Neatfi 1,200 Lumens LED Magnifying Lamp with Clamp, Dimmable, Includes Microfiber Cloth, Magnifier Light for Reading, Sewing, Crafting (White, 5-Inch Lens, 8 Diopter)

The NeatFi Super LED Magnifying Lamp with 5 diopter lens was easy to assemble. Attach the clamp to your table, slip the arm pivot into the clamp socket, plug in, turn on.The power switch is on the underside of the lamp, which is a minor inconvenience until you learn where it is and can find it in the dark. The multiple brightness levels are fine for using the magnifying lens, and also for most desk illumination needs. It would be nice if it produced a bit more light than the brightest available setting for full tabletop illumination in a dark room. Undoubtedly that will be available in a future version with upgraded LED's that put out twice the light at half the power. (Update: I've been using it in a dark room, and it's plenty bright. Raised to 5 stars, since it I have no other complaints. The light fulfills its mission: it's a fully functional magnifying lamp that is an excellent value).Build quality is adequate. The arm joints are adjustable and support the weight of the lamp with no sagging while maintaining fairly smooth motion. The swivel/joint for the head of the lamp allows you to position the head where you want it, but the motion felt a bit rough when I adjusted its set screw to prevent it from slipping. OK, so this isn't a $500 lamp with fluid motion joints, but it cost a whole lot less than $500. When correctly adjusted, it moves with a bit of pressure, and then stays put.This lamp is a great value if you need a multi-tasker desk lamp/magnifier. It does exactly what I wanted it to do, which was light up my desk AND double as a close work illuminated magnifier for my aging eyes.

Bright light , good structure can be easily moved around to high light needed area.

No that’s not a miss-spell, it keeps trying to be a hat. There is not enough tension in the arm to hold the lamp where you put it. I place the lamp where I want it and have to hold it there for a second or two and it will stay in place but if I bump the table in any way, even slightly, down comes the lamp on my head. Hence the hat joke. There doesn’t appear to be any way to adjust the tension in the arm which brings up another negative point. Neither is there any way of adjusting the tension at the base of the arm where it attaches to the clamp fixture that attaches to the table. If you clamp the lamp on the side of the table and you have the table tilted toward you the lamp will not stay centered over the table but will swing toward you trying, again, to be a hat. There’s and old saying, “never hire a millner to design a drafting lamp.” Well…, not really, but there is now! I have clamped this lamp on the side and at the back of my drafting table but neither position worked.There is a positive point and that is the lamp itself. I liked it very much. Especially the color adjustments available on it and the dimmer as well. The lamp spreads the light over most of my table ( that is when the lamp is not a hat).FYI; unless you are doing really fine work like jewelry or printed circuits don’t get the 8 diopter lens. For those of us doing drawing the 5 diopter is the way to go. If you are going to use it as a hat keep the lid over the lens.Seriously, I like the lamp but the the swing arm is weak and therefor dis functional. Sending it back.

Received delivery in just a couple days and it is even better than hoped for. Optics/magnification are excellent. The four-way dimmer works great and the light stays exactly where you put it. I am in business, reading microscopic print on a daily basis and also have many hobbies involving close examination. Also work on electronics which takes both hands free and lots of light. This unit delivers the goods. Hope to buy another one soon for my office. Even as a work light this is ideal. With the cover down you can handle it all you want without smudging the glass lens. I had another unit for many years that now costs $200 with slightly longer arms and a circle style fluorescent bulb. This Neatfi light is waaaaay better and it doesn't move around like it's possessed when needed most. There are no springs, bulbs or constant adjustments to deal with. If there was anything that would improve the product it would be having slightly longer arms. However, I have a five foot wide desk at home. The light is clamped on the extreme left side and I work on right. It still almost makes it to the center of where I am sitting. Not bad...not bad at all. I researched the heck out of these and even attempted to fix my old unit...than finally took a chance on this one. Wise decision. The old one is in the trash. This one even has better magnification and clarity than the $200 one. It is also great as a reading light for normal print. Buy it. You will thank me.

I like everything about this lamp /magnifier. But I can see room for improvement.The arm is strong, stable and even at full extension it stays where you put it.The lights are bright enough and the side glare is minimal but it’s not a problem at all since you’re always looking through the middle.The magnifying glass is very good. The dust hood is a nice touch - as is the inclusion of the dust cloth.The only improvements I’d like to make are to... make the lens bigger both in diameter and in magnification power. In its current form, for maximum clarity the lens needs to be about 8 inches from your work. I’ve bumped into the lamp with the tip of a tool while adding fine details on a model at least 50 times. You can pull the lamp back but the magnification gets so exaggerated that it’s hard to see well. Youre so zoomed into the tiny details of your piece that you loose things or knock them over. With a little more magnification built into the lens itself rather than relying on the optical exaggeration from greater distance, you would have more working area with better clarity and this would be one awesome tool. As it is, it’s very good.