HD Original Reading Lights

You have probably tried brighter bulbs, new glasses, and moving the chair closer to the window. If none of it quite worked, the problem may not be your eyes. It may be the light itself. Switch on an HD Original and small print becomes clear, colours look right again, and for many readers the evening strain simply stops.

Recommended by more than 500 opticians, with a 90-day home trial. 99.4% of people keep theirs.

High Definition Original Floor Light

Man reading with HD Original floor light

Specifications
Height: 152cm (60")
Weight: 6kg (13Ibs)
Finish: Black or White Lightweight format also available

For your reading chair
Plants itself behind your chair. Full-spectrum daylight over your shoulder, with a beam you shape form a tight spot to a wide wash.

from £449.99

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High Definition Original Table Light

Woman reading with HD Original table light

Specifications
Height: 67cm (27")
Weight: 2.2kg (5Ibs)
Finish: Black or White Lightweight format also available

For you desk or table
Sits beside your chair, your bed, or your desk. Full-spectrum daylight onto the page, with a beam you shape to suit.

from £399.99

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What if the problem is not your eyes?

It is probably the light

Most lamps use a blue LED chip that cannot reproduce the full visible spectrum. The wavelengths your eyes rely on most for reading are simply not there, so your brain fills in what is missing. That effort is why reading feels harder by evening.

The HD Original uses a purple chip that reconstructs every wavelength of natural daylight. On the standard measure of colour rendering, where sunlight scores 100, the HD Original scores 98. A typical household LED rarely gets above 80. The result is light that feels natural rather than artificial. Small print sharpens, colours look right, and for many readers the fatigue that used to build through the evening stops coming.

Learn more about Daylight Wavelength Technology ->

Woman reading with HD Original floor light

Trusted by people who need light to be right

If your optician has mentioned Serious Readers, this is the light they mean. More than 500 independent opticians recommend our lights to their patients, including people who find reading harder than it used to be. Our lights have also been found in the Van Gogh Museum, the British Museum, and in operating theatres.

You would not be the first person to try one on your optician's advice.

Optician reading with HD Original table light

Built to be the last reading light you buy

For over forty years, our Aylesbury workshop has done nothing but build reading lights. Roughly 50 a day. That single-mindedness is why the arm on your light is guaranteed for life, the light engine for five years, and every detail from the slow-start circuitry to the air-cooled head has been considered and reconsidered until nothing is left to chance.

That is what forty years of building one thing looks like.

You do not have to be sure

Most people who buy this light were not sure either. That is why we give you 90 days at home with it, not 14. If it does not change the way you read, call us and we arrange collection from your door.

99.4% of people keep theirs. The ones who were not sure tend to be the most vocal about it afterwards.

The Serious Difference

90 Day Risk-Free Trial

Extended Trial on HD Pro and
HD Original Lights

Trusted by Opticians

Recommended by 500+
optometrists

Bring Daylight Indoors

Daylight Wavelength
Technology™

5 Year Warranty

On HD Pro, Original and
Essential Lights

Customer Reviews

I bought my second lamp a week later for my husband. We both wish we’d bought one sooner. They’re worth the money.

Mrs Speechley | Droitwich

The light makes normal print ultra-clear and helps me read very small or coloured print I couldn’t read before.

Dr Roper | East Sussex

I can give patients the best prescription, but unless the lighting is right, they won’t get the best vision. Once I turn the light on, they see the difference.

Tracey Taylor | Optometrist BSc (Hons) MCOptom

Choose Your HD Original Light

High Definition Original Floor Light

For reading in your armchair, beside the sofa, or wherever you settle in for the evening. Full-spectrum daylight from our Daylight Wavelength Technology™ over your shoulder, with an adjustable beam you shape from fine print to a full broadsheet. Heavyweight or lightweight base. Black or Heritage White. 90-day home trial.

High Definition Original Table Light

For reading at your desk, in bed, or beside your chair. Full-spectrum daylight from our Daylight Wavelength Technology™ straight onto the page, with the same adjustable beam and the same precision dimmer. Heavyweight or lightweight base. Black or Heritage White. 90-day home trial.