thinking of buying it for my husband who also has vision troubles. I truly recommend this light to anyone needing hands-free lighted magnification. August, 2012 Another update. Mom (now 89) still loves her light and uses it every day. No troubles with the LED lights, the base, or the gooseneck. Everything is still working perfectly. I'm so glad we purchased the light. September, 2014 Latest on Mom's light. This light is like the ever-ready bunny. I keeps ticking along. Mom, now 91, continues to use the light every day. Still no troubles with the LED lights, the base, the plug, or the gooseneck. This practically perfect light is the best thing I've purchased for Mom.
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55 people found this helpful
decent light with major design flaw
By david on Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2014
the light and magnifier are ok and work pretty much as you expect. it puts out a reasonable amount of light from multiple points, so you don't see lots of shadows on things you're looking at. it has a *major* design flaw, however. the vertical pole has merely "rests" in the base. it is not attached. when the light is sitting in one place, it works ok. when you go to move the light, whether it be to take it from one room to another, to vacuum under it, or merely to move it closer to where you are sitting, the natural way to do this is to grasp the pole to lift the lamp. if you try this, you end up holding the top of the lamp in your hand with the base sitting on the floor and a wire dangling between the two parts. you then have to "reassemble" the lamp by carefully tucking the wire back into the pole, and re-inserting the pole into the base. they designed it to run either off D batteries or off an AC adaptor. so the light would be ideal for use around the house, allowing you to take it where it's need to work on a repair project here, a sewing project over there, etc. however, the design flaw pretty much kills the ability to move the lamp around easily. in my view, this is a catastrophically dumb design - there are any number of ways the could have designed the lamp to avoid this problem.
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