I finally ditched my desk lamp after a month of headaches

I had this cheap LED lamp angled at my monitor for a year, figured glare was just part of working from home. Then I swapped to a light bar mounted on top of the screen, the kind everyone in this sub raves about. My eyes stopped straining by day three, and I measured the difference with a lux meter app: 420 to 780 at my desk in Denver. Anyone else find that overhead-mounted light works better than any side lamp, or is it just me?

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the_viola28d ago

Different setups work for different people, for sure. Side lamps have always been fine for my eyes, but I also have a matte screen and a fairly bright room so glare was never a big deal. Your numbers are interesting though, maybe I just got lucky with my cheap lamp placement.