Is it bright enough for a lighted room or do you need total darkness?
1485851
You don't really need total darkness, but it works best in semi to complete darkness. You're better able to see small detail if you work in a darkened room with your projector.
1800240
The room can be lit, however, the picture quality will not be nearly as high as when the lights are off. Partial lighting will not hinder the quality. I normally have a few lamps on in the room I use it in and the picture looks fine.
113064
no you don't need total darkness you can leave the cover on and it works good with some lights around.the focus was the hardest part to figure out the front and rear lenses both move you need to adjust both.but once thats figured out it's a great unit, and well worth the price.
1710329
With full batteries it will light up a medium sized room quite nicely. I mean, it will still be dimly lit, but it beats the heck out of candles, and less dangerous too. I once brought this light over to a Peace Corps friends house, turned it on, and she said, "Wow! It's like a real light!" (none of us had power : ) ). Something to keep in mind with this light is there is a small green LED on the side which flashes every 5 seconds or so to help you find it in the dark. It's a very small power drain but it IS still a drain so if you're storing the light for months and months at a time it's best to do it with the batteries - or at least one battery - out.
981309
Its not bright at all. Its very soft lighting. I have it in my room as well. :)
1516260
It is more than bright enough for my moderately dark room. In fact, I have set it to Eco mode to preserve lamp life (and reduce fan noise, which isn't that bad) and even at that reduced setting it is more than bright enough.
2246895
It does not go completely dark. I can set it at about 3 different brightness settings and the default setting is way too bright--it interferes with my ability to sleep if I don't turn it down to the lowest setting. At the lowest setting, it's hard to read the numbers in a day lit room.
257572
I have a higher lumen type fluorescent bulb in it to maximize the light I get from it, but this would not be a light you would use to light up a whole room. It mostly lights the area directly below and to a lesser degree, above, the lamp. I have it over the end of my sofa where I mostly use it as a reading light.
1115329
I don't consider it to be too bright. It casts a lot of light behind and up the wall it's plugged into, but just a soft glow away from the wall. It's in our three year old's room after going his first two years with just a very dim blue light, and it doesn't bother him at all. You mentioned a small nursery; our room in about 10ft X 12ft.
198529
No it is not very bright--not enough Lumens to project other than in a completely dark room and only about 4 feet projection---
1146517
I'm using it in my living room area and I would say it would make a bedroom very bright. One thing you can do is use the more expensive lightbulbs that they talk about but I'm using the older version so it is not so bright for me. Hope this helps.
121235
No, it's not a very bright light. We have recessed lighting in the bedroom as well as the fan light. I wouldn't recommend it as your only light source.
1693034
Yes. The room has to be very well lit. In my opinion, it's worth the money.
1954468
It should be enough bright for you. One of these give out 1050 Lumens so with two together you would be 2100 Lumens, that is more then enough for a living room.
980545
Its more of a directional lamp. The room wouldnt be dark but I doubt it would be the effect your looking for. I use it over the couch similar to task lighting.
2155581
It gets pretty dark but it depends on how dark you like your room. I actually don't have it on the lowest brightness as it seemed too dark. Hope that helps.
1226766
Yes but keep in mind its only about 50 lumens which means it will not do well I bright environments... in order to look good it needs to be in a dark room.