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From: Steve Leveen, Levenger Company - Sunday Oct 03, 2021 01:51 pm

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When I unpacked, assembled, and placed this lamp next to my favorite seat for reading, I was reminded of what we naturally want from new technology, but don’t always get: more performance, with less fuss. The Overarching Lamp is a small but important triumph of simplicity.

With it, you receive just the light you need in order to enjoy your novel or to see clearly your close work. Press the finger-friendly, rubber switch and, voila!

You might think that 3 watts won’t give you enough light, but witness the magic of LEDs focused with a convex lens. I actually find the light too powerful if pointed directly at my book. But deflect the beam off to one side, and there you are. It’s easier than fussing with a dimmer.

While the first generation of LED lights were often clinically white in color, the Overarching Lamp produces wonderfully warm light, the light of sunrise and sunset, the campfire color we humans tend to prefer in our homes.

The less-is-more guiding principle also rings true in its outward appearance. Rather than being burdened with a style statement, like troublesome checked bags, Overarching Lamp travels light, with only a silver or black flight suit, and thus fits into whatever style you have going on in your home.

Simplicity extends to the bulb, which you never have to change since it will last for 50,000 hours.

Added warmth comes from a halo of light encircling the head of the lamp, which provides just a friendly amount of ambient light. This head is so small, only 1½" in diameter, you can conceal it within your fist like a magician, while it gently warms your fingers on chilly mornings.

Enjoy Overarching Lamps in floor and desk models, in brushed silver or matte black. Consider buying two for either side of your sofa or bed, and thus avoid battles for what may become the favorite reading light in your home.

How to Position

Your Light Optimally

for Reading

I had a friend who complained that she got headaches when she practiced piano. Her mother thought she was slacking off. Then one day my friend happened to rest a small cosmetics mirror temporarily on her piano music. She had to cover her eyes with her hands as the bulb from the piano lamp on top of their upright piano was reflecting straight into her eyes. She reasoned, correctly, that her white sheet music was also reflecting glare back into her eyes when she practiced. She switched off the piano lamp and brought a floor lamp in position behind her left shoulder. She practiced headache free from then on.

My friend had stumbled onto a trick of the trade that lighting engineers use to check their own lighting designs. The ideal set up for reading (at least reading ink on paper) is when the light comes from behind you, hits the page with sufficient light to optimize contrast between ink and paper, and then bounces off and away from you. Thus if you find yourself in a room with a great view which is producing the main light into the room, you should (unfortunately) turn your chair away from the view so that the light from the window illuminates your page and not your eyes. Do your own mirror test to make sure your reading arrangement will be pleasurable and not painful.

One more tip: If you are right handed, light coming from over your left shoulder will cast fewer shadows from your hand when you turn the pages. Do the opposite, of course, if you normally turn pages with your left hand.

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