High Definition Essential Floor Light
From
£299.99
A wide beam with press-and-hold dimming for everyday reading and close work.
- 8x more light on your page*
- Fixed wide beam
- Press-and-hold dimming
- 30-day home trial
About Serious Readers Our first light was built so one reader could see her page again.
Alex Pratt built it for his mum, whose sight was failing with macular degeneration, and for over forty years we have made nothing but lights.
- 99.4% keep theirs for the difference it makes.
- Recommended by 500+ opticians.
- Five-year warranty on every light on this page.
These are the three lights we make for reading today.
All three use Daylight Wavelength Technology™. They differ in brightness, beam and controls.
Most popular
High Definition Original Floor Light
From
£349.99
Narrow the beam onto small print or widen it across your newspaper, then set the brightness with the thumbwheel.
- Up to 12x more light on your page*
- Shapeable beam
- Thumbwheel dimming
- 90-day home trial
High Definition Pro Floor Light
From
£399.99
Use it away from a socket with the optional battery, or dim it with the optional remote handset.
- Everything the HD Original offers, plus:
- Optional remote
- Optional battery
- Modular, future-proofed design
High Definition Essential Table Light
From
£249.99
A wide beam with press-and-hold dimming for everyday reading and close work.
- 8x more light on your page*
- Fixed wide beam
- Press-and-hold dimming
- 30-day home trial
Most popular
High Definition Original Table Light
From
£299.99
Narrow the beam onto small print or widen it across your newspaper, then set the brightness with the thumbwheel.
- Up to 12x more light on your page*
- Shapeable beam
- Thumbwheel dimming
- 90-day home trial
High Definition Pro Table Light
From
£349.99
Use it away from a socket with the optional battery, or dim it with the optional remote handset.
- Everything the HD Original offers, plus:
- Optional remote
- Optional battery
- Modular, future-proofed design
*Compared with a traditional 60W bulb.
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We rebuilt the light itself, because a brighter bulb is not a better light.
Most lamps use a blue LED chip, which leaves out the deep reds, so print and colour lose their edge.
Ours starts from a purple chip and a recipe of phosphors that rebuilds what is missing, and it scores 98 out of 100 for colour accuracy.
See what better light does for youEvery HD Original and every HD Essential is hand-built in our Aylesbury workshop.
Around fifty a day are built there by hand, by a team that has made nothing but lights for over forty years.
The workshop that builds them is the workshop that repairs them, so when something goes wrong the usual answer is a repair in Aylesbury rather than a new lamp.
Compare the floor lightsIt is a fine example of the very best of British design, engineering and manufacture.
What people ask about Serious Readers.
Where are your lights made?
The HD Original and the HD Essential are hand-built in our Aylesbury workshop, around fifty a day. The HD Pro is designed in Great Britain and checked over by hand.
How long have you been making lights?
For over forty years, and in that time we have made nothing but lights.
Why did you start?
Alex Pratt built the first light for his mum, whose sight was failing with macular degeneration, so that she could see her page again.
Do opticians recommend your lights?
More than 500 independent opticians recommend Serious Lights to their patients.
Meet some of themCan you repair my light?
Yes. Call us and tell us what your light is doing, and we will tell you what a repair would involve before you commit to anything.
Warranty and repairsWhat if it is not right for me?
Try it at home first. The HD Original and the HD Pro have a 90-day home trial and the HD Essential has 30 days, and if it is not right for you we collect it free from any UK mainland address.
How the home trial worksTry a Serious Light at home for up to 90 days.
See the difference for yourself before you decide.
90 daysHD Original and HD Pro
30 daysHD Essential
If it is not right for you, we collect it free from any UK mainland address and refund you.
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