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OTT light vs. Balanced Spectrum Lamp
Hi folks,
I'm thrilled to finally be in a position to purchase a new lamp for my stitching nest and am having a difficult time deciding which of the different "natural daylight" lamps to buy. I just completed a google search and re-read a number of posts about the OTT light vs. the Dazor vs. GE Reveal bulbs and I'm more confused than ever before. I saw in Sunday's PARADE Magazine that a company called FirstStreet (formerly TechnoScout) is selling a Balanced Spectrum floor lamp for $59.95. I did a comparison of this lamp with the OTT light ($169.95) and they are very similar. I have a few questions: Is anyone using the Balanced Spectrum floor lamp? What is your experience with it? There is a BIG difference in the price of these lamps....is there a BIG difference in the quality? What does the OTT light offer that a lesser priced lamp might not? I welcome any and all opinions. Thank you very much. Margaret in Illinois |
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Margaret ) writes:
Hi folks, (snip) I have a few questions: Is anyone using the Balanced Spectrum floor lamp? What is your experience with it? There is a BIG difference in the price of these lamps....is there a BIG difference in the quality? What does the OTT light offer that a lesser priced lamp might not? I welcome any and all opinions. Thank you very much. Margaret in Illinois Let me try some basic physics. When we are stitching, and want to see, for example, where the proper hole is to put the needle, what we basically require is lots of light, whose quality is not that important. However, the colour of the thread we are using looks different in different lights. The usual standard is "natural light", something like the light from a window facing north in the northern hemisphere. So if all you want to do is to be able to distinguish one colour from another, any old sort of bright light is satisfactory. If you are a designer, and it matters what the colours look like in natural light, then you need one of the fancy, expensive lights whose output matches natural light. Personally, I just buy lamps that give off lots of light, and are as cheap as possible. HTH. -- Jim Cripwell. The gods do not subtract from the allotted span of one's life, any time that is spent in stitching. Adapted from a sign on The Cobb, Lyme Regis, England. |
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I have lots of lights and my favorite is the OTT because it does not make me
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Ditto!!! I just use a couple of 35w halogen lamps. One for the top side and
one for the bottom side. Just place them at a comfortable distance. The heat from them won't prevent hot flashes but it shouldn't make them worse either - I think. I would say that a designer or maybe a model stitcher might be the only ones who needs a balanced spectrum light. Having said that, most LNS I frequent have a balanced spectrum light which is used to light up the situation when a customer comes in and wants to purchase a skein of floss that matches 3" of floss they have saved since 1950. Fred http://www.stitchaway.com W.I.P. - "Fiddler on the Roof". W.I.L., "Romantic Venice", "Ocean Princess", "Southwest Charm", "Rainbow Trail", "Indian Pottery", "One Earth", "Spirit of the Full Moon" and "+?", "+?", "+?". "F.James Cripwell" wrote in message ... Margaret ) writes: Hi folks, (snip) I have a few questions: Is anyone using the Balanced Spectrum floor lamp? What is your experience with it? There is a BIG difference in the price of these lamps....is there a BIG difference in the quality? What does the OTT light offer that a lesser priced lamp might not? I welcome any and all opinions. Thank you very much. Margaret in Illinois Let me try some basic physics. When we are stitching, and want to see, for example, where the proper hole is to put the needle, what we basically require is lots of light, whose quality is not that important. However, the colour of the thread we are using looks different in different lights. The usual standard is "natural light", something like the light from a window facing north in the northern hemisphere. So if all you want to do is to be able to distinguish one colour from another, any old sort of bright light is satisfactory. If you are a designer, and it matters what the colours look like in natural light, then you need one of the fancy, expensive lights whose output matches natural light. Personally, I just buy lamps that give off lots of light, and are as cheap as possible. HTH. -- Jim Cripwell. The gods do not subtract from the allotted span of one's life, any time that is spent in stitching. Adapted from a sign on The Cobb, Lyme Regis, England. |
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