Final Stock Clearance 2026 · Code SEPT67
Which room in your house still has the wrong light in it?
You already know what one of our lights does in the chair you read in. Until 31st October I have put clearance prices across the 2026 collection while we get ready for winter. Several models will still be here next year, but these prices will not, so if another room could do with the same light, now is the time to sort it.
You already know what one of our lights does in the chair you read in. Clearance prices run across the 2026 collection until 31st October, so if another room could do with the same light, now is the time to sort it.
Alex Pratt OBE | Founder
Or call free on 0800 032 9364, Mon–Fri 8:30am–5:30pm
The 2026 collection, up to half price
Which room could do with the same light?
The second one is usually the easy decision, because the argument has already been settled in the room you bought the first for. What owners write to tell us is that it changes where they can sit and what they can get done there. These are the three changes they name most.
Small print is readable in more than one chair.
The medicine bottle, the footnotes, your bank statement, all readable at arm's length in whichever room you are sitting in. One turn of the ring takes the beam from fine print to a full newspaper, at up to 7,200 lux.
You read as long in November as you do in June.
An evening in November asks no more of your eyes than a bright morning in June, because what lands on your page is the same at both. Nine at night is as good a time to start a chapter as nine in the morning.
You can cook, sew and see what colour something really is.
The kitchen, the sewing table and the mirror all ask you to see detail, and most rooms are lit for atmosphere instead. Dim it to the level that suits your eyes and it holds that setting for next time.
The difference the right light makes.
Your eyes can tell apart something like ten million shades, and that is how you get colour, depth, contrast and detail. What you actually see of it depends on the light falling on the page. Most artificial light gives you only part of the spectrum, heavy on blue and short of red, so print flattens and colours drain. Daylight has no gaps in it, which is why reading by a window on a clear morning is easy, and Daylight Wavelength Technology™ rebuilds that spectrum at 98% accuracy.
Most artificial light gives you only part of the spectrum, heavy on blue and short of red, so print flattens and colours drain. Daylight has no gaps in it, and Daylight Wavelength Technology™ rebuilds that spectrum at 98% 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.
See the clearance pricesBuilt to be the best, not the cheapest.
We aim to build the best reading lights you can buy rather than the cheapest: a high-grade, reliable tool for people who need or want the best light they can have. Nothing is priced for show.
Our lights have been chosen for professional settings, from the British Museum to operating theatres and the Heathrow control tower, and the philatelists at Stanley Gibbons grade their stamps under them. A warranty is only worth the company standing behind it, and ours has been building and repairing these lights for forty years.
A five-year warranty on the light, with a replaceable light engine inside it.
A lifetime warranty on the arm. It holds where you put it, for good.
The HD Original is hand-built in Great Britain and arrives fully assembled. The HD Pro is designed here and goes together in under 30 seconds. When something goes wrong, we repair it or we replace it.
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The clearance prices run until 31st October.
Both of these carry the same Daylight Wavelength Technology™, the same 90 days at home and the same five-year warranty. What changes is how much control you get over the beam. Most people choose the HD Original, as a floor light or a table light.
Both carry the same daylight and the same 90 days at home. Most people choose the HD Original, as a floor light or a table light.
HD Original
Forty years of research with universities, and thousands of ideas from owners, went into this one. Shape the beam to fit your page, dim it to the level that suits your eyes, and the memory brings both back at your next switch-on, so the light is already right when you sit down.
Shape the beam, set your level, and the memory brings both back at your next switch-on.
Perfect for the chair you read in every night.
From about 12p a night over the five-year warranty.
Start my 90-day home trialAbout 11p a night over the five-year warranty.
Start my 90-day home trial90 days to read by it in your own chair
5-year warranty, lifetime on the arm, and a replaceable light engine
Free delivery, worth £12.95, and it arrives fully built
Hand-built in Great Britain
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Learn more about this light
Floor light specifications
Heavyweight (most popular): 152cm, 6kg, 23cm base.
Lightweight: 144cm, 3kg, 20cm base.
3,600–7,200 lux at 50cm depending on beam width. 98% CRI, 4,000K, 630 lumens.
Replaceable light engine, 5-year guarantee, lifetime guarantee on the arm. 7.2 watts, pennies a week to run.
HD Pro
You get everything the HD Original does, and then the finer control on top: a remote handset you keep by your chair, a battery that runs it away from the socket, carpet feet, and specialist filters. Forensic scientists, manuscript restorers and the stamp valuers at Stanley Gibbons work under this one.
Everything the HD Original does, with a remote handset, an optional battery that runs it away from the socket, and carpet feet.
Perfect for readers who want the remote in one hand, or no cable at all.
That is about 19p a night over the five-year warranty.
Start my 90-day home trialAbout 12p a night over the five-year warranty.
Start my 90-day home trial90 days to read by it in your own chair
5-year warranty, lifetime on the arm, and a replaceable light engine
Free delivery, worth £12.95
Assembles in under 30 seconds, one hand-tightened connection, no tools
Designed in Great Britain
Quote SEPT67 at checkout or on the phone
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152cm, 4.8kg, so it is more stable and lighter than the heavyweight HD Original. 3,600 to 7,200 lux at 50cm, 630 lumens, 98% CRI at 4,000K. Quick-change cordless battery in the base, arm slots out for servicing. Optional carpet feet.
Replaceable light engine, 5-year guarantee, lifetime guarantee on the arm. 7.2 watts, pennies a week to run.
How do the two compare?
Both carry the same Daylight Wavelength Technology™, the same 90 days at home and the same five-year warranty with a lifetime warranty on the arm. Here is what is different.
Most popular
HD Original
Our most popular reading light
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HD Pro
Our latest and best
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| Beam and dimming | Adjustable, stepless, with memory | Adjustable, stepless, with memory |
| Finishes | Black or Heritage White | Black |
| Wooden carry handle | Yes | No |
| Remote handset | No | Yes, optional |
| Cordless battery | No | Yes, optional |
| Carpet feet | No | Yes, optional |
| Base options | Heavyweight or Lightweight | One base, 4.8kg |
| Table light price | From £199.99 | From £224.99 |
| Floor light price | From £224.99 | £349.99 |
| Start my 90-day trial | Start my 90-day trial |
HD Original
Our most popular reading light
HD Pro
Our latest and best
What opticians tell their patients.
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.
What owners tell us.
From more than 10,000 five-star reviews.
My aim is to have one of your lights in every room in the house where reading of any sort might possibly take place.Mrs Parsons, Worcestershire
“The difference it has made is remarkable and will be even better when the darker nights come back.”
Miss Stafford, Belfast
“It makes my other lights look yellow and dimmer. How nice to be able to read in such marvellous light.”
Mr McDowall, Surrey
“I have gone from someone with sore aching eyes after a couple of pages to being able to read as much as I wish.”
Mr Brewster, Edinburgh
Lighting is vital, and your High Definition Light is by far the best light I have ever used in my 40 years of engraving. I use it from the moment I sit down at my engraving area.Lesley Pyke, glass engraver, who has worked for heads of state and royalty
Before you order.
A few straight answers, starting with the one we are asked most.
I already have one. Should the second be the same light?
Most owners buy the same light again, because they already know how it behaves and they want the room to feel the same. The HD Original is the one most people choose for that reason.
Choose the HD Pro instead if the new room would suit a remote handset by your chair, or if you want it running on its own battery. It also weighs less than the heavyweight HD Original while standing more firmly, which matters if the light will be moved about.
Should I choose the floor light or the table light?
It depends on the chair. A floor light stands beside you and brings the beam down over your shoulder, which suits an armchair or a sofa with nothing next to it, and it leaves the surface you already have free.
Where there is a side table at about elbow height, a table light does the same job from a lower start. Both carry the same daylight, so choose by where you sit.
Why are the prices lower right now?
This is the Final Stock Clearance for 2026, so we are clearing the year's collection as we get ready for winter. These are current lights, brand new and boxed, rather than seconds or old stock, and they carry the same warranty as they would at full price.
Black is selling quickest, and when the stock for a finish is gone it is gone, whatever the date says.
Will it help with macular degeneration or cataracts?
Our lights are not medical devices, and we would not claim otherwise. What they do is put far more usable light on your page, at a colour accuracy of 98%.
Beyond that we would rather let your own eyes settle it than tell you what to expect, which is what the home trial is for. Our advisers talk to people living with AMD and cataracts every day, so if you want to know what others have found, ring them and ask.
How long does delivery take?
UK delivery takes five to seven working days by tracked courier, and it is free on every order of £74.99 and above.
The HD Original arrives fully built. The HD Pro assembles in under 30 seconds, with one hand-tightened connection and no tools. Either way you plug it in and read the same evening.
The only real test is your own chair, which is why the trial exists. Read under one for 90 days, and if it is not for you we collect it from any UK mainland address and refund you in full.
Start my 90-day home trialThe Final Stock Clearance ends on 31st October.
The reason to put a second light in is the difference it makes to the room you sit in. The price is what makes now the time: up to half price with code SEPT67, at checkout or by phone. Several models will still be here next year, but these prices will not, and they end earlier if our stock runs out.
Start my 90-day home trial90 days to read by it in your own chair. If it is not for you, we collect it from any UK mainland address and refund you in full. Five years on the light, lifetime on the arm.
Or call free on 0800 032 9364, Mon–Fri 8:30am–5:30pm.