Brightech Litespan LED Floor Reading Lamp, Black

The reason reading in your favorite chair strains your eyes is simple: the ceiling light is behind you, so your own head shadows the page. The Litespan solves this with a long flexible gooseneck that bends the light head directly over your shoulder and onto the book. It pushes 850 to 950 lumens of natural daylight-colored light with high contrast, which makes small print and dark type snap into focus, while drawing only 12 watts.

The base is weighted so it will not tip when a kid or a dog clips it, the LEDs stay cool to the touch even after hours, and they are rated for over 20,000 hours, so there is no bulb to replace, ever. Brightech backs it with a 3 year warranty. This is the gift for the reader whose chair sits in the dim corner of the living room, and it moonlights beautifully for crafters, puzzle solvers, and sewists. It is also one of the kindest things you can give aging eyes without saying that out loud.