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5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Lives up to "Made in China" Dec 27, 2007
By J. Dagle
"jondagle"
Very adjustable. Looks nice for most part -- except for some scratches and black marks on the arms. One metal hook connecting a spring was bent (easily fixed) and the electrical cord is installed with much too much exposed between the arms and at the lamp head. The base is solid and weighty, but the pin jiggles in the mounting hole. Rotating on/off clicker is rather cheep. The light is dimmer than I expected - 50W bulb - Many have 75-100W. The light is focused somewhat narrowly, making this better for spot lighting than lighting a whole desk area. After being on for a total of 30-40 min, heard a pop sound: two very small chips of glass, apparently from the edge of the glass shield, came out of the head; no apparent damage. I guess it might be worth $20. I think this is going back.
7 of 9 found the following review helpful:
 Impossible to find the right bulb! Apr 02, 2007
By Mt Gallego
"London Gurl"
WARNING: the specs say 120v 50w halogen bulb. I bought a standard GE halogen bulb that matched this description at $6.50, but, it's too small. The pins are too close together on the blub. I have no idea where to get replacement bulbs and the ones that came with the lamp only lasted about 6 months each! I love the lamp otherwise, but its not worth the hassle.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Not a bright purchase! Feb 04, 2010
By Dane Danielson
The lamp has a stylish and clean brushed steel appearance while managing to throw a decent amount of light. Which is particularly good for reading and typing at the computer.
However be forewarned, once the bulb goes you are in for a ride. After several visits to different hardware stores over a period of months I still cannot find the bulb. I searched and found a review which said it was JCD 120V 50watts T3 G9 but the truth has yet to be seen.
The base is also flimsy and each time I pick it up I feel as though it may fall off and come crashing through my glass desktop surface.
Seriously, the price is good but stay away and stick with a more mainstream lighting manufacturer. Very Disappointed Grandwich(wherever you are located).
Grandrich FD100ST One-Light Halogen Swingarm Light, Steel
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Poor protection for the bulb, the lamp is fine. Oct 07, 2011
By P. Maher
"Diva"
I purchased this lamp a couple of weeks ago and received the first shipment much quicker than Amazon first indicated. However the light bulb was shipped inside the head of the lamp and it was broken into many pieces. It looked to me like I had received a reshipment of a return, and because one of the pins of the bulb was missing I was afraid it had been inserted in the socket and then broken off, so I asked for a return. Amazon's customer service representative was friendly and polite and entered a replacement order and sent me a no charge return label. The replacement lamp arrived yesterday with the light bulb rattling around in the head of the lamp, again! Since it was still intact I inserted it in the socket, plugged the lamp in, turned it on and the bulb blew out immediately.
Fortunately, before I returned the first lamp, I had taken the broken bulb to Lowes and found and bought a replacement which fits the lamp, and works just fine. If you have this lamp and need a replacement bulb, you're looking for a G8 base, 120 Volt 50 Watt halogen bulb. At Lowes in CT these come from Feit Electric and they are packaged individually on cards, costing about $5 (I didn't check Home Depot). Lowes also sells the same size/shape bulb in Xenon, at lower wattages, same price, but the 20 W might be almost as bright as the 50 W halogen, I'm not 100% sure about that. There were several similar looking bulbs at Lowes, with just slightly different pin spacing and even though I have worked in the electrical trades for a long time, and I'm familiar with bulbs, it took me a few minutes to match my broken bulb to the right base size. Fortunately the packaging cards have diagrams you can use, but you are looking for the "G8" base.
This bulb from Lowes seated better in the lamp socket than the one shipped with the lamp. When you insert the bulb in the lamp do not hold it in your bare fingers, use something to protect the bulb from the oil in your skin, a tissue, paper towel or lightweight gloves (I used gloves). The bulb is made of a special "quartz" glass that doesn't like the oil from our skin, and could break while the lamp is burning, and that's why that glass lens is there in the head. The metal retaining ring is a little fussy to put back because the holes in the ring don't line up well with the holes in the housing.
On the positive side, the lamp is attractive and gives a very crisp light, which I'm using to illuminate still life subjects for artwork. The switch, which is on the cord, not on the lamp where you might expect it to be, is now a two level switch, medium and full, which is an interesting touch, but I don't know how useful it is. Just know it is like that so when you turn it on to the first click and the light is dim you won't think it is broken. I would buy this lamp again knowing all of the bulb problems because it is reasonably priced, attractive, and functional. Amazon could prevent some of the problem by insisting their supplier package the bulb better. So my three star rating comes from problems with shipping/packaging and the bulb problems.
By the way, in the lighting business what the general population calls the "light bulb" is called a lamp, and what most people call a "lamp" is called a fixture. I'm just saying this so some other lighting wonk doesn't think they need to correct my review!
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Awesome lamp! Sep 07, 2008
By Pedro Fernandez
Love this lamp! I would certainly love getting a couple more of these. Bulb last long.
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