My husband rises early. He sits at our patio table and reads the paper with a small flashlight. Would this light be good for that purpose?
948177
I think it would be great for that purpose! It sits alone and has an adjustable head to orient the direction (up and down) as desired. It's sufficiently bright for me. He might want to set it up on a box or cinder block or something so that it floods down over his newspaper page for efficiency. It's very portable and handy. Hope this helps.
948178
It definitely would work. It is bright enough for him to use to read with. Better than holding a flashlight. Hope this helps you.
948179
It could be used but as mentioned in other answers, it is very small but with the adjustable head it probably could be used
2050541
I don't think it's really THAT bright. It's good for reading a book in the dark but wouldn't depend too much on it for anything else.
2006033
If the strap is adjusted where the plastic slide is not in the back, then yes it would be good for lying down and reading. The beam however is very bright so it may wash out many pages or create a glare. If you need a bright light for reading however, this is the hot ticket.
385724
Im not sure. If you are wanting a bright mag lite, then this flashlight probably wouldn't be the best choice for you. I concider it to be more of a light you would use in your tent on a camping trip. What I got it for, was in harvest, there is no place to recharge the cell phones, and this light works perfect for that, along with the fact, while working on the combine, you can hang the flashlight. Im just really fond of this light. It serves its purpose well for our situation.
535421
Yes, I believe it would be bright enough for reading. Great light. I now have5 of them.
363485
On battery power, the light emission is pretty low for reading. However, using the power cord helps and the light emission is very satisfactory. Either way, though, the lighted field is very small and requires that the reader position the lamp head very close to the shoulder. All in all, a satisfactory product.
1510942
I wouldn't recommend it for task lighting, but it could be good enough for reading. Use this lamp, it works brighter than the others I've tried: Triangle Bulbs T95035-6 5W E12 LED Candelabra Equivalent to 40W Incandescent Bulb, Chandelier Led Light Bulbs (6 Pack)
1387382
It will, of course, depend upon your personal needs/preferences. As the light has three settings, I'm sure one will be sufficient for your reading needs.
2024253
This would work perfectly fine for that. The batteries last for quite a while and even when weak you would still have plenty of light.
1875944
I think its bright enough for reading in bed. I use it for that purpose and it works well.
498024
I would say it's absolutely bright enough, but there is no way to direct the light to the page. Being an all-over glow it may cause a problem trying to read with it as I imagine if it was close to him it would shine into his eyes at the same time as on the page, but if it was farther away it may cause eye strain.
1047830
I believe it would depend on how deep of a sleeper your spouse is. The headlamp is pretty bright; much brighter I would say than something similar that is made specifically for reading in bed. It would bother me if someone I was sleeping with used it.
411855
I believe it will be sufficient. The light has four modes and each mode has 5 brightness settings So if you keep it on "reading" mode and with a #5 brightness that should do it. However if you are doing very tiny & close up work or have poor vision you might want to consider getting a magnifier workbench lamp with a clamp.
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.
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.
348867
I don't think it would work well that way. It seem to work better the higher up the pole it is, since that allows it to give a wider area of light. I think if you needed to do that, you would be better off buying some sort of lantern to put on the table instead.
667416
Yes I think it would work. It isn't like flashlight bright, but it is bright. And you can move it so its brighter if you put it near you and softer if its further away.