Not too shabby...
I bought this for use on a big pole/floor lamp in use by my recliner.
I was needing a way to 'tame' the brightness of the 40W-equivalent LED bulb I installed in that lamp a few weeks prior to getting this dimmer. When I'm in my recliner late at night, watching late-night TV, my newly dimmed lamp is much easier for my tired eyes to deal with when I'm up that late at night.
This device is very easy to hook up and operate. All the user has to do is first plug the dimmer into a wall outlet, then plug their lamp into the piggyback outlet on this dimmer's main plug, and then find a suitable location to use the control box. I use double-sided tape to mount my unit, so that way it never falls from the spot I have it located. Mine is attached to the underside of a windowsill next to the lamp in use. It is in a very convenient location, at least for me it is. Oh, and the slide control also includes an on/off switch, although I prefer to set the dimmer to the level I like and still turn the lamp on and off with its pull-chain control up on the socket. I'm usually standing up when turning off most of my lights at night before bed.
Most of today's LED's, no matter how good (GE Lighting, Sylvania, etc.) or 'junky' (Chinese generic) they might be, don't have the same dim range as halogen or incandescent bulbs do, and so the lowest brightness setting on this dimmer is very suitable for my late-night activities. The LED's have a range similar to that of dimmable CFL's.
I also once had on hand a black version of this dimmer in use on another lamp at my place, but decided that lamp was no longer in need of a dimmer and so I took it to my local Methodist church for use in a small task lamp from our A/V/P.A. booth there. That lamp's bulb is also LED, and is SUPER-BRIGHT when used without a dimmer like this. Again, as with my pole lamp, I've 'tamed' the brightness of that bulb down to a more suitable level to work with. Otherwise, anyone working in the sound booth would be almost blinded by that lamp's new bulb.
This now concludes my review for this dimmer. I hope my words will help others to chose it when they need one in use with a table or floor lamp. Thanks for reading.
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