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Antique Brass Adjustable Full Spectrum Floor Lamp
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
 0 Stars for Bulb, February 20, 2009
This lamp looks great. It is very solid. Though, you need to be careful in screwing the base onto the post as to not strip the threads. But if you go slow its no problem.
I set this lamp up, screwed in the full spectrum compact fluorescent bulb, turned it on and let out a defeated laugh. The light from this bulb, to me, looks horrible against the light from regular incandescent bulbs. Unless every bulb in you room is a compact fluorescent full spectrum bulb, I think you will find that you cannot tolerate the sharp, comparatively blue light this bulb puts out. I say sharp because there is no diffuser screen in front of the bulb, and since the shade is opaque the lamp is like a bright blue spotlight.
I was very happy to discover however, that normal incandescent light bulbs work fine in this lamp. Now, the thing is covered in warnings about using more than a 24W CF bulb. So I won't outright suggest it. But come on, its a lamp, its made of metal -- all my other lamps are indeed lamps, and also made of metal. I can't see this being dangerous at all.
If you want to use a normal light bulb: 4 stars
If you want to use the included CF bulb: 0 stars
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