I had read the reviews here of all the Adesso LED lights and knew that the LED technology provides less lighting than incandescent or halogen bulbs and are more expensive to purchase, with the benefit of being much more energy-efficient, heating up less, and lasting basically the life of the product (there are no bulbs that can be changed, but they say they last up to 100,000 hours).However LED lights have not historically been used as lighting because the bottom line is that they don't project too much light, but they're great for traffic lights, etc.
However some companies now are trying to use them now as lights.Adesso failed at doing so.This light just insufficiently lights up a single page to read, and as you move from the center, there is slightly less light.You can read and there is no glare, but I don't think it's enough lighting.I've read reviews here of another LED lamp that uses many more LED lights than Adesso's 20, and it gets good reviews but costs a lot more.
Also, the gooseneck design is poor.As other users have noted, it doesn't maintain it's position, e.g. you have to overbend it in one direction to get it to settle back somewhere in between.
For $15 total (with their mail-out coupon) at BB&B I got a nice, attractive, stainless steel halogen desk lamp w/ 2 brightness settings (the lower setting provides enough illumination, much more than this lamp) with a gooseneck head that works perfectly.
Lastly, this is the second Adesso lamp I buy.I bought the first, a halogen desk lamp, refurbished here.Within 4 months it broke completely after just minimal usage and never falling, etc.I got a partial but not complete refund from Amazon since it was past 1 month.Adesso would not repair or replace it, just sent me a new bulb, which I had already tried, which worked for literally around a minute before burning out.I had assumed that that lamp was just a lemon and refurbished, but now I believe this company makes poorly-built lamps.
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Adesso Eternity Flat Head Floor Lamp, Satin SteelProduct Description: Efficiency is at its best with this eternity flat head floor lamp by Adesso. Being a member of Adesso's LED Collection, this technology allows you to never change a bulb in years! This wonderful satin steel floor office lamp has a weighted base supporting a pole which displays the toggle switch, a height-adjustable flexible gooseneck, a transformer plug, and has a cool-burning light. Each lamp head uses only 2 watts of electricity and the bulb lasts for up to 100,000 hours! This same lamp is also offered in a table lamp version.
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They must be prototypes or something, because the moment I popped one of these into the socket it BLEW ME AWAY!
