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I'm thinking of getting these too. Anyone got em?

as i'm a big fan of cb2, i found these lights to be very disappointing.

they only use a 60-watt bulb, which i thought would be plenty for lighting up a darker corner of my living room, but they provide very little and not very dramatic light.

i would look into a cylindrical uplight with halogen flood light for more light and drama. we have two 8' tall brushed aluminum cylindrical lamps with opaque plastic cylinders on top... very dramatic.

so, i'm also searching for the perfect uplight. let me know how things work out!

Thanks "jeffnyc." I wasn't expecting them to provide much light though. They are clearly for accent lighting. I would not have tried to use them to light a whole room. I am thinking of getting them for the bookcases, either on a few shelves or across the top of the bookcases.

okay, but get clear, full-spectrum light bulbs (chromalux).

even if not intended to light a dark corner the light is still a little sad : (

I got a couple at Home Depot and put some mini floods in them. Worked great in the corners of a room. I also put one in the top shelf of a built in bookcase and put a CFL in it. Not perfect but for under $10 what the heck.

Uplights.

I didn't realize they sold them at CB2. Ours is from a garage sale in the original packaging from years ago.

Good for adding just a little bit of light to a corner or nook or something.

I have used them in the past, although not currently -- I used them as dramatic up/backlighting for plants with interesting shapes (such as varieties of potted palms - it can cast spectacular shadows). I'll bet it would also work well with sculptures and other such objects.

About the 60 watts limitation. With the new energy saving light bulbs or CFL you can use much less wattage for a lot more luminosity.

I have this problem at home, can't put more than 60 watts around the house's lamps. The conversion for a 100 watts regular bulbs is 23 watts for CFL! Pretty awesome uh?

i'll have to try the cfl in the can light.

in every other way i do my part to conserve energy, recycle, etc., but when it comes to light... i need the brightest, cleanest light possible.

i LOVE (and the bulbs last for 10 years), the chromalux full spectrum bulbs... 150 watts please!

when looking at my apartment from the street, all of the other apartments around it look so yellow and gloomy.

I put 3 of these up lights behind my boyfriend's sectional which floats about 18" from the walls. His place has 11' celings and no overhead lighting, so we wanted a way to add light without adding a bunch of lamps everywhere. They provide more of an atmospheric light rather than good overall lighting. It's nice for parties and are more for the look of the light than for light output. Maybe a place with lower ceilings would get more reflected light from these things.

If you want more directional light, try using a halogen bulb. Walmart and Home Depot sell $6 halogen reflector bulbs that screw into a standard socket. I've used them in some old ceiling can fixtures and the light is much more dramatic than standard bulbs.

Wow that sounds good.

I have a copper-glazed yellow ochre room, and I put a cannister light on the floor behind a large, potted fern. I stuck in one of those yellow 25 watt numbers. With other lights on in the room, it provides a sort of subtle, inexplicable sheen to the plant. We're not talking permanent statement, here--it's fun to try all kinds of stuff. The really low-wattage, flickering flame bulb produced something eerie in the dark room. . . .