Daylight reading lamps that
put noon on your page at midnight.
Struggling with smaller print in the evenings? You already know daylight helps, because the same page reads easily by a window. Most lamps sold as daylight give you a thin imitation of it. We build Serious Lights to give you the real thing, and you can try one at home for up to 90 days.
Alex Pratt OBE | Founder
Or call free on 0800 032 9364 · quote WEB2606
Up to Half Price · From £199.99
10,000 five-star reviews from the readers who use one every day.
All light is not the same.
We fuss over mattresses, diet and exercise, yet light reaches our eyes every waking hour and rarely gets a thought. We have spent forty years on nothing else.
Poor quality artificial light is working against your eyes.
It is not about brightness. An ordinary bulb, even one sold as daylight, gives out a thin, uneven slice of the real spectrum. Print flattens, colour drains, and your eyes strain to fill the gaps. You can have three lamps on, and your eyes are still not getting what they need.
True daylight, indoors, makes every word sharp.
Daylight Wavelength Technology™ rebuilds the full spectrum of noon daylight with 98% accuracy. Switch it on, and black print turns crisp on white, down to the smallest type in your book. 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…
Nothing about this light is left to chance.
The head swivels through a full 350 degrees to bring the beam over your shoulder, and slow-start technology fades the light up gently rather than snapping on. Shape it, dim it, and every adjustment holds exactly where you set it: the light lands on your page, never in your eyes.
See the difference in your own home, for up to 90 days.
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. If you do not love it, we collect it and refund you.
Find your perfect daylight lamp.
Plenty of lamps borrow the word daylight. A Serious Light is built on the real thing, and each one stands beside your chair as a floor-standing daylight lamp. Where they differ is how much control you want over it, 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 daylight is already right when you sit down.
Perfect forThe chair you read in every night. It stands at your shoulder, shapes its daylight 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 WEB2606 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 WEB2606 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 WEB2606 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 daylight lamp is right for you?
Start with what you want from it.
“I just want the best all-round daylight lamp.”
HD Original Most people choose this one. It shapes the beam, holds your level, and remembers both. Black or white. Daylight lamp from £224.99 →“I want to unplug it, or adjust it from my chair.”
HD Pro Our latest and best light, with cordless and remote control options. Black only. Daylight lamp from £349.99 →“I want proper daylight at the lowest price.”
HD Essential One switch puts full daylight on your page. Black or white. Daylight lamp from £199.99 →Still not sure? Call free on 0800 032 9364 and an advisor will give you an honest steer.
Side by side
The three daylight reading lamps, compared.
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Daylight, simply delivered
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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 |
| Daylight lamp 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 this different from a bulb sold as daylight?
Most bulbs marked daylight copy the colour of it and stop there. Daylight Wavelength Technology™ rebuilds the full spectrum of natural daylight to 98% colour accuracy, and the engineering 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 daylight lamp reach over my chair?
Yes. A Serious daylight lamp stands on the floor, what some call a standard lamp, and it is 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 fully built, 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. You get up to half price with code WEB2606, at checkout or by 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.