Mad Dave:
So my desk lamp has just died and it can be fixed, so im looking to buy a new. I was wondering what other people used. Ive seen a few desk lamps with magnifiers build into anyone ever used one .
Nicodemus:
My wife and I each have an Ottlite at our respective ends of the craft table:
http://www.ott-lite.com/
… and I’ve been thinking we need a couple more. They beat the pants off all of our other lights.
~N
Yodrin:
Who killed it? 
G.2:
If I had to buy a lamp for my painting table, I would buy an Ott-Lite. The model I personally like is :
But I am also a fan of “Vintage” and love my vintage desk lamp.
You can see my Lamp here: Standing Small: New (Temporary) Painting Table.
Mad Dave:
@ yodrin I dare not speak the murders name!!.
My farther took pity on me and gave me one of these much to my girlfriends delight as my sulking was driving her nuts.
Abecedar:
I just use a couple of differently positioned lamps. one over the left shoulder and a basic extendable desk lamp on the table in front of me and either wear my reading glasses or a magnifying head piece like a jewelers head piece. Have tried those adjustable lamps and they do adjust position quite well. As to using the magnifier part, well they magnify very well if you are just looking at things. But I found that when painting it was not good for me. When painting and you hold the model in one position it will move minutely and meanwhile your head on the other side of the magnifying glass moves minutely as you are trying to focus on it and it was hard work and I just found I couldn’t do it for very long at all.
Willmark:
Who killed it? :) ;)"It was colonel mustard, in the drawing room with a candlestick."*
Yodrin
* for those old enough to understand the reference.
All kidding aside I need to replace mind on/off switch has been busted for years.
snowblizz:
Great. Now I feel old and stuff.Who killed it? :) ;)"It was colonel mustard, in the drawing room with a candlestick."*
Yodrin
* for those old enough to understand the reference.
Willmark
I just use a bunch of standard florescent desklamps. That's the light most likely to shine on my models while gaming anyway so it kinda fits.
I got magnifying lamp as gift from a friend and also found it next to useless for actually painting. Though it was much more restricted in it's ability to be positioned. The other problem though. The brush ends up very close to a hot light-source and the paint dries on the brush before you get it on the mini. True story.
Sticklander:
I use one basic Ikea (I think) extendable desk lamp, and there’s another one in the house, should i need to borrow it.
I try to keep my desk arrangement as simple as possible, as i already have a lot of natural light coming through my door.
Yodrin:
Btw, I also use an Ikea cheep model;)