I'm concerned about the amount of light given off through the black shade. I like a bright room. Is the lamp very bright?
257571
I am using a 3 way bulb, 50-100-150 which is plenty bright enough for reading (I mostly use the lowest wattage). The light does come through the pattern on the shade; however most of the light is directed downward while leaving a little escaping through the top. This creates an almost diffuse lighting effect as it bounces off of the ceiling. I'm sure if you use a high wattage, you'll get enough light to indirectly light the whole 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.
257573
I order the one with the white shade. I think the brown one is too dark,even though you can point the light anywhere. Especially when you are reading, you point it to the pages of the book.
765277
It's not super low. In a dar room it's still plenty of light to see. But the low light level is around half the brightness of the high. If I compared it to my hue lighting system that goes from dark 0% to a light glow 10% to super bright 100% I'd say these lights cover the range at about 40% to 100% on a brightness scale.
509278
No, it is not bright enough. My mother has the same problem and we haven't been able to find anything that helps at this point. We purchased this lamp and she still says there is not enough light.
1143966
It's basically a light with a flickering effect. It is adjustable. There isn't a huge difference between the settings tho. It's not super bright. I think it looks nice. I was surprised at how much I like it.
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.
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.
87347
Sadly, it isn't. I still consider it a very pretty lamp, tho. Just a suggestion, if you want to feel cozy using this lamp, I recommend that you use a 40W Equilavelnt LED Globe bulb. They are bright enough and this one's quality is really a thumbs up (Pack of 4) G25 LED Bulb 6W, Warm white, 3000K, 40W Globe Bulb Incandescent Replacement, clear Cover, Dimmable, UL Listed, Energy star certified,
144888
It's not meant to illuminate a room by itself, if that helps to answer your question. Obviously, the higher the lumens/watts. the brighter it will be. Hope that helps?
1412759
It puts out a decent amount of light, but is definitely not a good light source for reading or any kind of project. I do however love the lamp and would recommend picking it up for a good price.
453560
You should definitely see a VERY apparent and bright light. If you take it into a dark room and don't see any light coming from the bulb, that means it's not working properly. In fact you shouldn't really even need a dark room, it's bright and you shouldn't look at it directly.
1161977
Definitely. We have it in a not so sunny indoor location and it is doing OK, but really could use more light.
2198689
I have not notice until you asked... I felt the front of the TV where lamp is installed. It is not exceptionally warm. It is about the same as the 46" Sony LCD TV that I have. I hope this answer your question.
131215
It appears by weight and rigidity the lamp is constructed with metal. Also, you better want a very bright light, because that is what you get. I personally appreciate the brightness, but be for warned. I love my lamp.
374489
No it's. Not very bright. A high Watt bulb (I'm my opinion) would be scary with the shade. There's only one bulb socket on this one too!
1115330
It's fairly dim lighting. The only thing I would say is that the light climbs all the way to the ceiling and that might be brighter in a small room. Hope that helps.
328867
It gives off quite a bit of light but also throws shadows because of the design. Its perfect in out entryway but I dont know if I would want it as my only source of light in a walkin closet.
822490
It's definitely not dim! It's a very bright light---probably at least 150 w equivalent. I have 4 of them spaced about 8 ft apart in a big square pattern in recessed cam light sockets in my studio and it's a bright as a very sunny day in the whole 12x16 ft room with no windows.