Last question on lamps, I promise...

[Orsorum]

One of the really bright ones, where it has the heavy base, then the lamp itself is sort of a funnel pointed upwards...

Wondering if anyone knows exactly what they're called, and where I could find one online.

Thanks!

 

[dabuddha]

i think they're called floor lamps and you can get em from walmart/target stores
i bought 2 for $8.00 a piece from walmart. really light up the room but this other one i have uses a halogen bulb and its alot brighter. just can't find another one like it for cheap.

 

[Orsorum]

Cool, thanks!

 

[Orsorum]

Thoughts?

 

[dethman]

Originally posted by: dabuddha
i think they're called floor lamps and you can get em from walmart/target stores
i bought 2 for $8.00 a piece from walmart. really light up the room but this other one i have uses a halogen bulb and its alot brighter. just can't find another one like it for cheap.

i don't think they even sell halogens any more...i've been looking for awhile. fire hazard maybe. if anyone knows where to get one let me know

 

[dabuddha]

now thats a nice lamp im just too poor right now to afford it (had to buy battlefield 1942 )

 

[dabuddha]

Originally posted by: dethman

Originally posted by: dabuddha
i think they're called floor lamps and you can get em from walmart/target stores
i bought 2 for $8.00 a piece from walmart. really light up the room but this other one i have uses a halogen bulb and its alot brighter. just can't find another one like it for cheap.

i don't think they even sell halogens any more...i've been looking for awhile. fire hazard maybe. if anyone knows where to get one let me know

that might be true... the one i have has this grill over the top. invisible to people from below but it protects the bulb

 

[Jzero]

that might be true... the one i have has this grill over the top. invisible to people from below but it protects the bulb

I haven't looked in a long time, but I thought you could still get halogen ones. They usually have that grill dabuddha mentions and they also have some sort of automatic shutoff if it overheats.

BTW, this specific type of floor lamps is called a "Torchiere."

 

[Orsorum]

Originally posted by: Jzero

that might be true... the one i have has this grill over the top. invisible to people from below but it protects the bulb

I haven't looked in a long time, but I thought you could still get halogen ones. They usually have that grill dabuddha mentions and they also have some sort of automatic shutoff if it overheats.

BTW, this specific type of floor lamps is called a "Torchiere."

That's what I thought... technically, they're banned in dorm rooms... but hey.

 

[ohtwell]

I have this lamp.


: ) Amanda

 

[Orsorum]

'K, so I'm thinking that flourescent lights are good... This one runs off of a flourescent bulb and stuff, I think it'd run much cooler than a regular halogen light, thus making it safe for dorm rooms... any thoughts?

And, that might explain the extra price?

 

[Orsorum]

Bump.

 

[Orsorum]

Originally posted by: Zakath15
Bump.

 

[Orsorum]

This isn't the same as a halogen lamp, is it?

 

[Jzero]

Originally posted by: Zakath15
This isn't the same as a halogen lamp, is it?

Uses an incandescent bulb of up to 100 watts
Incandescent => not flourescent or halogen.

 

[Evadman]

The name you are looking for is torchiture" ( I know the spelling sucks on that one.) Here, sound it out: torch-i-ture said without pause at the dash marks.

<edit>
Found it, the spelling is "torchiere" but pronounced as above.

 

[FoBoT]

none here
i will look out in the parking lot when i go to my car

 

[Orsorum]

Originally posted by: Jzero

Originally posted by: Zakath15
This isn't the same as a halogen lamp, is it?

Uses an incandescent bulb of up to 100 watts
Incandescent => not flourescent or halogen.

Cool, wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something... $20 isn't bad.

 

[Orsorum]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
none here
i will look out in the parking lot when i go to my car

 

[Hamburgerpimp]

My brother's company could rig something up.

http://www.historicallighting.com/

 

[Sealy]

IKEA!

I'm not sure about the prices...they look like they're in pounds but it's a global store so they'd be in U.S. and Canadian stores too.

 

[abaez]

Yes, I bought one from IKEA 12 bux really nice and bright better than ceiling light.

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: Zakath15

Originally posted by: FoBoT
none here
i will look out in the parking lot when i go to my car

there were no floor lamps in the parking lot, or my drive way when i got home, sorry

 

[Bullhonkie]

Originally posted by: ohtwell
I have this lamp.


: ) Amanda

Hmm that's pretty neat. We could really use something like that, because the flourescent-bulb torchiere we have now doesn't give off good enough directional light to really read anything in our living room. If that used a flourescent bulb up top instead of incandescent, it'd be perfect. Anyone know if one like that exists?

 

[Jzero]

Originally posted by: Bullhonkie

Originally posted by: ohtwell
I have this lamp.


: ) Amanda

Hmm that's pretty neat. We could really use something like that, because the flourescent-bulb torchiere we have now doesn't give off good enough directional light to really read anything in our living room. If that used a flourescent bulb up top instead of incandescent, it'd be perfect. Anyone know if one like that exists?

Can't you get those flourescent blubs that screw into normal sockets? That might be an option although I think the bulbs run like $12. Of course they last a really long time, though...
That might work.

Evadman: I beat you to Torchiere like 3 days ago. It's pronounced "Tor-sheer."