Can the light be reduced for low light night time reading?
1759625
Yes you can dim the brightness of the lamp, this is one of my favorite features!
1759626
Yes...the on/off button, when pressed and held, acts as a very good dimmer switch. From really bright to almost off in a second.
2245456
The light is more mood lighting than reading light. It would have to be extremely close to even attempt to read!
1351606
Yes it can. Use it while I'm reading in bed. I set the timer even so it dims and turns off to tell me it's bedtime.
564784
I think it would be perfect for such a use. They throw a fair amount of light at a short distance, so reading should be fine. I don't agree with the other users who said it's very low light. It would be way too bright as a night-light (IMO). It's not going to light up a room, but a kid doesn't need a lot of light for bedtime reading.
1770276
Lamp is more of a night light - not very bright and certainly not bright enough to read by. Yep, jlhas it's own on/off switch.
1760201
Yes, it can see in low/no light settings. I would get a larger external IR light to go with it to see further like I did.
846802
Yes, that would work. While I do not find it too bright at all (maybe half as bright as an iphone screen), I do think that covering part of it with masking tape or (even better) electrical tape would decrease the light output.
1041093
I read a few pages in a book with the lights out laying in bed an used the lowest light setting on headlamp. It seems to work just fine for that. I did have to put it on the lowest tilt setting, but if you were setting up reading you might not have to have it at that setting.
27215
not yes/no answer, maybe this will help. We have ~ 12' * 15' room and we turn all 3 lights on (~60W equivalent CFLs each) for best light. It is fairly good. With only 2 turned on, it is ok for socializing but not for good reading.
498413
I am having a slight blurr....I have to turn the brightness down to a lower power to reduce the glare or blurr
2148997
I have this and as far as I can tell you can't. But it does add a nice mood when lights are down low, so why would you?
2246894
The time will continue to glow at night, but there are four brightness levels you can set for the time. The lowest level of brightness is very dimmed.
1511223
As the other guy said, yes - you can *modify* the brightness range. Whether you can actually lower it from the default range may depend.
83862
No not that I know of. But you can put a low 40 wat and it puts off plenty of light.
1231271
there is always a very low light on when using it but not enough to not be able to sleep. . if that makes sense. less than a night lite
2130882
The light is not too bright. You can also turn off light and just use therma-cell
403038
I don't think it's bright enough to read by. It's really just a nice, low light that brightens up any dark areas you may have in the room. I originally bought it exactly for that purpose but liked it so much anyway that I decided to keep it lol! Keep looking if you really want something to read by but if you want a nice, trendy looking lamp, this is a good buy =)