TROND Floor Lamp, LED Torchiere Uplight Lamp, 5 Brightness Aluminum Modern Standing Light, 5500K Natural Daylight, 5000 lm, 71in Tall, 30 Mins Timer, Detachable, for Office Living Room Bedroom, Silver

Second Update, another 11 months later: I really like this lamp, so after experiencing great customer service I bought another one. And darned if the same switch went bad in the same way on the second lamp 11 months after I bought that on. But hey, no real problem. The light still worked when I plugged it in, I just couldn't change the brightness. So I contacted customer service for this one, and they sent me another switch section. Mailed it from China, and it got here pretty quickly via DHL. While I'm very pleased with their customer service, I really wish they could look into better quality control at the factory or use a more robust switch. Still, I won't knock any stars off for that because their customer service is really top notch. Update 11 months later: The switch on my lamp went bad. A simple email to Trond and they sent me a replacement section. They didn't have one in stock so they shipped it from China. It arrived in just a few days. Fits and works perfectly. They even gave me an international tracking number, but I hardly needed it. Very prompt. I am very happy. Modern minimalist design. Easy to use, easy assembly. Nice bright light uses only 30W. Decent instructions, quality packaging. Tall lamp puts the bulbs up above eye level even for taller people. What's not to love? It comes in a little cardboard suitcase box with a carrying handle. Inside everything is plastic wrapped in form fitting foam. The parts screw together easily without gaps or bends. You can install the switch tube anywhere you want, high or low. The power converter is not polarized, so it can go in any wall socket. The power cord is a good length and the long mini-plug goes in the bottom tube securely. No wires between the tubes to get all twisted up like in lesser torchiere lamps. You can tilt and spin the light head, which is very nice. Angle the light to where you want it. 3 discrete touch sensitive switches give you 5 brightness settings, a built in setting memory, and a 30 minute timer setting. The light is white, not yellow, and is bright enough to do the job. First class. And if it lasts 5 years it will be worth every penny (pamphlet says bulbs are good for 22 years at 5 hours per day). Oh, one more thing. The base plate is a thin disk of metal the same diameter as the light head. It's heavy enough to keep this nearly 6 foot tall lamp stable even on thick carpet. And don't worry if you put it on wood floors, since the underside of the base has hidden little adhesive felt feet (complete with toes!) to prevent scratches. That's a fun touch.

I bought this lamp about 5 years ago and loved it. It's solidly built, one of the brightest I could find, and the fact that there's no cord connecting the pole sections means it's super easy to assemble AND I could take out a section and put the lamp on top of a credenza when I bought one. But sure enough – as other reviewers have noted – around year 5, the lamp started flickering and the brightness dimmed. I was bummed but I decided 5 years wasn't a bad lifespan and so I bought the lamp again. The new lamp arrived yesterday (same unit but bought a diff color this time). Works as expected. Great. Here's the interesting part. This morning, out of curiosity, I plugged the old lamp into the new power supply. Viola! The old lamp worked fine; no flickering and full brightness. It's been running fine all day. So, it appears that it's the power supply that goes after 5 years and not the lamp. I haven't found a suitable replacement for the power supply (photo attached) on Amazon yet but similar ones go for less than 15 bucks. UPDATE Two weeks later and the old lamp is still running perfectly using the new power supply. So it was definitely the power supply that failed at year 5 and not the lamp.

I bought this light because, at 5000 lumens, it was the brightest I found on Amazon. And the 3000K color temperature is a pleasing color. I bought it to replace a 300W halogen torchiere, which is also rated at 5200 lumens and 3000K color temperature, so I would expect the output from the two lamps to be the same. Admittedly I don't have the tools necessary to measure the lumens or color, but it clearly does not put out the same brightness and color. It feels significantly dimmer and cooler (though the cooler may be my perception due to the lower lumens). In the attached pictures, the 1st show just this lamp on, and the 2nd shows just the halogen lamp on. Note how much dimmer the 1st is than the 2nd; I swapped positions of the lamps in case it changed anything, but got the same results. I like that the poles have the wiring/connectors built in so I didn't have to fiddle around fishing cords through the tubes. The tubes fit together well (I wondered after seeing some competitors where the poles had a poor fit) and it looks fine, if a bit wimpy. The lamps are the same height, but this lamp is just 8.4 pounds compared to my old lamp that is 14.2 pounds and feels substantial. The base and top are about 9 inches, compared to almost 13 inches on my old lamp; and the pole is 1.0 inches compared to the old 1.5 inches. All in all, it just doesn't look or feel very substantial. Not as important as the light output, but it contributes to (or detracts from) my level of satisfaction. Overall, not what I expected. It is not really a satisfactory replacement for my old halogen torchiere. The only respect in which it is better (or even comparable) is that it consumes 30 watts instead of 300. watts. I was hoping I would love it and was going to buy another one for the other room, but I think I'll keep looking.

***UPDATE 1 FEBRUARY 2019*** While the lam,p still gives off great light, remains sturdy, and looks good, the LED buttons have stopped glowing again. This is the second time that this has happened. I guess I shuffled my feet because I shocked myself a little when I touched the lamp one day and the LED started glowing again for a little bit. I've done this a few times with the same result, so I am led to believe that there might be a problem with the electrical inner workings. There dies not appear to be any other issues and we know where the button is, so we don't necessarily need the convenience of the LED buttons. Packaging was amazing and protected the lamp perfectly. Assembly was very easy, no need for the instructions. The light output is phenomenal and the adjustable intensity makes for the perfect lighting in any situation, and the sleek, slim design makes this lamp fit well in any room. ***UPDATE*** For some reason, the LED indicator stopped glowing recently. I checked everything and could reach no conclusion. I reached out to TROND to see what recommendation they could give or supply a replacement piece. My email was quickly replied to by Bruce who advised that they did not have any replacement pieces available but he could have Amazon send me a lamp that had been returned by the customer. I gladly accepted that offer and got the lamp very quickly. I played Dr. Frankenstein and now have a working LED pad again as well as other pieces to keep for replacements if/when needed. The customer service supplied by TROND is amazing, they are a great seller!

tl;dr Currently the description of this light includes the following text: 5000lm (interpreted as 5000 lumens). This is not correct. The included documentation describes the light as 5000 lux. With a little simple math (included below), I estimate this is actually around 2400 to 2500 lumens, which passes the sniff test as it is substantially dimmer than my existing lights, and is in line with the actual lumens posted on a number of similar products here on Amazon. Otherwise, pretty nice light if you have the correct expectations for brightness. Nitty Gritty review details: I bought this light because I saw it listed as having 5000lm in the title. Given I am trying to replace an existing 5 head lamp with 100W bulbs in each head, this looked to be in the right ballpark. As it also included natural-like 5500k lighting and multiple brightness settings, and also worked with on/off switches, it looked like a winner to me, and I bought it without a second thought. It arrived the next day with prime at no additional cost, which means of course the shipping was great, and I had have complaints there as it arrived on time and in good condition. Putting it together was a snap (well, really a few twists), even without looking at the instructions (there were reasonable, plain English instructions included which I only read after because of this review ;-) ). Actually, considering this is basically a simple light, the pamphlet that came with it seems pretty reasonable to me. One thing I really liked about this light is that because of how electrical cabling is done, you actually have the ability to 1) adjust the height of the lamp by omitting or adding 1 or 2 of the joints, 2) one can pick the height of the in the lamp touch controls by simply switching the order of the stacking of the joints and 3) the way connections and wiring were handled, there was no awkward working around the cabling running through the stand, which made putting it together less annoying than other similar lights I have had in the past. Kudos to the designers for how this thing is put together. Structurally, my only complaint was that the join connecting the light head to the rest of the lamp is not supposed to be separated from the rest of the lamp (lots of warnings about this on the lamp), but it's pretty loose, and I almost did that very thing by just taking the lamp apart. So be careful, and as a design suggestion, consider some other mechanism than using threaded pipe to lock the head position to help prevent people from breaking their shiny new lamp by accident! Lastly, the 5500k lighting is pretty good, seems to be about the right color, definitely makes my office corner have a more natural light, and I don't see any flicker, which I sometimes do with cheaper leds. Okay, so why not five stars? Well, I going to avoid saying "false advertising" because I want to assume the description in Amazon is simply a misunderstanding by someone who created the add for Amazon who didn't realize that lm and lx are not in any way the same thing. My personal narrative: So I take the lamp out and put it together, which was an amazing experience because of the points listed above. I'm feeling pretty excited as I plug it in and turn it on and boom!....well, not exactly boom, because I was pretty underwhelmed. The light was way dimmer than I expected. So I'm thinking to myself...well, maybe I misunderstood how bright it should be, maybe Amazon said lux and I just thought lumens. Anyway, I'm disappointed, but I have space in my office where this can go (it's not nearly bright enough to replace the light in the living room I wanted to replace), and the 5500k will help perk me up for work, I think, since I am working from for now. But after putting it up in my office, and I take a look at the documentation that came with it that says the light is 5000lux at 40cm (not mention of lumens). At this point, I'm like...wait...coincidence? Not likely, so I looked this up in Amazon and sure enough it says 5000 lumens. So I'm like...alright, let's see if 5000 lux is actually 5000 lumens in this case. And so here is a little math, since calculating lumens from lux isn't too difficult. I started by estimating the angle of the light cone, which I think I'm being pretty generous estimating at 90 degrees across (seems less for the bright part of the beam, but I'm going to be generous). 40cm is 1.31 ft, and since we're talking about 90 degrees total, the radium of the circle of light beam will be half of the 90 degrees, and that will create a 45/45/90 triangle, so the radius of the beam will be about the same as the distance from the surface, so also 1.31 ft. If we take 1.31 ft to be our bright circle radius, then we get a surface area for my flat roof of about Pi*1.31^2 = 5.39 sq ft. Now that we know the surface area being illuminated to 5000lx, we can actually calculate the estimate for lumens (converstion constant x lux x area): 0.09290304*5000lx*5.39ft^2 = 2503 lumens. Since I'm doing math, I move on with my calculations for the stars I will give in this review: this looks like an honest mistake, but I did buy a medium priced light I didn't really want, so...2 stars base. I like color of the light, the setup, instructions, and construction, so +1 star for that. If I had actually wanted a 2400 - 2500 lumen light and known this was that, I would probably give it 5 stars...but it's 3 stars for buying something that really didn't fill the need I had but was better in some ways than I expected. I haven't fully decided, but I will likely be returning this light. -jfc

I read a lot of technical books, manuals, and documentation. I also work with a lot of tiny parts. The blurry vision caused by eye strain can get pretty bad by the end of the day. Having more light in a room seems to reduce the level of eyestrain noticeably. I've also noticed that brightly-lit rooms seem to raise my energy levels, so I recently decided to upgrade the amount of light in every room of my house. Like many people, I prefer indirect lighting because the light is more evenly spread throughout the room, greatly reducing dark shadowed areas. I decided to get torchiere lamps so I could bounce the light off the ceilings. Then, I started browsing Amazon. That's how I came across these lamps. When I saw how these lamps are assembled, I knew I had to have them. There is no wired connection between each segment of the central tube. Instead, there are electrical contacts hidden inside the ends of the tubes which only complete the circuit when the tubes have been tightly threaded together. I immediately wondered if you could leave out one segment on some lamps to make them shorter while adding an extra segment in other lamps to make them taller. I emailed questions to the seller who was incredibly helpful. He pointed out that the compact base was going to be significantly less stable if an extra section of height was added. He saw no problem making shorter lamps, though. So, I decided to go with these lamps. I'm VERY glad I did. I even waited a few weeks in order to get the warm white light combined with a silver lamp. That combination was brand new and still being manufactured. The seller kept me updated on Amazon availability. As soon as they appeared, I ordered 4 of them. When the lamps arrived, they worked exactly as I had hoped they would. I have a granite desk surface wrapped around 3 of the walls in my hobby room. This layout means usable floor space is at a premium. I left out one segment of the tubing when assembling two of the lamps and placed them on top of that desk surface. The height was perfect and these lamps are really bright. My hobby room transformed from a poorly-lit dungeon to a brightly-lit high-tech laboratory. These are awesome for use as desk lamps when one segment is removed! I was hooked. In the living room, I used those extra tube sections leftover from the short lamps I put on my desk surface to add height to a couple of extra lamps for my living room which has 9ft. ceilings. I tested these ~8 ft. tall lamps and found the seller was right. The lamps were easily tipped over. So, I bought some chrome-plated 10LB weightlifting plates and added one on top of each base. This is only possible because there is no cord running between the sections of the center tube assembly. Simply unscrew one section and slide the weight over the tube. Adding 10 LBs to the base worked really well, keeping those extra tall lamps perfectly stable. I think it also looks pretty cool. I liked these lamps so much, I ordered 4 more a week later. I put those next to the workbenches in my garage workshop. All of these lamps are attached to WiFi switch modules so they can be turned on or off by voice using Alexa. When the switch turns them on, they always revert to full brightness, which is exactly what I wanted. The light output is just about perfect - not too bright or too dim. I don't think it's quite 5000Lm but it is definitely bright enough to make a huge difference in any room. I have several super bright desktop LED task lights which cost 3x as much as these, yet they put out the same amount of light. I'm very pleased with these lamps. Highly recommended.

I like these lights. I just ordered two more for a total of four. I got the sunlight option 5500k option and it works for me, but would not work for everyone. It is a very white light. I face the light away from the center of the room, and bounce it off the walls and beamed ceiling. I use the first two in my high-ceilinged and large bedroom. It has no overhead light, and gets really hard to work in in the dark hours of winter. The whole room brightens with these lamps which is both invigorating and makes it much easier to see what you are doing. Although these are screw together poles, the joints are not very visible unless you’re looking for them and within a few feet. The poles are a nice quality which look they will hold up much better than most stand lamps (screw together or not). There is no visible wiring except at the base to connect to an outlet. There is a on/off button on the poll which is lit and highly visible at night, for better and worse. The light is quite modern. The flat disk at the top is what provides the light, but also makes it look kind of space-shippy, maybe? I’m a little concerned about how long the lighting elements will last. The polls could be reused, it’s just the disk and its attachment point that would need replacement - if they are offered. .

I have been looking to replace a bulky Florescent Torchiere Lamp for a while. I finally settled on this lamp. And was not disappointed. I would say it took me about 10-15 minutes from box opening to having it all assembled. No wires to fuss with, simply screw the threaded tubes together then attach the base and top. It is very sturdy in spite of the lightweight appearance. The touch switch being integrated into the top tube is a nice feature. A nice heavy base with large no skld pads (each in the shape of a bare foot) generously placed on it make it difficult at best to slide if placed on hard surface flooring also the base is thin enough to place under the edge of a small shelf that I have beside my TV stand. The dimming feature is very nice responding to a very light touch. The soft blue back light on the touch switch makes it easy to find In the dark. If you have it connected to an outlet with a wall switch there is a delay in it turning on up to at most 4-5 seconds. I do not see this as an issue since I could simply leave the wall switch on and use the switch on the lamp if I chose too. The light it gives is warm the highest setting is brighter than I thought it would be, but that is not a complaint I generally have it dimmed down a couple of settings but it is nice to know I have the extra light if needed. Because nothing is perfect. The 2 downsides that I can see are.... 1.) It has a somewhat large(ish) transformer on the wall plug. Which makes it difficult because you can only use it on a bottom plug of an outlet or you lose the entire outlet overall. I solved this problem with the addition of a short extension cord. And.... 2.) The lamp head itself is tiltable to create a "flood effect" on a wall if desired(I am assuming). It took a little "futzing" with to get it straight but has not moved since. Over all I am very pleased with the look and the performance of this lamp and I will be purchasing another one in the near future. Update...... I purchased my second lamp in april this year. And now I am looking to purchase a third. It really is a great lamp.