BALTOROLED Floor Lamp - Soft White Reading Light - Built-in Step Dimmer -Adjustable Head Pivots in Any Direction Save Energy 12 Watts - Black Color - SL5758BL

Great to read by. Not easy to understand how to put together

My husband says - nice to see you reading. Well, now I can see! You need a Phillips screwdriver for the ONE screw. It is easy to assemble.

I like it.

Great lamp for hand work. This is the second one we have owned as our first was lost in a flood in 2001.

The light throws wonderfully and shows everything as their true color but wow is it BRIGHT. The higher brightness is too bright for reading (reflects off the page) and the dimmer setting is only marginally dimmer. Don't get me wrong -- this gives winter a little bit better of a feel if you are just trying to soak up some light in the early dark, but we don't use this very often because it is crazy bright. Looking at the room from outside when this lamp is on makes it look like we have an illegal grow room. TL/DR: If you want to land a small plane in your house, this is your purchase! Don't look directly at it though because it will turn your eyeballs to dust.

So... this lamp has 2 light "volumes" on a switch... bright and brighter. There is no "dimmer" which I believe is misleading. So far the 2 brightness options are ok for our use. The head (or light tip) is pretty wide... about 6 inches - eyeballing it. The goose neck area is only at the top bend (where you would need it) for about 1 foot length or so. The switch is on the inside of the neck, toward the goose neck. It toggles to the left and right for the 2 brightness options and the middle is "off." The base is "weighted" but not terribly heavy, which is good for me - but if you're expecting a super weight, it is not. The color is a beige really... the goose neck is gray. It is disappointing that they are representing this lamp as a "dimmer" because it is not - thus one star off for misleading info. I never hesitate to update my reviews should new info seem useful.

Not too hard to assemble. Has two brightness levels and the head is adjustable. Works great for knitting and needlepoint work. It's all plastic except the base. Would be nice if it was adjustable up and down.

Works very well. Great light output. Replaced a 300 watt halogen floor lamp and this one is doing the same job with no heat. I use it as bed side lamp and works well. The lamp mounted on/off switch is in the top of three sections of the pole, which for me should be in the middle section. This lamp comes with a remote and it works well.Only down to the lamp is the switch position and the remote which gets lost in the dark. The remote has a magnet built in that could help wit the lost problem. The problem there is it sits on a round tube with a weak magnet that allows the remote to spin or fall off into my trash can. I found it but it has happened more than once. And easy fix for the manufacture would have next model out have concave back the length of the remote and a little stronger gauss (strength) magnet. The concave back would stop the remote from spinning and the higher gauss from sliding.