Full Spectrum Solutions

Full spectrum Solutions sold me a very effective floor lamp in 2009 (yes I am getting around to reviewing only now.) I’ve had it for three or 4 years now, and while the flourescent is just beginning to fade, it has been a very good deal.
The light rendering is very accurate, as advertised, and it was a very effective light therapy lamp during the cloudy winters. It’s also a good task lamp (though one of their desk lamps would be more useful for this) that made working on small electronics and big puzzles a lot easier.
They sent me a replacement ballast as well when mine failed. People are often surprised how these can fail (the ballasts on CFL bulbs are poor quality and fail all the time, which is why they buzz and produce ugly flickering light). Their ballast has been a champ and I have been very satisfied with the purchase.
It has even been dropped a couple times by family who don’t realize how important it is to me, and although I’ve winced, it kept going like nothing ever happened. I highly recommend their lamps based on my experience, and plan on buying one of their multiple color temperature lamps in the future. Oh, and they are better than Ottlite (not as good a value), Verilux (terrible light quality and cheaply made; glaring), and Sunbox (whom I like because they are a Maryland producer and make good stuff, but the variety and value isn’t there. And Sunbox doesn’t have as much innovative solutions).
I’ll modify this review if I find someone doing this better, but I’ve looked and haven’t seen it yet.

This company offers the best light therapy products around, and not just in Michigan, but across the country.

Their web site says, «Email Us — We will reply to all emails within 48 hours.» That is not the case with me. I called the Customer Service phone #. It rang twenty times before the message machine kicked on.
I bought a lamp from them several years ago. The ballast failed within a few weeks and they sent me another one, but the lamp was never as bright again. Also, the cover over the gooseneck part of the lamp is broken and shedding chips of plastic. It is now an eyesore.
There has to be someone making a better product.
Oct 16, 2012 — Thanks for responding, Jake. Just so you know, the email was answered in a timely way. The phone message that I left at least a week before I sent the email was never responded to, that is why I had to send the email, because it became obvious that no one was ever going to respond to my phone message.
The fix that was offered me was that I could by a slitted piece of the stuff that is falling apart and I don’t want more of that and I don’t want a piece that is slit from end to end and will gape open like the eyesore it is. I already got a new ballast and the lamp
While I appreciate your small attention here, an offer to spend more money with you is not what I am looking for.
In the meantime, I got an Ott light and it is working great.