If you’re in the market for a modern floor lamp, you have a whole host of choices in front of you. The description “modern floor lamp” is really quite broad, so it would be difficult to pin point exactly what you are looking for… which is probably why you are doing a bit of research on line, right? Good for you.
Because there are so many different designs, styles, personal tastes, and unique criteria for floor lamps, you will need to look at many different makes and models to find what you are looking for. However, when it comes to looking for something “modern”, there is one criteria that I think fits in perfectly well and is well worth including in your personal criteria, and maybe even putting it at the top of the list. And that is looking for a floor lamp that uses LED lights.
LED lights are the direction that lighting is going for a number of good reasons. Probably the first and foremost reason is that they are incredibly efficient in their use of electricity. However, they still are able to burn extremely bright, so you’re not giving up anything on the actual “lighting” side of things. You’re only giving up some expenses on your ultimate electricity bill!
The other thing that is nice about LEDs is that they produce very little heat. If you’ve even dealt with a halogen floor lamp, you know how incredibly hot those things can get (you can almost FEEL the electricity – and your money – radiating off of them!) If you happen to have children around, the kind of heat that they put off has got to be a little nerve racking. With LED lighting, you won’t have that problem to worry about.
The other problem with halogen bulbs is that they are very sensitive to burning out. You need to be very careful when installing them that you don’t leave any oil from your skin on the bulb because just a little bit left on there can heat up to the point of making the bulb burn out. In fact, it is often recommended that you install halogen bulbs by holding them with a tissue or paper towel just to avoid such a potential problem.
And this leads us to yet another benefit of LEDs, which is their longevity. I’m talking ridiculously long life spans on these powerful (but energy efficient) little bulbs. How long? How about upwards of 40,000 operating hours or more! If you consider the fact that there are 8,760 hours in a YEAR, we’re talking about these lights being able to burn for about 4 ½ YEARS if they were left on continuously!
More energy efficient. Super long life span. Good quality light. Doesn’t get hot. In today’s modern, green environmental thinking world that we live in, these qualities certainly fit in with what I would consider a “modern floor lamp” design, and something you might want to move to the top of your list of things to look for.
If you do decide you want to get a floor lamp with clean, modern lines that uses LEDs, you might want to take a look at the I-Tower High Power LED Floor Lamp. It comes with a built in 4 step dimmer, one year manufacturers’ warranty, 6 high power “Next-Gen” LEDs, and it only uses 8.8 Watts of electricity. It is highly adjustable and very quick and easy to assemble. Customers who were in the market for a modern floor lamp and purchased this lamp were very pleased with their decision.