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
The science of sight Why does small print get harder to read in the evening?
Your eyes need more light as the years go by, and light that is short of the deep reds leaves print less distinct, however bright it is.
- 99.4% keep theirs for the difference it makes.
- Recommended by 500+ opticians.
- Five-year warranty on every light on this page.
Choose a light made for the way your eyes work.
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.
Not sure which light suits your eyes best?
Answer five quick questions and we will recommend a model.
The amount of light matters, and so does what is in it.
At 60 your eyes need about three times the light they did at 20, which is why a lamp that was fine years ago may not be enough on your page now.
An ordinary LED is built on a blue chip and leaves the deep reds thin, so adding more of that light does not put back what is missing from it.
See what better light does for youContrast is what makes small print easy to read.
The deep reds are what make black type look black, and they are the part most LEDs leave thin.
Daylight Wavelength Technology™ puts them back: the HD Original scores 92 on the deep reds, where the ordinary LED we measured scores 40.
How we rebuild the spectrumI am delighted with my light. Now I enjoy reading and writing again after a long time.
Questions people ask about light and sight.
How much light do I need?
More as the years go by: at 60 your eyes need about three times the light they did at 20. Where the light falls matters too, so a focused beam on your page does more than a brighter room.
What is colour accuracy?
It is how faithfully a light shows colours compared with daylight, which scores 100. It is measured on the TM-30 standard, and Daylight Wavelength Technology™ scores 98, where the ordinary LED we measured scores 83.
Where can I read the research?
Our research page gathers the growing evidence on the wider effects of the kind of light you read by.
Read the researchWhat makes it different from an ordinary lamp?
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 mattersWhat 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 worksSee the difference for yourself at home, for up to 90 days.
Read by it for a few weeks and judge the difference with your own eyes.
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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