Is it bright enough to be used as a soft reading light source?
918384
It is no brighter than a regular candle. I would not try to read by candle light.
918385
I would say no...but i guess it depends on the strength of your eyes. Soft glow...not really reading light appropriate in my humble opinion. Hope that helps!
918386
No, but I must say, although we were very pleased with our purchase originally the brightness of the candle disappeared only after a very short time. Therefore I cannot recommend at all.
918387
No they are not that bright . I love them!! I have one outside in a lantern. Two inside in lantern/globes. They are just beautiful at night .
918388
No they are not bright enough to read by, but they are bright enough to be able to move around the room and not bump into anything.
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.
1964267
If it's a smaller room or you're fairly close to it, yes you could read by it. It lights our 8x12 barn well enough to read by for over an hour. Can't tell you how long over as that's the most I used it for at a time.
2023907
It's definitely bright enough for using as an under cabinet light. You can adjust the angle/direction to get the response you want.I do find it comes on with minimal movement, but that is what I want. If I didn't I'd find a way to turn it or partially cover the sensor to make it less sensitive.
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.
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.
1945453
I read bed time stories to my daughter every night by this lamp. So answer is yes. As it has 3 levels of brightness adjust to a little high to read and lower it down when sleeping.
1719749
No - I don't believe it would be bright enough. This requires the room to be very dark.
747657
Yes-it has 10 light levels and number 10 is quite bright, it lights up my entire room. I'm sure one if the levels will suit your reading needs :)
1588319
In my opinion- I dont think it would. Its a muted/warm glow. Makes a great nite lite but not really brite enuf for study/reading for long periods of time. I think u would have major eye strain/headaches.
1199614
As a night reading lamp or desk lamp it is bright enough.4 watts in led light is a lot brighter then 4 watts filament bulb.
544698
Yes, it's really quite bright, so either task could happen with this light. I use mine for outdoor activities as well as reading.
298874
Yes. Obviously it depends on the light bulb you use. We use it for reading.
535419
I wouldn't use it for reading unless there really wasn't any other lighting available, camping perhaps. But only in a limited capacity.
1182919
I like reading in bright light, but this would probably be too bright. I haven't tried it though.I doubt the angle would work very well either.
1930492
It is suitable for reading. It has a concentrated light source over the book or magazine. I have a slight visual problem and it helps a lot!
799795
I would say its more of a novelty lamp than an actual reading lamp. The light saber is an LED light, so it is brighter than a regular light bulb, but I don't know if I would use the lamp regularly for reading.