Daylight lamps - just a load of old cobblers?

[RosieH]

Got a freelance job that has me office-bound for 3 months. My desk faces the wall and the strip lights above don't help.

By this time of day, my eyes are killing me. I look over to other parts of the office (next to windows) and it's a veritable oasis of daylight, and my eyes seem to like it better there.

So I wondered if a daylight lamp would help, at this rate I feel like I'm going to go blind, so it'd be worth the investment if they actually work, (and if they can compensate for nasty strip lighting).

Anyone experienced?

[woodrot]

yes and yes

[Annette Curtain]

Rosie

I've got a vintage specimen lamp one on my desk, it's got a wotan/phillips daylight lamp inside

The light quality is way-way better than anything else and I wouldn't be without it now

Buy one for sure if the daylight is poor where you work

Netts(tu)

[uncleglen]

General advice on this type of thing is that if you are doing close work- reading, computer screen,etc- then you can relax your eyes by looking into the distance. I have found this works for me.

[Annette Curtain]

I think what you really need is one of these

http://m2.sourcingmap.com/smapimg/en/catalog/corded-telephone-2805c.jpg

[Otta]

Rosie, through my work with visually impaired people I have done loads of lighting and low vision assessments, and yes, a daylight lamp can markedly improve a person's ability to see to read and do fine detailed tasks. Obviously you're not visually impaired, but if it works for them, I suspect you'd find them useful.

Don't go spending your hard earned, I have one sitting in a cupboard that I "inherited" p

[Otta]

Oops, posted before I'd finished.

It's an angle poise desk lamp with daylight bulb. Yours if you want it.

One of these

[RosieH]

Man oh man oh man - I need that phone.

I also need Otta's lamp.

I love this forum. Jack Bollocks can kiss my sassafrass.