Carex Day-Light Elite Bright Sunlight Therapy Lamp, 10000 LUX Therapy Lamp at 12 Inches, LED Bright White Light with Adjustable Height and Brightness Levels for Mood, White

Wow, this is a great find. Clear bright light, easy to use, works well and does what it was made for. I looks goood sitting on the counter, is easy to use. It was expensive compared to the smaller 8" X 10" units, but well worth the cost. I have SAD (winter depression) and have benefited greatly from using full spectrum therapy lamps (Often called SAD lights). This one has an unusually large screen, rather than sitting close to it, as I have done with smaller versions, I have it on the kitchen counter and turn it on first thing in the morning while I am making coffee and unloading the dishwasher. It's impact has been significant, really helps, I've had little winter depression this year.

This product is amazing!! totally beats the winter blues brightens up my bedroom Thursdays sometimes admittedly I don’t feel like getting out of bed and I pick that up and put it on and it just gives me instant energy! It feels so good it makes you feel “glowy” pretty sturdy too because I did not put it on the stand and just hold it in my hands and it’s dropped off the bed twice and did not break the panel can go on a timer and it’s easy to adjust the brightness! I’d give it 10 stars if I could

I did not purchase this light for its therapeutic effects, and cannot speak to those claims. I purchased it because I suffer from low vision, in particular a loss of contrast. I find myself dreading sunset and cloudy days. My hope was that this light, used as a reading lamp, would enable me to easily see and read in those conditions. And so it does. It was so easy to assemble that I didn’t even have to look at the instructions. It comes with the only tool I needed. I love that it has a tilt feature, a choice of four brightness settings, and a handy timer so that I can set it for automatic shut off in 15, 30, 45 or 60 minutes. I also love that it can be removed from the arm and hung on a wall or placed on a tabletop supported by the kickstand. In my opinion this is a very thoughtfully designed light that has completely changed my attitude about the weather or time of day. If I had three wish’s it would be that I had known about it sooner, that it was on a swivel base and that it could be detached from the arm without having to remove the four screws.

Very good quality. Large enough and bright enough to actually work. This has helped my husband a lot during the gray winter months. He is more energetic and has a more positive attitude.

Easy setup. The light is very bright.

The light, for the most part, is just fine. The controls are intuitive and the light output is great and uniform. What I can’t believe nobody has mentioned is how bad it smells. If you have chemical sensitivities, you do not want this light anywhere near you. I have been putting it out on the porch and turning it on trying to see if I can “burn off” the smell before bringing it back inside. Every time I bring it back in to try and use it for my kids in the morning I end up putting it back on the porch. The smell doesn’t really show any signs of lessening, sadly.

This light is very highly rated because it gives off 10000 lux of light and you can be 12-14” away. Wonderful, and for maximum result, it’s supposed to turn down toward you so you get light from above. But, the arm is useless! It’s heavy, poorly designed and will not hold the light up. I’m keeping it because the one I had for 15 years died, but for this price point, it’s disappointing.

They cut a few corners on this, but the only one that could affect you is the length of the cord. Otherwise, I'd give this 5 stars. I mean, it works exactly as advertised, and Optimize Your Biology says it's "No Risk" for flicker, meaning the flicker is so minimal that sensitive people won't be affected, and it's a pleasure for me to use and operate. The stand isn't as bad as others have said. It's just a matter of understanding how it's designed to work: in order for you to be able to make it go down further, you have to raise it up slightly to "unlock" it so that you can make it go down further. If you want to lock it in place, you just make sure it's sitting right on top of one of the lock positions and you're golden. It doesn't glide smoothly like a nice VESA monitor stand on a high-end monitor and it doesn't work the same way in the least bit (where it seems to have a spring pushing upward at all times), and each click as it unlocks and locks another position is somewhat loud, and I know this is an issue for some individuals with special needs. Anyway, so I love this thing. Once I understood how to adjust the height and lock it in place, I fell completely in love with everything else except for the short cord. The fact that it's hardwired to the light and not through the stand means the cord needs to be 2-3 feet longer, but it's a corner they decided to cut and I have an extension cord, so I'm good to go. They say don't leave it on too long or else the thermal protection will shut it off for a while. I've been able to have mine on for several hours straight (and counting) without this happening, and it's at 100% brightness. However, my room is rather cool, never more than the upper 60's Fahrenheit. So, that tells me that either my room would need to be much warmer for this thing to have a chance of overheating, or mine's built quite well. I think it's the cool ambient temperature. Assembling it was straight forward and easy. I bought this for its size. I started with the Carex Day-Light Sky but then I learned from Optimize Your Biology that they consider it to be "high risk" for people sensitive to flicker. I am, and so it explained why it was simultaneously good for me yet bad for me. With the Day-Light Elite, I can have it on all day and never feel any negative effects from any flicker that it *does* have. It's as smooth as butter and soft and perfectly bright for me. I do wish though that Carex had given this thing a stand that can make the light go up much higher to make it easy to get the light to enter the eyes at the most optimal angle no matter where the light is placed. With where I have to put it, I have to make myself go down lower if I want the light to be just as though it's coming down from the sky so that it at the optimal angle since the light needs to go down to the bottom-half of the back portions of the eyeballs. That's why campfires aren't as alerting as they would be if that same color and brightness were coming from an overhead light. Lastly, if your space is so small that your bed is often a table and if you ever wanted to place this on your bed while you're awake, then just know that it can tip easily on my bed. It's very difficult to get just the right spot so that it doesn't tip over. I think that covers everything I wanted to cover. I don't use the different brightness levels or the timer, so I just turn it on, use it, and then I leave it on for a while to continue benefiting from this light. Where I live, I don't have a choice. I simply can't get enough light in here otherwise, and it's hard for me to get outside often enough, and so for now I am using this. As the weather gets more comfortable, I'll depend on this less and less but I will *always* use it for a bright light therapy session upon waking. I'll probably otherwise be getting enough sunlight every day that I might not have to keep it on for a while after every therapy session. So yeah, I freakin' love this thing. I get all the benefits of preventing light deprivation, plus it's easy on my eyes and easy on my senses and it's big too. I have a few minor things I would change, but it seems the only way to get something better would be to build my own. I'm not so inclined to do that, so for now, this will be the best clinical-grade bright light therapy light that I think I can get - if I want the least amount of flicker and good comfort on my senses. I forgot one thing: unboxing and reboxing can be a challenge, especially reboxing. Don't get this if you think you might ever need to rebox this in its original retail packaging because you'll need some extra time to learn how to put it all back the way it came. Otherwise, just tear into it and enjoy. I almost forgot: mine had no lasting odor of any kind. It had a "new" odor, but it faded away quickly enough that I forgot about it until just now while trying to think of things to talk about. I'm saying I suddenly remembered that some people said there Day-Light Elite had a strong odor that never faded. I'll let you in on a secret: tell Carex. I wasn't entirely honest about mine not having an odor. I'll just say that the one I have *now* never stunk, like I said. Carex has good customer service. Ok, now I think it's safe for me to say that this is everything. Thank you for looking at my review.

Montréal, plein hiver, réveil avant l'aube. Le soleil se lève parfois deux heures après que vous soyez debout. Sans intervention, votre horloge biologique démarre biologiquement à l'aveugle, votre cortisol matinal peine à s'élever, la mélatonine résiduelle traîne dans votre système comme un invité qui ne comprend pas qu'il est l'heure de partir. La Carex Day-Light Elite a transformé mes matinées de façon mesurable et perceptible. Dix à quinze minutes d'exposition dès le réveil et la cascade neurochimique se met en branle : suppression de la mélatonine résiduelle, activation sérotoninergique, ancrage du signal circadien hypothalamique. Ce n'est pas de la tendance ni du marketing bien-être, c'est de la physiologie élémentaire appliquée à une contrainte géographique réelle. La sensation est étrange et honnête à la fois : la fatigue ne disparaît pas miraculeusement, elle se retrouve surmontée par une vague d'énergie qui se superpose par-dessus, comme un moteur qu'on démarre alors que la carrosserie est encore froide. Le corps est mobilisé malgré lui et c'est exactement le mécanisme recherché. La qualité de construction est sérieuse, l'intensité lumineuse suffisante pour déclencher une réponse rétinienne efficace, et l'utilisation s'intègre naturellement dans n'importe quelle routine matinale sans contrainte particulière. Pour quiconque vit sous des latitudes où l'hiver prive le cerveau de lumière pendant des mois, cet appareil n'est pas un luxe. C'est une nécessité physiologique.

Excellent sun lamp and really does the job. I have used small sun lamps to no avail. They just weren't big enough to deliver enough therapeutic light unless they were uncomfortably close to my face. I have this one on a stand next to an armchair. I'm able to angle it down so I get the the light at the right angle for my eyes. I use it each morning when I'm doing my Bible reading, so it's easy to incorporate into my day. It has made so much difference. I live in a Northern climate and it's dark at 3:30 or 4pm right now. This lamp helps me feel more energy during the Fall/winter, helps my mood, and especially has helped me sleep better. Usually this time of year my circadian rhythm gets messed up and I don't get quality sleep...the other lamps haven't helped with that but this one has. The other benefit is that unlike other ones I've tried this one doesn't give me headaches. Be sure to use it early enough in the day, preferably within 30 minutes of waking and don't use it for more than 30 minutes.

Here in central British Columbia, bright sunshine is a rare event in February, and the lack of bright light affects many people's sleep cycles. I have been using this lamp faithfully for an hour every morning at a fixed time. It has successfully reset my sleep circadian rhythms. No more toss and turning at 11:00 PM. I suspect that using the lamp in a fixed schedule is important to success. The lamp itself is well constructed and stable on a desktop. It was well packed and easy to asseble.

Awesome! Nice and bright and at eye level.

Though it is relatively more expensive than a ipad-like happy light, this product is great- the size is big enough to generate good quality of bright and white light for me to go through the winter in East Coast of Canada!!