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Pros & Cons

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Pros

Led lighting works well for my work bench and points. Another fix is just to ditch the light it came with and get a softer one.

Lamp is fine except for the headlamp. Works great for my skilled, and handy man needs. And it is inexpensive. The knobs are ok.

Well-made, sturdy, somewhat old school. The dimensions are right, the color is right. The thing stays in the position i want.

It looks fine clamped to my desk. Installed the clamp and nut on the threaded shaft. Hand tightened the base onto the grill shelf.



Cons

Light weight comes at the expense of sturdiness. The clamp feels super cheap and i can see why others had theirs break. Yes, as others have said, this is a mediocre product.

The metal is very thin and bends easily. The thin metal deforms more and more each time. During factory assembly the swing arm and lamp socket assembly are snapped together via these nylon components. When i got tired of moving it around, i tossed it....  Read More

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Highlights

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Quality


Range of motion great for bridgports lathes saws shears desks reading lights drill press


The clamp works well and holds the lamp steady


The lamp is cheaply made thats just a fact


There is a rubber cup in the ball socket thats supposed to keep it from slipping rotating from the desired position but no lat...  Read More

Price


Pretty affordable and makes swinging the light around easy and safe


I kept the attractive affordable lamp since the small defect was on the back and id rarely see it


Problem solved for an even better price than the one that didnt stay put

Shipping


The lamp arrived a full day early and despite the battered package it was indeed like new as promised


Update the second 34likenew repackaged34 lamp at a slight discount arrived on time and did not disappoint as its condition was ...  Read More

Packaging/appearance


The instructions documents looked like they had been shoved in the box haphazardly


I opened it up the lamp was folded and the light cover was separate


The only problem was that the box it came in somehow got damaged and appeared to have been opened and closed with tape


I purchased a 34damaged package but likenew34 version of this lamp for a slight discount

Competitiveness


Globe electric is the brand to avoid bostitch the one to buy


So i looked for a better brand and found this one


Id recently bought a different brand of this same style swingarmclamp desk lamp and was extremely peeved to discover the nuts u...  Read More


This was to replace another one of similar design

Overview

  • How are reviewers describing this item?
    base, great, good, quality and cheap.
  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
  • Our engine has detected that Amazon has altered, modified or removed reviews from this listing. We approximate total reviews altered up to 449.
  • Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 2,319 reviews as of our last analysis date on Apr 10 2024.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Real easy to install but if you cant screw the base to the table desk or bench top it keeps coming loose


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The light easily gets positioned on my working subject


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I would recommend the fixture but buy a separate bulb unless you dont mind the bright blue led light


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The only problem was that the box it came in somehow got damaged and appeared to have been opened and closed with tape


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    When i inspected the lamp i noticed the 34flawlessly34 painted metal shade had a halfinch scratch


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The instructions documents looked like they had been shoved in the box haphazardly


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Still im ok with the product


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    It looks fine clamped to my desk

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