How To Choose a Desk Lamp?

Posted on May 13, 2009
Filed Under Table Lamps

Lots of people while buying a desk lamp always ask how to choose a desk lamp. In general, desk lamps can be divided into two types: desks for work and décor desks for home things. So, let’s start with the first type of lamps. As a rule they are used by children to do homework and by businessmen at offices. It doesn’t matter what one does the eye is always strained and therefore it is fraught with high fatigability, degradation and eyes illnesses. That’s why one should be responsible with lamp purchases.

How To Choose a Desk Lamp? Ophthalmologists advice to have the lamp with non-powerful light – some 40-60 watt. Remember that shit white color reflects the light and thus if your lamp is too powerful your eyes will be tired quickly. That’s why you’d better choose spherical plafond desk lamp. In that case the light fallen to the table won’t be direct but reflected from the inner lampshade surface.

It is especially comfortable when the lamp is equipped with capacity regulator. Work desk lamp should be 30-45 centimeters in height and higher than monitor. It’s certainly better to use halogen lamp that produces soft and ambient lamp.

But we don’t only use lamps at offices. They can be put in the bedrooms or be a perfect living-room decoration. In fact there is no room where the lamp will be unnecessary. So how to choose a desk lamp fro home?

Usually table lamps are developed by designers into a special line that also has the same theme chandeliers, wall lamps and floor lamps. Buying one or more lamps from one line you reach the perfect décor effect. But certainly one can choose lamps for different purposes by various designers.

So what quality should the lamp has? First of all it should be good designed, it should have good material and form quality. The price also consists of technological process expenses. The shape complicity also plays a major role.

The thing is: if you have money you’d better by famous masters’ lamps for a pretty good wow. If your budget is not high don’t worry. There are high quality lamps that are even 5 times cheaper. But remember that one should buy lamps at specialized shops where you can watch it, try and get the necessary information about it.

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One Response to “How To Choose a Desk Lamp?”

Cindy Whelan on June 25th, 2009 7:28 am

Please note your “How to choose a Desk Lamp” reads as follows “Ophthalmologists advice to have the lamp with non-powerful light – some 40-60 watt. Remember that shit white color reflects the light ”
notice what comes after “Remember that …” I am pretty sure you meant to say soft white color

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