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It's Mrs S's birthday coming up and she has been leaving leaving lying around a flyer for these thingies as she's complaining her office desk area is too dark:
http://www.seriousreaders.com/mall/productpage.cfm/SeriousReaders/_830001/165252/High%20Definition%20-%20Table
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Frankly, Im not sure I love her £350 pounds worth 😉
Was toying with a classic anglepoise and good quality bulb instead.
Some OK ones on ebay for £50-£100
Any other brands I should consider?
A long arm would be good.
An Original Anglepoise Type 75...
Design porn.
I have one at my desk and one of the originals on my drawing board love them.
Save £50 and get a [url= http://www.johnlewis.com/150773/Product.aspx ]Flos Kelvin[/url].*
*I have no idea if it's any good, just looks nice.
That's really overpriced for what it is. It's not even a great bit of design. An Anglepoise is far nicer in my opinion.
Saw one of these ginormous Anglepoise's in Heals recently:
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I know nothing about lamps, but the one at the top is seriously ug-lee.
The Anglepoise has certain classic look to be sure:
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Another vote for Anglepoise. Something just right about them.
How about this
http://www.anglepoise.com/Products/Anglepoise-Original1227-in-Chrome__30635.aspx
Tizio lamp FTW
For the same sort of money, what about an Artimede Tizio lamp? Far more stylish:
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pfft, you can save yourself £340 and still keep the minimalist design aesthetic 🙂
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They have cheaper ones on their website
http://www.seriousreaders.com/mall/departmentpage.cfm/SeriousReaders/_165252/1/Table%2520Lights
n her place I would be disappointed not to get what I was hinting at (assuming that you can afford it and your issue is just perceived value)
How would you feel if you were hinting about a new bike - Orange 5 for the sake of argument - and she bought you a Halfords Apollo and expected you to be happy because it is a "bike"
Last year I spenyt £350 on a Kitchenaid mixer for the Mrs. I could not see much difference from the Morphy Richards specials but knew that the latter would not be received well.
If the lamp is going to get a lot of use then it will be a good buy.
Last year I spenyt £350 on a Kitchenaid mixer for the Mrs. I could not see much difference from the Morphy Richards specials but knew that the latter would not be received well.
Sucker!
Actually she has no idea how expensive they are as the flyer was from the Bose school of blagging and didnt have a price on it - for obvious reasons as they are ridiculously priced.
I shall roam around on the anglepoise site for a nice big pantograph one
cheers
Cletus has a point, but that site is a total rip-off - check how much they are charging for a 35w MR16 bulb!
cheers guys. anglepoise type 75 on it's way from an ebay shop. Will work well with her desk layout. And I can sort out a perfect colour temp bulb for her.