This winter’s offer: the new HD Pro+
Is print harder to follow once the daylight goes?
This winter you can have the new HD Pro+, with its cordless battery and remote, for the price of the HD Pro. It gives you the full spectrum of daylight and up to 12x more light on your page than a 60W bulb, anywhere in the room.
This winter you can have the HD Pro+, with its battery and remote, for the price of the HD Pro. It puts up to 12x more light on your page than a 60W bulb.
Alex Pratt OBE | Founder
Or call free on 0800 032 9364, Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5.30pm
You see the difference the moment you switch on.
If print is harder to follow indoors than it was outside, or two colours look almost the same, your eyes need more light, and better light, than an ordinary lamp gives. These are three of the changes owners tell us about.
Read in more comfort.
You can stay with your story as the daylight fades. Your eyes stay comfortable under full-spectrum daylight, so you find your place quickly and read for as long as you like.
See every detail.
From the finest print to the subtlest change in colour, you see what is really there, whether it is the footnotes in your book, the postmark on a stamp or the shade of a thread.
Make every task easier.
You can choose the right paint colour, finish the stitch or find the detail you were looking for. The arm holds wherever you put it, and it is guaranteed for life.
The Serious Readers story
I built the first HD Light for my mum.
By 1988 the lights we made were already on production lines and in laboratories, and then my mum began losing her sight to macular degeneration. I built her the first High Definition home reading light so she could carry on reading, and stay independent.
Every light on this page descends from hers. You do not build a cheap lamp for your mum; you build the best one you can, and then you spend forty years making it better. That is still the rule for every light we make.
This is the difference on your page.
An ordinary bulb only looks white. It leaves gaps across the spectrum, and your eyes work to fill them in. We call that junk light. Daylight has no gaps, which is why reading by a window on a clear morning is so easy, and Daylight Wavelength Technology™ rebuilds it with 98% colour accuracy.
An ordinary bulb only looks white. It leaves gaps across the spectrum, and your eyes work to fill them in. Daylight has no gaps, and Daylight Wavelength Technology™ rebuilds it with 98% colour accuracy.
Customers living with AMD and cataracts tell us print looks sharper and higher in contrast under one. The home trial lets you check that against your own eyes.
Choose my lightBuilt to be the best we can make.
If you want the cheapest lamp, a Serious Light is not for you. It is a reliable tool for people who want the best light.
Serious Lights have been chosen for operating theatres and the British Museum, where fine detail and true colour matter. George James, Head of Philately at Stanley Gibbons, examines stamps under one: “I wouldn’t rely on any other light.” We stand behind every light we make, and in 2025/26 alone we repaired or upgraded 1,350 of them.
A five-year warranty on the light, with a replaceable light engine inside it.
A lifetime warranty on the arm. The flexible arm holds wherever you bend it, for good.
The HD Original and HD Essential are hand-built in Aylesbury, around fifty a day. When something goes wrong, we repair it or we replace it.
▶ See how the light works
Make your favourite spot the best-lit place in your home.
Whatever you love to do, from your book and your crossword to your sewing or your stamps, a Serious Light puts the clarity of daylight where you need it. This winter’s offer is the HD Pro+, with its cordless battery and remote, for the price of the HD Pro.
A Serious Light puts the clarity of daylight where you need it. This winter’s offer is the HD Pro+, for the price of the HD Pro.
HD Pro+
This is the most advanced light we have ever made, and this winter you get its cordless battery and remote for the price of the HD Pro, so you can read anywhere in the room and change the brightness from where you sit.
This winter its cordless battery and remote come at no extra cost, so you can read anywhere in the room.
Perfect for reading in any room of your home.
Cordless battery and remote included
Try it at home for 90 days
5-year warranty with a lifetime on the arm
About 6.5 hours on a charge
Free delivery
UK delivery by DHL, £12.95
Designed in Great Britain
Quote code at checkout or on the phone
Learn more about this light
Floor light specifications
152cm, 4.8kg. The quick-change battery sits in the base, the remote handset comes with it, and the arm slots out for servicing. Carpet feet are optional.
3,600 to 7,200 lux at 50cm depending on beam width. 98% CRI, 4,000K, 630 lumens. Flicker-free.
Replaceable light engine, 5-year guarantee, lifetime guarantee on the arm. 7.2 watts, pennies a week to run.
Table light specifications
The rechargeable battery gives about 6.5 hours on a charge, and the remote handset comes with it. 3,600 to 7,200 lux at 50cm depending on beam width. 98% CRI, 4,000K, 630 lumens. Flicker-free.
Replaceable light engine, 5-year guarantee, lifetime guarantee on the arm. 7.2 watts, pennies a week to run.
Or choose from the rest of the range.
HD Original
The upgraded HD Original gives you high power and precise control: shape the beam to fit your book, dim it to suit your eyes, and set it to fade out when reading turns into resting.
It gives you high power and precise control, with a snooze button for when reading turns into resting.
Perfect for fine detail, wherever you settle.
From about 19p a night over the five-year warranty.
Start my 90-day home trialAbout 16p a night over the five-year warranty.
Start my 90-day home trialTry it at home for 90 days
5-year warranty with a lifetime on the arm
Free delivery
UK delivery by DHL, £12.95
Hand-built in Great Britain
Quote code at checkout or on the phone
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Heavyweight (most popular): 152cm, 6kg, 23cm base.
Lightweight: 144cm, 3kg, 20cm base.
3,600 to 7,200 lux at 50cm. Replaceable light engine, 5-year guarantee, lifetime guarantee on the arm. 7.2 watts, pennies a week to run.
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Heavyweight: 71cm, 4.5kg, 20cm base.
Lightweight: 68cm, 2.2kg, 18cm base.
3,600 to 7,200 lux at 50cm. Replaceable light engine, 5-year guarantee, lifetime guarantee on the arm. 7.2 watts, pennies a week to run.
HD Essential
Small print is easy again under full Serious daylight, with a fixed wide beam and a press-and-hold dimmer. You switch it on, you sit down, and you read.
Small print is easy again, with a fixed wide beam and a press-and-hold dimmer.
Perfect for everyday reading.
From about 16p a night over the five-year warranty.
Start my 30-day home trialFrom about 14p a night over the five-year warranty.
Start my 30-day home trialTry it at home for 30 days
5-year warranty with a lifetime on the arm
Free delivery
UK delivery by DHL, £12.95
Hand-built in Great Britain
Quote code at checkout or on the phone
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Heavyweight (most popular): 152cm, 6kg, 23cm base.
Lightweight: 144cm, 3kg, 20cm base.
Replaceable LED bulb rated for three years of life, under a 5-year warranty on the light and a lifetime warranty on the arm. 6 watts, pennies a week to run.
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Heavyweight: 71cm, 4.5kg, 19cm base.
Lightweight: 68cm, 2.2kg, 18cm base.
Replaceable LED bulb rated for three years of life, under a 5-year warranty on the light and a lifetime warranty on the arm. 6 watts, pennies a week to run.
HD Mini
You can read in bed, write at your desk or get on with detailed work, because this small, rechargeable Serious Light puts a precise beam on what you are doing, and its arm holds wherever you put it.
It is small and rechargeable, so you can read in bed or work at your desk by daylight.
Perfect for your bedside or your desk.
Try it at home for 30 days
1-year warranty
More than 4 hours on a charge
Free delivery
UK delivery by DHL, £12.95
Quote code at checkout or on the phone
Click to view specifications
1.5kg and 5 watts, with Daylight Wavelength Technology™. Fully dimmable, with more than four hours of use on a charge and a USB port to charge your phone.
1-year warranty. If it is not for you, send it back free within 30 days for a full refund.
All light is not created equal.
Brightness is only the beginning: the spectrum, true colour and how you shape the light all change what you see.
We have spent forty years on everything that changes what you see.
Under an ordinary bulb, print looks flat and colours look wrong.
Most lamps use an ordinary bulb, which gives out only part of the daylight spectrum, so your eyes work harder to fill the gaps. A stronger bulb only gives you more junk light.
Read how the light works
Every detail looks sharp under true daylight, indoors.
Daylight Wavelength Technology™ rebuilds the full spectrum of noon daylight with 98% colour accuracy, so black print turns crisp on white and colours look true. See the independent research.
One light fits nobody.
Reading, sewing and painting each need something different, so on the HD Original and HD Pro you shape the beam to fit what is in front of you.
Why Stanley Gibbons rely on Serious Lights.
For a professional stamp valuer, the right light is part of seeing what is really there. How clearly you see subtle shades, postmarks and fine printed detail depends on true colour, contrast and a precise beam.
Watch George James catch two fakes.Head of Philately, Stanley Gibbons
Opticians say the right light matters as much as the right glasses.
In the UK we work with 472 optical practices, and more than 500 independent opticians recommend a Serious Light to their patients. These five say why.
Lighting has a huge impact on our ability to see. Serious Readers lights are well designed, simple to use, and provide accurate colour and detail representation.
Serious Reader Lights simulate strong natural daylight, relieving eye fatigue and improving reading. The range of styles, warranty and customer care means I recommend with confidence.
The clarity a Serious Readers lamp provides is second to none. Patients are amazed at the difference. Just like correct prescription glasses, the right lighting is so important.
Serious Lights are among the best I have come across. They provide natural, high quality light that improves comfort and clarity, easily adjusted to direct light exactly where needed.
The right light is as important as the right glasses. It reduces strain for close work, vital for anyone with cataracts or macular degeneration. Patients really appreciate the difference.
▶ Watch optometrist Tracey Taylor explain why.Watch an optometrist explain why.
Owners tell us what changed for them.
From more than 10,000 five-star reviews.
The first night I read 80 pages of a novel, something I had not done in years.Mrs Kerrigan, Wexford
▶ Hear what owners have to say.
“It makes my other lights look yellow and dimmer. How nice to be able to read in such marvellous light.”
Mr McDowall, Surrey
“I thought my light was a luxury. After receiving it I realised I was wrong, it’s a necessity.”
Mrs Gallagher, Isle of Arran
“I want one in every room of the house.”
Mrs Parsons, Worcestershire
Get the answers you need before you order.
Here are the questions people ask us most.
Which light should I choose?
Choose the HD Pro+ if you want to read anywhere in the room and change the brightness from a remote: it runs on its own battery for about six and a half hours on a charge, and this winter it costs the same as the HD Pro. The HD Original is the light most people choose, with the same shaped beam and dimmer, on mains power.
The HD Essential gives you full daylight with a fixed wide beam and a simple dimmer, and the HD Mini is a small, rechargeable light for your bedside or your desk. All four carry Daylight Wavelength Technology™; what changes is the brightness and how much control you get.
What makes these different from an ordinary lamp?
Two things separate good reading lights from ordinary lamps. The light itself: Daylight Wavelength Technology™ rebuilds natural daylight to 98% colour accuracy, which an ordinary bulb cannot manage at any brightness.
And the engineering that delivers it: a beam built to land on your page at reading distance, and dimmed to suit your eyes. Print stays sharp and colours stay true, however small the type. With the home trial, you can read by the light you use now and by a Serious Light in turn, and decide which you prefer.
Will it help with macular degeneration or cataracts?
Serious Lights are not medical devices. What they do is put far more usable light on your page.
Customers living with AMD, cataracts and poor eyesight tell us print looks sharper and higher in contrast under one. The home trial lets you find out with your own eyes.
The only real test is to try one at home while you do the things you love. You have up to 90 days, and if it is not for you, we collect it free from any UK mainland address and refund you.
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Should I choose the floor light or the table light?
It depends on where you sit. A floor light suits wherever you read with no table beside you, because it stands on its own.
Where there is a side table at the right height, a table light does the same job from a lower start. Both carry the same daylight, so choose by where you sit.
Why do they cost more than an ordinary lamp?
In a high-quality reading light you pay for the daylight spectrum, an arm and dimming that hold where you set them, a five-year warranty on the light and a lifetime warranty on the arm, and a forty-year-old company standing behind both. Most lamps are built down to a price, and we build Serious Lights to be repaired rather than thrown away. With the home trial, you can judge it at home, and if it is not for you, we collect it and refund you in full.
How long does delivery take?
UK delivery is by DHL tracked courier and usually takes two to three working days. It is free with your code.It costs £12.95.
The Original and Essential arrive fully built, and the Pro's arm simply slots into its base. Either way, you plug it in and read the same evening.
Enjoy what you love, wherever your day takes you.
You can judge it on the dark evenings ahead, when you would use it most.
Quote code at checkout.
Start my 90-day home trialTry it at home for up to 90 days. If it is not for you, we collect it free from any UK mainland address and refund you in full.
Or call free on 0800 032 9364, Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5.30pm.
Prices effective until 30th November 2026. Offers cannot be combined.