Looking at daylight lamps?
See the one 99 in 100 people keep.
You have seen what the daylight lamps look like. What matters is whether the light is really daylight, and ours rebuilds the whole spectrum instead of copying the colour. Small print reads clearly under it again. Read under one in your own chair for up to 90 days, and if you do not love it we collect it.
Alex Pratt OBE | Founder
Or call free on 0800 032 9364 · quote GP2635
From £199.99 · Save up to £225
10,000 five-star reviews from the readers who use one every day.
Not everything sold as daylight is daylight.
You have already decided you want a daylight lamp to read by, so the only question left is which one actually gives you daylight. The word gets used very loosely, and here is how to tell.
Most daylight lamps copy the colour and stop there.
A cool white bulb looks like daylight at a glance, and that is as far as it goes. Real daylight carries the whole spectrum, and a bulb that only matches the colour leaves gaps all through it. Print looks flat, colours wash out, and your eyes work harder for every line.
We rebuild the spectrum, not just the colour.
Daylight Wavelength Technology™ recreates the full spectrum of natural daylight with 98% colour accuracy. The difference shows at the first switch-on: black print sits sharp on white paper, and the smallest type reads clearly again. See the independent research.
It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen…
It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen…
Then we put that daylight where you read.
A daylight bulb in an ordinary lamp still throws most of its light at the ceiling. A flexible arm and a swivel head let you shape the beam and bring it over your shoulder onto the page, so the light lands on your book and not in your eyes. Every adjustment stays where you set it.
Try it against the daylight lamp you were going to buy.
We have hand-built reading lights in Buckinghamshire for forty years, and 99 in 100 people who try one keep it. Read under one in your own chair for up to 90 days. If you do not love it, we collect it and refund you.
Find your reading light.
All three give you the same daylight spectrum, so a cheaper one is not a weaker light. Where they differ is how much control you want over the beam, and all three are up to half price while summer stock lasts.
Our most popular light
HD Original
Shape the beam to fit your page, dim it to the exact level your eyes want, and the memory brings both back at your next switch-on, so the light is already right when you sit down.
Perfect forThe chair you read in every night. It stands at your shoulder, shapes to your page, and remembers where you left it.
90-day home trial · 5-year warranty · Free delivery worth £12.95
Hand-built in Great Britain
Code GP2635 at checkout
Specifications
Heavyweight (most popular): 152cm, 6kg, 23cm base.
Lightweight: 144cm, 3kg, 20cm base.
Replaceable light engine, 5-year guarantee. 7 watts, pennies a week to run.
Our latest and best light
HD Pro
The Pro gives you the finest control of the three without leaving your chair. Shape the beam, dim it with real precision, and add the optional remote control, or the optional battery that runs it fully cordless with no cable to the wall.
Perfect forReaders who want the remote in one hand, or no cable at all.
90-day home trial · 5-year warranty · Free delivery worth £12.95
Code GP2635 at checkout
Specifications
152cm, 4.8kg. Quick-change cordless battery in the base, arm slots out for servicing. Optional carpet feet.
Replaceable light engine, 5-year guarantee. 7 watts, pennies a week to run.
Daylight made simple
HD Essential
Small print is easy again, in our simplest light. It carries the same Serious daylight without the extra controls, using a fixed wide beam and a press-and-hold dimmer. You switch it on, you sit down, and you read.
Perfect forPlain, everyday reading by your chair. Switch it on and sit down.
30-day home trial · 5-year warranty · Free delivery worth £12.95
Hand-built in Great Britain
Code GP2635 at checkout
Specifications
Heavyweight (most popular): 152cm, 6kg, 23cm base.
Lightweight: 144cm, 3kg, 20cm base.
Replaceable LED bulb, 3-year guarantee. 6 watts, pennies a week to run.
Which reading light is right for you?
Start with what you want from it.
“I just want the best all-round reading light.”
HD Original The one most people choose. Shape the beam, set the level, and it remembers. Black or white. Floor light from £224.99“I want to unplug it, or adjust it from my chair.”
HD Pro Our latest and best, with cordless and remote control options. Black only. Floor light from £349.99“I want proper daylight at the lowest price.”
HD Essential One switch, full daylight on the page. Black or white. Floor light from £199.99Still not sure? Call free on 0800 032 9364 and an advisor will give you an honest steer.
Side by side
The three daylight reading lights, compared.
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Most popular
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| Best for | All-round reading | Cordless and remote | Simple value |
| Offer | Up to half price | Save £150 | Up to half price |
| Finishes | Black or White | Black only | Black or White |
| Beam | Adjustable, shapeable | Adjustable, shapeable | Wide, even, fixed |
| Dimming | Stepless with memory | Stepless with memory | Press-and-hold |
| Remote control | ✕ | ✓ optional | ✕ |
| Cordless | ✕ | ✓ optional | ✕ |
| Home trial | 90 days | 90 days | 30 days |
| Warranty | 5 years | 5 years | 5 years |
| You save | Up to £225 | £150 | Up to £200 |
| Floor light price | From £224.99 | £349.99 | From £199.99 |
| Order Original Floor | Order Pro Floor | Order Essential Floor |
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We now have 4! Once you've tried them, you can't revert to ordinary lamps.Mrs Fisher, Devon
Before you order.
A few straight answers.
What makes these different from an ordinary lamp?
Two things. 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, shaped and dimmed to your eyes. Print stays sharp and colours stay true, however small the type. The home trial lets you compare the two in your own chair.
Will it help with macular degeneration or cataracts?
Our lights are not medical devices. What they do is put far more usable light on your page, and customers living with AMD, cataracts and age-related vision change tell us print looks sharper and higher in contrast under one. The home trial lets you find out with your own eyes.
Why do they cost more than an ordinary lamp?
Almost none of it is the shell. You pay for the daylight spectrum, an arm and dimming that hold where you set them, and a build made to last, with a five-year warranty. An ordinary lamp is built down to a price; this one is built to read under for years. The home trial lets you judge it at home before you commit.
Will a floor-standing reading lamp reach over my chair?
Yes. A Serious floor light is a floor-standing reading lamp, what some call a standard lamp, made for reading rather than lighting a room. It stands beside your armchair, and its arm and head adjust so the light comes over your shoulder onto your page rather than into your eyes. Every floor lamp here is also made as a table light if you would rather it sat on a side table.
Why are they so much cheaper right now?
Summer is the quiet season, so we run our strongest prices of the year to keep the workshop busy. These are current lights, brand new and boxed, not seconds or old stock. We hold more White than Black, so White carries the biggest saving. Once a finish sells out, it is not restocked.
Do the home trial and warranty still apply?
Yes, in full. You get 90 days at home with the Original and Pro, 30 with the Essential, and the standard warranty on every light. A clearance light gets the same service as one at full price.
How long does delivery take?
UK delivery takes five to seven working days by tracked courier, free on every light in this clearance. The Original and Essential arrive ready to use, and the Pro's arm simply slots into its base. Either way, you plug it in and read the same evening.
How long does the clearance last?
These are our summer prices, and the best-selling finishes go first. Once one sells out, it is gone for good.
While stocks last.
Summer is our quiet season, so these are the strongest prices of the year. Up to half price with code GP2635 at checkout or over the phone. Once a finish sells out, it is gone.
See the offersOr call free on 0800 032 9364, Mon–Fri 8:30am–5:30pm.
Prices effective until 30th September 2026. Offers cannot be combined.