Saturday, May 10, 2008

Buying a Telescopic Standing Reading Lamp

This week, I bought a standing reading lamp for Gayle to be placed next to her digital piano. As the Orange play room has a dim cozy light, we felt that it would be too straining for her to read the musical scores in the dim light if she wants to play it in the evening or nights. You can see the light cast by the lamp above which helps brighten up the area.

Initially, we wanted to buy one from Lightcraft but the service there dissappointed us once again with the staff confusing us and themselves with whether there was stock available for the lamp that we wanted. It is a pit because Lightcraft has many designer lights with affordable prices but they always seem to be let down by poor customer service ( damaged lighting, wrong items delivered, rude and no service quality staff ).
We then went down then to Citilights at Jalan Besar where we first bought our living room's Swarovski crystal pendant chandelier(above) earlier. The service there was good, there was a good discount and they assembled and test the lamp for us, carrying it out and loading into our car for us. They have a wide variety of lightings for those who are looking for nice lightings with competitive pricing.
(Above) Adjustable Telescopic arms enable extension and flexibility for varied lighting needs

We bought a energy saving bulb based standing reading lamp with adjustable telescopic arms. We did not buy halogen bulb based ones ( Their lamp design looks better due to the small halogen bulb which allows for varied designs for shade housings) as they tend to heat up very fast so it would be quite hot to be under one , have a lower lifespan and consume energy. The lamp cost us $100.
Energy saving Bulb ( Warm light - yellowish -white light ) seen mounted under lamp shade

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