Northern Light Technologies Travelite Light Therapy Lamp – 10,000 LUX Sunlight Simulation to Boost Mood, Improve Sleep & Increase Energy, UV-Free Bright Light for Wellness & Winter Blues, Black

I shopped for the best therapy light and this brand was the highest rated. I saw that a full sized one was too much money. The same company makes this travel sized one. It works very well and I don’t travel.

I am more than satisfied with this product. I use it for the treatment of Seasonal Affective Disorder. My doctor prescribed a 10,000 lux lamp to be used for 30 minutes within 1 hour of waking up. I am to let the light come directly into my eyes from up to a meter away, while diverting my line of vision. I tend to use my computer screen as a focal point and take care of my daily "chores" on the web during my 30 minutes of therapy. I place the lamp just a couple feet behind my computer for ease. I chose to purchase this 10,000 lux lamp because of personal anecdotes shared by other SAD suffers whom had wonderful results. I am pleased to say that I have had fabulous results with this lamp too! Before, when I woke up in the months of October through February, the day just seemed bleak, even before it started. I had no energy whatsoever, nor any real desire for activity. Now, I wake up and BAM! Upon completion of 30 minutes of light therapy, it's like the light bulb in my head turned on. My day has started. And, I have energy for the day. Motivation too! I can feel an immediate difference upon completion of my prescribed 30 minutes. What is even better, is that I can easily take the lamp anywhere. It small, light-weight, and comes with a wonderful, discreet carrying case. I cannot sing "Northern Light Technologies Nlt-trv Travelite" enough praises! This product has had a huge positive impact on my quality of life.

Bought this 2 years ago and it just stopped working one day. They state a 7 year warranty but when I called they told me it was the bulb (without knowing any specifics or make/model of my lamp) and said the warranty was only for parts and maintenance , not a new bulb. This company sucks.

This product has worked perfectly since I got it. I take it with me to work on Monday and use it for an hour a day and take it home on Friday so I'll have it for the weekend. It travels very well and have had no problems. As far as how it has helped me, I have suffered from depression for a number of years. Medication does a fairly good job but winter time is particularly difficult. I got this to see if it would work for winter. I had difficulty the last six months with constantly wanting to eat even when stuffed. I would try to cut back, only to fail at controlling my diet. I was very surprised when after 3 days of light therapy the desire to eat all the time went away. I also feel more energetic and have increased my exercise. I've gotten a lot of house projects done that I had been putting off for a long time (wanting to get them done but just couldn't bring myself to do them). I feel like I am in more control than I have in a very long time! I'm sending the expense to my flexible spending account since insurance wouldn't pay for it. The FSA will pay me back if I get a letter of medical necessity from my doctor. She's the one who recommended it to me so no problem there. I would definitely recommend this product!

I've used light therapy for over a decade. I don't get depressed (i.e., feeling gloomy) in winter (true S.A.D.), but I simply stop being able to get out of bed as the mornings get dark. Lack of light affects my sleep in a profound way; light therapy helps me immensely.As sunrise gets later, first I use a sunrise simulation alarm clock. (I like the Phillips Wake-up model now, but started with different ones that used incandescent bulbs ~30 years ago!) This helps me until early October. After that, I require more light to continue to function normally.My first therapy lamp was the older style Carex 10,000 lux model. It had skinny rod legs, two rods on each side leg. It looked ugly as anything, but it lived on my dining table every winter for several years because that was the location where I could consistently use it as I gave my toddlers breakfast. I still use that lamp over my desk, but its legs broke off years ago and now it rests on a wire shelf above my monitor.Understand that a fluorescent lamp will light up for 20,000 hours or so... but the 10,000 lux you need for therapy is only possible for the first ~2000 hours of a fluorescent bulb.For that reason, I've purchased other lamps since then. Next I tried Verilux models (no longer made.) The mechanical switches on two of my three cheaper Verilux lamps (vaguely recangular boxes, much thicker than the Northern Lights box I'm reviewing here) broke over time. One was garbage; the other is always on when plugged in. I now use that, on a timer, in my teen's room to help him wake up for school when it gets dark.My next really serious therapy lamp (because the small Verilux ones weren't powerful enough for me) was a Northern Lights floor lamp purchased in 2016. Amazon still sells it; it's the black, freestanding floor model called the Flamingo. That lamp sits at my living room couch, so I have the option of treatment while I read a book in comfort. It was high quality and seems to work as promised, so I developed a positive opinion of the brand.That Flamingo lamp still seems powerful enough to assist with my sleep issues, but I wanted an additional light to use in my bedroom first thing every morning. For this reason, I bought the Northern Lights Travelite box lamp.The Travelite is my slimmest, most "portable" therapy light yet. I debated buying this one vs. the larger Lux Bright box light, but I wanted the lighter weight option. I may try using this on a camera tripod, or on a picture ledge mounted above my pillow right by the bed. I wanted a slim, lightweight lamp for this purpose.My lamp came two days ago. I got some relief on day one, and felt a definite improvement by the second morning. For me, putting a lamp like this on a timer--so it comes on as my sunrise lamp nears its max brightness (at "alarm" time I set)--is the key to waking in a healthy way in late autumn and winter. The Northern Lights Travelite has a physical, mechanical switch, so you can use it on a plug in timer if you want to do this, too.Having tried all three brands, I believe the aluminum construction used by Northern Lights makes for a more durable, longer lasting therapy lamp compared with Verilux (cheapest electronics) and Carex (good light but flimsy stand.) I also think Northern Lights is the only brand to offer replacement bulbs, which also suggests their hardware is durable enough to still be in good shape after 20,000 hours of fluorescent bulb life.