I'm looking for a way to light a single armchair in a darkened room with minimal spill to the surrounding area - actually, not even the whole chair, just the hands and lap of someone sitting in it. The level of light doesn't have to be particularly high and either a floor lamp or a ceiling fixture will do. Any recommendations?
give a zoom like a proper theatre spotlight with no spill at all. Can't quantify the battery life in hours, but it is pretty good. Even if you decide they are not suitable, at this price it's well worth having a few scattered around in cars, sheds, toolboxes, etc.
(I'm assuming you could find something to clip it to).
You'd need to be more specific. Any highly directional light source will also cast hard shadows. So if say for reading, would have to be positioned where the head or whatever won't get in the way.
If just to light a static chair for say display purposes, some form of framing spot would be ideal. The sort you'd use to light a picture accurately.
How tight do you want the beam , and for what purpose - reading?
Having used one at a friends house I purchased one of the following (in light grey - not black) and have used it daily for 3 months. Ideal as a reading light or working on a laptop. The spill will illuminate the rest of the room but at a level approx 25% of that of my ceiling lights
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It can be positioned just above head height when seated and has two settings - low and high brightness.
When reading the Amazon reviews for this lamp be aware that they have lumped the reviews for various other lights from the same manufacturer together. The lamp above is LED - some of the reviews are for other technologies.
Sounds like you need what they call a Task light. There are many around, most either for a side table or floor standing some even have a magnifier. Not cheap but usually a lot better put together than your average bog standard light from a shed.
Thanks for all the suggestions. Experiments suggest that a masked-off or tubular shade will do what I'm after, so it's now just a question of contriving one in the neatest and least obtrusive way.
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