Illuminada Swing Arm Desk Lamp

I bought this lamp for my garage workbench. It works great and remains touchable with a 60W bulb turned on for about an hour at a time. The clamp seems very sturdy and the articulation is makes it a cinch to position where ever you need it. Would be five stars if it weren't for the base of the stand where the lamp arm is inserted. It kind of just sits there and swivels a bit too freely. Unless I'm missing something I think it could use some improvement, perhaps a lock feature or at least a tighter fit. Overall, very pleased and a great price to boot.

This is a nice lamp and a great deal. Fast and well-packed shipping by Wayfair. The lamp is well made (90% metal), holds it position even when parallel with the desk (unusual for a swing arm lamp), and the desk clamp works well. The paint is glossy black. It has two clamps knobs, one between the upper and lower arms, and the other between the upper arm and the bulb housing. The bulb shade can be removed if you want to expose the entire bulb. The clamp has the nice feature of being able to be attached so that the clamping screw points towards the floor (e.g. clamp attached on the desktop) or parallel to the floor (e.g. clamp attached a vertical surface). The clamp opens to about 75 mm and is padded to prevent damage to the desktop. The clamp also has four holes in it to allow it to be screwed into the desk for a more permanent attachment. The lamp is loose in the clamp, the clamp hole is a little too big for the post on the lamp. The clamp seems to be cheap plastic (feels like polystyrene, like a CD case), seems like it would break if stressed often (e.g. aligning the lamp parallel to the desk surface) but feels fine for casual use. The clamp screw is metal. The lamp shade is 17 cm wide and easily accepts CFL and LED bulbs. It has a light switch on top of the bulb housing. The bulb housing is well vented. The lower and upper arms are about 38 cm long. When fully extended (arms as vertical as possible) the bulb is about 63 cm off the desktop. The lamp housing also rotates (like a clock hand), but does not hold a rotated position well. The lamp housing also tilts forwards and back, and the arm/head clamp is very good about holding this angle.

The lamp section is built ok but the diameter of the mounting sleeve is too large to fit into the base of the plastic clamp. I'm not a small guy yet even with all my strength, it simply won't fit. Even after sanding the thick coat of black paint off of the stamped metal sleeve, still won't fit. I'll have to widen the interior diameter of the plastic base clamp with a dremel tool to make it fit, otherwise, the light is useless as it can't be attached/clamped onto anything.On the positive side, shipping was prompt as I received it right away from the seller.

The lamp came in today was excited to try it out. The box comes with everything you need, no tools are needed at all. The problem is the clamp is plastic, which means pushing the lamp up must be done with care or the it will break. The cord a little short, but not really a big deal, I mean it is a desk lamp. My only complaint is that you have to be careful with the lamp, my friend has one and you can pull and push it all over the place and the lamp will not make a sound. This one is just cheaply made, which explains the price. You get what you pay for.

The weak plastic base seems to be a recurring theme among reviewers. Mine arrived broken. It is hollow, and cannot hold a lamp like this. Pity that a 50 cent part is the weak point, since the rest of it appears to be pretty good quality. I'm fortunate in that the old lamp I'm replacing is nearly identical, and I could use its base with this new lamp. Caveat emptor.

Works well. Some assembly required but not much. The vice grip attachment is really nice and attached to almost any place you can think of.

The swing arm desk lamp is good. Thought it should have a better clamp system. The lamp works well in close area. It doesn't take up a lot of room either. Over all very good.

It Works great with nothing remarkable to note. It does the job and was easy to assemble. The price was right.