May 18, 2005
Sun Light Desk Lamp by Lights of America - Full Spectrum, 6500K
I was at Costco this Saturday, and I ended up with an impulse purchase.
Now, some people buy candy or dvds as their impluse buys.
Me?
I bought a lamp.
Specifically, I bought this lamp: Lights of America Sun Light Desk Lamp with Fluorex Technology. 27 watts producing light at a nice 6500K color temperature. About $21. Here’s a picture of the box:
The fact is that I stare at computers and papers all day long. My eyes… well… they take a beating. And if things aren’t bright, high contrast, sharp, color corrected then my eyes hurt. And when my eyes hurt, my brain hurts. In fact, I do get headaches and other maladies from poor lighting or unfocused visuals.
So normally in my bedroom I use an energy saving compact flouresence light bulb that I got cheap from Ikea. It’s great: cool, saves energy - unfortunately it’s really warm (yellow) and all the colors in my room are washed out.
One problem is when I’m sorting socks! For the life of me I can’t figure out what color some of them are in that light - the shades are awfully close.
Here’s what they looked like under this lamp:
Wow, it was obvious under this light! (A lot more than this picture shows!)
Now if only I could find a bright, affordable (not $300) torchiere that had all of these same properties or better: 6500K, full spectrum, ~123812983718912 lumens or better.
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11 Comments to “Sun Light Desk Lamp by Lights of America - Full Spectrum, 6500K”
June 3rd, 2005 at 12:31 am
Hmmm, a “bright, affordable 6500K, full spectrum, source with ~123812983718912 lumens or better.”… the sun is quite good at times
June 3rd, 2005 at 12:35 am
Yeah but the darn sun renders laptops unusable
January 11th, 2006 at 5:13 am
I have the same lamp. A really nice desklamp to be sure. I bought a second one for my cube at work.
July 12th, 2006 at 6:02 am
Good site. Thanks:-)
July 12th, 2006 at 6:11 am
Cool site. Thanks!!!
July 18th, 2006 at 2:33 pm
Good site. Thanks.
July 18th, 2006 at 2:50 pm
Cool site. Thanks:-)
July 18th, 2006 at 3:12 pm
Nice site. Thanks.
December 22nd, 2007 at 10:43 pm
ok - i have this lamp, too. but mine, after just a few months (and long lost are the receipts, etc) it stopped working - i’ll turn it on and the bulb will come on full bright for a moment, and then off. turning it on and off gets inconsistent results, but no “light stays on.”
i’m thinking thsat it isn’t the bulb, but i am hesitant to take this whole thing apart to try and fix it — any ideas?
please help, if you can.
March 12th, 2008 at 10:14 am
I’ve got the same lamp (bought from Costco) and in need of a bulb. No luck so far…any suggestions. Retailers so far just shrug their shoulders when they see the bulb.
April 22nd, 2008 at 11:40 am
I use Lights of America Full Spectrum 6500K power compact bulbs in my aquarium. They’re great. It makes the water sparkle and brings out the colors of the fish.
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