A Serious Floor Light brings daylight-quality light over your shoulder, so the colours look as they were printed, and you can angle the beam to keep the shine off the page.
All three use Daylight Wavelength Technology™, with 98 out of 100 for colour accuracy. They differ in brightness, beam and controls.
From
£299.99
One wide beam covers a double page, and pressing and holding the button takes the brightness down.
Most popular
From
£349.99
Aim the beam from over your shoulder, and dim it with the thumbwheel to take the shine off a glossy page.
From
£399.99
It has the beam of the HD Original, plus an optional remote to dim it without getting up.
From
£249.99
One wide beam covers a double page, and pressing and holding the button takes the brightness down.
Most popular
From
£299.99
Aim the beam from over your shoulder, and dim it with the thumbwheel to take the shine off a glossy page.
From
£349.99
It has the beam of the HD Original, plus an optional remote to dim it without getting up.
*Compared with a traditional 60W bulb.
Answer five quick questions and we will recommend a model.
Read a paperback or a hardback without moving the light.
One button on the light
Plug it in wherever you read.
Use it at home for a month before you decide.
Read anything from a paperback to a broadsheet.
One wheel on the head
Plug it in wherever you read.
Use it at home for three months before you decide.
It has the same beam as the HD Original, so you can read anything from a paperback to a broadsheet.
Wheel or remote handset
Add the battery option and use it away from any socket.
Use it at home for three months before you decide.
All three run from the mains. The HD Pro battery option gives about 6.5 hours of cordless use.
Use the light normally at home. If it is not right for you, returns are free and we collect these lights from a UK mainland address.
| What changes | HD Essential | HD Original | HD Pro | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light quality | ||||||
| Most light on your page | 4,800 lux at 50cm | 3,600 to 7,200 lux at 50cm | 3,600 to 7,200 lux at 50cm | |||
| Width of the beam | About 30cm | 33 to 61cm | 33 to 61cm | |||
| Lumens | 500 | 630 | 630 | |||
| Light engine | 6W LED | 7.2W LED | 7.2W LED | |||
| Colour of the light | 98 on the CRI scale, 4,000K | 98 on the CRI scale, 4,000K | 98 on the CRI scale, 4,000K | All three 98 on the CRI scale, 4,000K | ||
| Control | ||||||
| Beam | Fixed and wide | Narrow to wide, with the ring on the head | Narrow to wide, with the ring on the head | |||
| Brightness | Press-and-hold button, with memory | Thumbwheel, with memory | Thumbwheel or optional remote, with memory | |||
| Snooze timer | No | Yes | Yes | |||
| Remote handset | No | No | Optional | |||
| Power | ||||||
| Power | Mains | Mains | Mains, or the optional battery | |||
| Battery | No | No | Optional, about 6.5 hours a charge, 90 minutes to recharge | |||
| Cable | 2.8 metres | 2.8 metres | 2.8 metres | All three 2.8 metres | ||
| Size and base | ||||||
| Base | Heavyweight, 23cm across, or Lightweight, 20cm across | Heavyweight, 23cm across, or Lightweight, 20cm across | One base | |||
| Finish | Black or Heritage White | Black or Heritage White | Black | |||
| Height | 152cm on the Heavyweight base, 144cm on the Lightweight | 152cm on the Heavyweight base, 144cm on the Lightweight | 152cm | |||
| Weight | 6kg on the Heavyweight base, 3kg on the Lightweight | 6kg on the Heavyweight base, 3kg on the Lightweight | 4.8kg | |||
| After you buy | ||||||
| Light engine guarantee | 3 years | 5 years | 5 years | |||
| Warranty | 5 years | 5 years | 5 years | All three 5 years | ||
| Home trial | 30 days | 90 days | 90 days | |||
An ordinary LED is short of the deep reds, so skin tones, flowers and food in a photograph look flatter than they should.
Daylight Wavelength Technology™ reproduces daylight with 98% accuracy, so reds, greens and blues look as the printer meant them to.
See what better light does for youGlossy paper reflects light straight back, so angle the head in from behind your shoulder rather than straight above the page.
Then take the brightness down until the shine goes, and the colours stay true at any level.
See the three magazine lights side by sideThe light is good quality, looks good, and shows the colour photographs in magazines off wonderfully.
Angle the beam in from behind your shoulder rather than straight down at the page, and take the brightness down, and the shine goes. Every light here dims, the HD Original and the HD Pro with a thumbwheel and the HD Essential with its button.
They look as close to daylight as we can make them. Daylight Wavelength Technology™ scores 98 out of 100 for colour accuracy, where daylight scores 100, and it runs at 4,000K, a neutral white.
An ordinary LED builds its white light around a strong blue peak and leaves the deep reds thin, which takes the contrast out of print and makes close shades hard to tell apart. Daylight Wavelength Technology™ starts from a purple LED and rebuilds the rest of the spectrum: it scores 98 out of 100 for colour accuracy, where the ordinary LED we measured scores 83.
See why the light itself mattersBecause of what is inside it. The specialist components in a single HD Original cost more to make than many complete lamps sell for, and all three lights come with a five-year warranty.
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 worksRead a few issues with it and look closely at the photographs.
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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