Verilux Lamp Review — Hey Porkchop!

I was *really* excited when Verilux contacted me and asked if I'd be interested in reviewing one of their lamps!

I typically do *not* knit or stitch at night because I find it really hard to see. I wear glasses with bifocals and while we have good overhead lighting in our home, I still struggle with evening crafting. I've stitched entire chunks of projects with the wrong color, accidentally thinking dark brown was black! Worst! I recently knit my mom a dark purple shawl and knitting lace with dark yarn at night?! Not so much fun.

My stitching space is in front of a small window so during the day I pull my chair up to my table and stitch, using natural light as much as possible. During the winter it's a little rough because the days are so short and gloomy.

I've been wanting a full spectrum lamp for a really long time. I've heard so many mixed reviews of Ott-Lite's. One of our sample stitchers bought one this December and has found the light to be really harsh. I always look when I visit JoAnn's & Michael's and I can never decide if I want to spend money on one! Even with coupons, they are expensive. Also, their marketing kind of kills me- if you can offer something to me for 50% off constantly, I want to know HOW & WHY. I also am picky and I don't want a craft lamp that looks chintzy or when you look at it you think "CRAFT LAMP"! I had NO idea there were other lamp options out there so I'm really glad they contacted me. They've been in business since 1956 and they also sell lamps for light therapy and sanitation!

I've had the Verilux Lamp for about a month now and I've used it every.single.night. since I got it. I wanted to really test it out before I said anything about it because I genuinely don't understand when bloggers have an item for 5 minutes and are praising or cursing it from the roof tops. Real life experiences here folks!

Initial thoughts:

I picked the Nickle Heritage Natural Spectrum Desk Lamp. I chose this one because it doesn't look like a craft lamp and it's adjustable.
It has three settings all with the same energy use.
It was easy to put together.
It was well made.

I'm sharing with you four photos taken two consecutive days in a row. They have all been taken with my iPhone with zero editing except to add text over lay.

You can see my first photo I took at 9 am in natural light in my usual stitching area. The colors are normal and true- this is my ideal crafting light. I let my stuff just hang out, I didn't touch anything (I had errands all day, lol) and at 9 pm I came back to take another photo and stitch for an hour before bed.

The second photo is of the same materials, same spot on my table but with NO other lights in my room on except the Verilux in the *low* setting. The lamp has three settings: low, medium and high. I've never used medium or high. I've found I just don't need it. Low provides ample light for me personally.

For stitching, this lamp is so awesome. I like that I've been able to stitch in the evenings on 32 ct linen and can see perfectly fine. I don't find the light bulb hums or buzzes. Quite simply: it's a lamp and it's doing it's job!

For knitting, the following day I laid down my sock in progress on my table, took a photo, again with my iPhone with zero editing except to add text over lay and left it there.

9 pm, my sock looks the same! You'll notice glare spot on my table, this is my tables typical behavior (can tables behave? idk!). It has a really glossy surface and I wax/polish it. You'll rarely see this table in photos that I take with my DSLR because the stabilizing light causes spots in the photos. I think what this photo best shows is I'm knitting with white based yarn and the lamp keeps it white! It's not cream. It's not yellow-y. It's still white! Cool huh?

I'm pretty pleased with this lamp. I told Chop that when we buy a home, I want one of the floor lamps in this style to keep next to the couch. I'm pretty curious about the light therapy lamps as well!

Verilux generously is offering 25% off with promo code PORKCHOP and is letting me giveaway a lamp! AWESOME! Just comment on this post and on Tuesday, I'll close the comments at 12 pm PST and use a random number generator to pick a winner!

:):)