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Cool light from IKEA perfect for seamsters Jansjo Lamp
CathyWeeks Intermediate MN USA Member since 9/5/08 Posts: 700	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/16/09 9:50 AM I LOVE my OTT light, but I've found that it's just not directional enough at times - I can't get it where I need it. My sewing (Janome HT 2008) machine has a light under it, but it's barely adequate. I've been thinking that I'd buy a cheap goosneck lamp, and put an OTT or some sort of daylight bulb in it. Well, my family is visiting from Missouri and Mississippi (I live in Minnesota) and we braved the unbelievably cold weather (it's currently -25F/-32C) and went to an IKEA because Mom had never seen one. And I found this, and bought it on the spot: Jansjo Gooseneck Table Lamp It's not the prettiest lamp, but it's function is excellent. It's got one of those super LEDs in it, and it's very, very bright. The closer the light, it's more concentrated and brighter, the farther away, the more diffuse the light. Perfect. It's a bit cold in color, but it's decent in accuracy. It's not cheap, but it's wildly cheaper than OTT lamps (this one was $40). They also have other versions of the light. A wall lamp, and a floor lamp as well: Other Jansjo lights Anyway, you can't order it off the internet, but it's available in stores. If you have an IKEA near you you might want to pick one up. ------ My (mostly) green sewing blog: http://NapkinLady.blogspot.com/
Michelle T Intermediate BC CANADA Member since 8/24/02 Posts: 4179	Login to reply to this post In reply to CathyWeeks Like this post Date: 1/16/09 10:11 AM Thank you for posting. I will be at Ikea next weekend and will check them out. ------ Proud parent of a Dwight International School Honour Roll Student
Karla Kizer   Advanced FL USA Member since 4/8/02 Posts: 6989	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/16/09 11:07 AM That looks like exactly what I need. Thanks, personal shopper! ------ “Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig.” -Robert Heinlein and Ann's father. Thanks for the reminder, Ann. Where are we going, and what am I doing in this handbasket? Matthew 25:40 (New International Version) The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'
CathyWeeks Intermediate MN USA Member since 9/5/08 Posts: 700	Login to reply to this post In reply to CathyWeeks Like this post Date: 1/16/09 11:18 AM I forgot to mention that it's THE most adjustable/directional light I've EVER used. ------ My (mostly) green sewing blog: http://NapkinLady.blogspot.com/
Elona   Advanced CA USA Member since 8/24/02 Posts: 7402	Login to reply to this post In reply to CathyWeeks Like this post Date: 1/16/09 11:23 AM I always enjoy reading about another candidate for my lamp farm! Thank you for the suggestion.
Patti B   Intermediate OR USA Member since 9/29/02 Posts: 2248	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/16/09 11:34 AM And I love the Bendable light that sticks to the side of the sewing machine or serger -- it's LED too. It is terrific for ripping out black stitching on black fabric which has to be the acid test! ------ Patti R-r-r-ripping my way to fitting success
quiltingwolf Advanced MD USA Member since 12/15/02 Posts: 5023	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 1/16/09 1:02 PM Ikea is supposed to be having a really good sale also right now. ------ quiltingwolf.blogspot.com
Renren Intermediate Member since 7/20/05 Posts: 3276	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 2/11/09 7:32 PM Thank you!!! I have a gooseneck type lamp rihgt now that I move from my sewing room (aka dining room) table, to the breakfast room table with the regularity of the tides. Sewing table in the morning where I can pivot it between two machines, and then back to the breakfast room table nightly where I work with my daughter on her pre-AP precalculus nightly. Without extra light, I just cannot see properly and I get quite vexed at straining to make out the print in the textbook, or to see where my needle is entering the fabric, or the thread is entering the needle. I NEED another lamp. My husband had read about Ott lights, and to read their advertisements, they are wonderful, but the reviews were not so great, especially when you factor in the cost. So, this lamp looks like it might be able to stop the tidal movement of the gooseneck lamp at Chez Renren. And the idea of IKEA appeals to me, having never yet gone.
Jan B. Intermediate IL USA Member since 8/24/02 Posts: 102	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 2/11/09 9:38 PM Patti B -- please elaborate on the bendable lamp that one attaches to the machine. I, too, am unable to get the light where I need it. Thanks! ------ Jan B.
kathleen1304   Intermediate WA USA Member since 5/19/05 Posts: 267	Login to reply to this post In reply to Jan B. Like this post Date: 2/12/09 9:13 AM Jan B. See my review of the bendable light under notions. I am not awake enough to post a link. I bought it at Nancy's Notions. I agree with Patti B. (Are we all related?) Kathy B. ------ Impossible you say? Nothing is impossible when you work for the circus! Let's make Better Mistakes Tomorrow

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