Bostitch Office Swing Arm Metal Desk Lamp, Black

The lamp was easy to assemble and came with a bulb for the lamp. A wonderful lamp for my desk.Brightness:Easy on the eyes.Works well:One click, and it is on.Color: the black color matches my desk.

Package came and was much smaller than I had expected. The materials are thin and not exactly robust. That being said it is priced correctly for what it is in my opinion. Comes with the pieces to anchor to a table, but also has the ability to mount vertically. Comes with a bulb, which is always nice. Also it is sized correctly, when I was looking for a lamp like this I was finding many reviews of others having much shorter arm lengths than they appeared.

I purchased a "Damaged Package But Like-New" version of this lamp for a slight discount. The lamp arrived a full day early and despite the battered package it was indeed like new, as promised. All the parts were there. No instructions were provided, but honestly, really? It's a lamp, guys! As advertised, an LED bulb was included.I had another version of this lamp still in service, that I ended up giving to my friend, Vinnie, a retired racing pigeon. That lamp now shines over his nest with a special UV lamp, and he seems very satisfied with the whole setup.I did away with the whole clamp thingy and mounted this new lamp's base directly to my well worn desk, using two screws diagonally in the mounting holes of the lamp's plastic base. I positioned new base to cover the holes from the previous base mounted there. There will be zero issues with this lamp's attachment to my desk! Done Deal!Next came the shade. I didn't care for the way the shade secured to the fixture housing. Any little bump and the shade falls down around the bulb. Annoying as hell; it would drive me buggy over the long haul! I fixed this by twisting the shade into place as intended, and then shooting two self-tapping screws into the "dimples" already stamped into the fixture housing. This secured the shade in place, and with all the silver hardware already on the lamp, the fix looks factory. Again, done deal!The included LED bulb is bright enough, but it has that blue-cast, which I hate. Not only is it ugly, but the blue spectrum of light is the least optimal for your vision. I replaced the bulb with an even brighter, warm-white LED, and all is right with my world.Tip: The switches on these things are cheap and they fail. But LED bulbs run hot at their bases and cool at their tips. So leave the switch on and just give the bulb a half turn, to turn the lamp on and off! Don't crank it down too tight when turning it on. Don't crank it back too little when turning it off. A full half turn for on, and a full half turn for off. No switch failures--ever. Done Deal!The lamp is cheaply made, that's just a fact. But the build is adequate for my use, and it's not ugly. It's worst bugaboos can be easily fixed or worked around. And it is inexpensive. And right now there's not a whole lot else out there. Hell, I just ordered another one!UPDATE: The second "Like-New Repackaged" Lamp (at a slight discount) arrived on time, and did not disappoint, as its condition was ostensibly flawless. The shade on this particular lamp secured tightly enough that no extra measures were necessary. The lamp's base fit the previous lamp's mount well enough, so I was home-free on that account too. The LED bulb that was supposed to be included was missing, but since the supplied bulb has that ugly blue-shifted light, I would've replaced it anyway, so I did not complain. Again, these are not commercial-grade lamps, and are best suited for light duty around the home, though as I type this, Vinnie continues to enjoy his! I'll try to attach a pic, later!RayB

GOOD, SOLID. STABLE DESK LAMP WITH EXCELLENT FLEXIBILITY

I love LED lights. But I was getting tired of desklights that have built in LEDs - the LEDs invariably start to fail and the only option is to replace the entire light. This lamp takes care of that, buy a new LED bulb and screw it in and you're good to go again (and those bulbs generally last better too). It also gives you the option to vary the brightness (wattage) and color temperature of the light.It comes with a decent 9 watt bulb. I opted to push it up to 13 watts and that gives me all the brightness I needed, much better than any lamp with built in light that I have purchased.I will say that the construction is lighter than I expected, especially for something with the Bostitch name on it. I don't think it is just going to fall apart, but i would be concerned if I fiddled with it a lot and moved it around. For me it is almost exclusively position it and forget it, so I think it will last just fine.I did notice what another reviewer mentioned, that when you screw in the bulb it seems like the fixture tries to turn (along with the wiring), which is a bit concerning. I made sure to hold it and keep the fixture from turn while I installed the bulb, and I would suggest that you do that as well.Lamp is easily set up and attached to your table or desk. I did 'cheat' and kept the base of my previous light (which was a much more strongly made base) but the included one would have worked fine.I'm happy with my purchase and believe that this light will give me good service.

The arm itself seems well made and works well. But that is the only part that works. The shade falls off every time you touch it. The clamp is terrible. The metal bar is too short on the lamp end. Every time I adjust the lamp the clamp comes off of the desk because there is no way to really secure it. It is not flat. More like a V so it slides off of the table.

This is an ok product if using normal sized bulbs, though it wasn't able to hold up the bulb that I was going to be using in it. There was basically no assembly required and has an on off switch at the top and is fairly lightweight. The clamp seems a little on the cheap side but has worked so far.

What is there really to say about these lamps? They're still built really well, they look nice, and if they're anything like the ones from the 90's they'll probably outlive humanity. The included LED bulb is INCREDIBLY bright, and is almost a perfect color temperature in my opinion since it's fairly close to true daylight white.