If put on a table and switched on what's the diameter of the area that is lightened on the surface. Is it a bright light comfortable for reading?
880042
the immediate diameter is a few feet. The shade's design is primarily light in color, so a considerable amount of light emits. I am quite please with my purchase. I hope this helps...
880043
Yes it will be fine buy I would suggest that you use at least a sixty watt bulb. I really like mine, orderef two.Merry Xmas
880044
Understand that the bottom of the tiffany lamp shade is only 10 inches to the table surface. So you don't get much direct lighting unless the lamp is setup higher. That said I use it at night from bed and the indirect glow from the lamp is enough for me to read without any problems.
880045
It is not a bright reading light, it is soft and cozy. My daughter does read at night with it and it is fine for her. She has it in a 24" round table that is fully lit.
880046
Because the shade is white and therefore acts almost clear, and if I put in a 75W bulb (I use a 25W green bulb as I don't use mine for reading, it's more of a night light), I believe it would be fine for reading. It depends on how far away you're sitting. It won't light across a room, but I would venture a guess at about 3-4 feet would be safe to say, although I didn't actually measure the diameter of the illumination.
880047
that would depend on how good your eyes are..it only takes a 60 watt bulb....I need a 100 watt bulb at least for reading ....but it is lovely to look at and lights up a dark corner in my library...
880048
I think it's a great reading light. It's surprisingly bright for a smaller lamp. I have it on a timer to lite my house so I don't come in to darkness. It lights up my living room quite nicely.
74955
I would definitely say I could read a book with this in the tent anywhere and it wouldn't even have to be on the brightest setting. But something like "comfortably read" is very subjective depending on your quality of eye sight. I have 20/20 vision and I'm fairly young so I have no idea how this would be for some one that was say 60 years old and using reading glasses. I don't know where you are at on that spectrum but hopefully this gives you an idea to judge for yourself.
1676200
Mine is installed on a cathedral ceiling. It is bright enough for a family room, but you would have to be near it to read comfortably. I am going to try a bright white or daylight bulb. The soft white bulb along with the frosted globe makes the light too yellow. On a scale of 1 to 10, the brightness is about a 7. That being said, GET THE FAN! You will get more compliments than you can handle! We don't turn it past medium speed because on high it will blow you away!
564784
I think it would be perfect for such a use. They throw a fair amount of light at a short distance, so reading should be fine. I don't agree with the other users who said it's very low light. It would be way too bright as a night-light (IMO). It's not going to light up a room, but a kid doesn't need a lot of light for bedtime reading.
1967256
I use it as a bedside reading lamp. The light intensity can be controlled, and I don't keep it anywhere near as bright as it could get. While it throws off plenty of light, I think you would have to be reading/writing relatively close to the lamp, since it's not large. My favorite lamp.
1613962
I am bed ridden and it sits beside my hospital bed and use it for reading. It has 2 levels of light to use. Find to be much better then my bed stand table lamp 50-100-150 cfl for reading.
467014
It is high enough for reading or working under but I had wanted it to help light a room with no over head light and it is not bright enough for that. It is very nice looking though! Hope this helps.
1510941
I have mine in my living room, so I'm not sure. I would say will light it up, but maybe not enough to read.
1145136
I would call it a cool white light, plenty bright enough for reading. In fact, the unit would be ideal with a dimmer switch.
1206215
Yes, my living room is 15 x 24 and the light is in the corner and lights up the entire space. Probably best to sit near it for reading but it definitely puts out a lot of light.
1477836
You might if it was fairly close to the book. I would suggest getting the bigger one... much better light!
1674567
It's a warm light, not-white-LED bright. You could read something by this light - like a menu or to look up something. I wouldn't say it was bright enough to read a book though. Unfortunately, we had to return the entire set because we couldn't get two strands to work and that was right out of the box.
1689133
I have the lamp on one end of a work table that is 4 feet long and 16 inched deep. At full bright, the lamp illuminates the entire surface, but is brighter at or near the lamp. If it were elevated above the surface in the middle back of your desk, it should provide decent work light on most of the surface. This is LED light, not incandesant, so at the same brightness it has a softer bluish appearance. I hope this helps your decision.
708730
I have this beautiful light fixture in my kitchen. It is not a huge kitchen and the ceiling are about 7.5 to 8 feet high and it looks lovely in this area. It does cast some prism type effects from the design but it is really pretty don't think it would effect reading as I do that a lot in my kitchen. I don't think it would disturb TV viewing the shadows it casts are close to the ceiling and upper walls. Hope this helps. Jeanne Fitzpatrick Andover, MA USA
1875944
I think its bright enough for reading in bed. I use it for that purpose and it works well.
590946
With the light on its stand on the table in front of you with the lamp pointing to the left or right you should be fine. With the lamp pointing towards you it may be too bright for your eyes.Distance from the lamp depends on what you consider comfortable lighting.Typical LED lamps do not get hot, they do not even get warm.
35540
Annette V2, I actually got out the tape measure for this one. Each section of the lamp arm is roughly 12 inches long and you can extend/flatten it out depending on the height of your bedside table and the bed itself. It should be more than adequate for reading in bed and the brightness control on each of the 4 light settings will help fine tune it.