A Serious Table Light by your bed makes small print easy to read at bedtime, in daylight-quality light.
All three use Daylight Wavelength Technology™ and come in a table and a floor version. They differ in brightness, beam and controls.
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£299.99
One button dims it for late at night, and its wide beam covers your whole open book.
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£349.99
Narrow the beam to the size of your book and set the brightness with the thumbwheel on the head.
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£399.99
Dim it with the optional remote without sitting up, or run it on the optional battery if the socket is out of reach.
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£249.99
One button dims it for late at night, and its wide beam covers your whole open book.
Most popular
From
£299.99
Narrow the beam to the size of your book and set the brightness with the thumbwheel on the head.
From
£349.99
Dim it with the optional remote without sitting up, or run it on the optional battery if the socket is out of reach.
*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 where you read or work.
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 where you read or work.
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 table 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, 19cm across, or Lightweight, 18cm across | Heavyweight, 20cm across, or Lightweight, 18cm across | One base | |||
| Finish | Black or Heritage White | Black or Heritage White | Black | |||
| Height | 71cm on the Heavyweight base, 68cm on the Lightweight | 71cm on the Heavyweight base, 68cm on the Lightweight | 64cm | |||
| Weight | 4.5kg on the Heavyweight base, 2.2kg on the Lightweight | 4.5kg on the Heavyweight base, 2.2kg on the Lightweight | 3kg | |||
| 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 | |||
Most bedside lamps are chosen to match the room, so your book gets whatever light is left over.
Daylight Wavelength Technology™ scores 98 out of 100 for colour accuracy, where daylight scores 100, so print looks sharp and black at whatever level you set for bedtime.
See what better light does for youNarrow the beam of the HD Original or the HD Pro onto your book and the light stays there, so the pillow beside you is left in shadow.
On the HD Original and the HD Pro the light fades up gradually when you switch it on, so it never snaps on at full strength in a dark room.
See the three bedside lights side by sideExcellent as a bedside light and for reading small print.
It should not. You can dim it right down. On the HD Original and the HD Pro you can also narrow the beam to the size of your page.
Compare the beamsThe HD Original and HD Essential Table Lights stand 71cm on the Heavyweight base and 68cm on the Lightweight, and the HD Pro Table Light stands 64cm. The flexible arm brings the head over your book from wherever the base sits.
Check the sizesYes. The HD Original and the HD Pro dim smoothly with a thumbwheel on the head, and the HD Essential dims as you press and hold its button. All three remember the level you last used.
Hold the switch on the HD Original or the HD Pro for four seconds and it switches itself off 30 minutes later. The HD Essential has no timer, so you switch it off as you would any lamp.
An ordinary LED has a strong peak of blue and too little red, so print looks less sharp and close shades are 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 worksThe best test is a few weeks of reading in bed with it.
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.
Choose your bedside light
Tell us how you read in bed and what sits on your bedside table, and we will help you choose.
