On 29 Mar 2007 00:23:42 GMT, Scott Seidman
wrote:

daytripper wrote in
:

Well good luck to you. I did significant research on the Ott light.
Hundreds if not thousands of complaints are just a Google away, and
they draw a distinct pattern. There's no way I'd buy one...

/daytripper


I use the light at http://www.questoutdoors.net/gear/tested/ottlite/, for
the same purpose, even with the same vise. I don't particularly care for
the flex-arm with the magnifier that seems to be marketed for fly tying--
it just doesn't look real robust. The package that I have looks like it
would stop a bullet, though. I've tied just about every fly I've tied in
three or four years under it, which granted, isn't as many as I would have
liked to tie, but I find I really prefer to have it instead of not having
it. Given a choice of an Ott light, or nothing, and the $40 or so I paid
for three or four years of use, I can say I've gotten my money's worth.
There are probably some who haven't.

I'd love it if you can point me in the right direction for google, though.
I tried "ott light", "Ott lite review", "ott lite complaint", "ott lite
customer service", and the like, and really haven't hit anything
substantial.

I just started with "Ott-Lite review" and went from there. Mostly I ended up
reading owner reviews posted at the sites below, when I was thinking about
getting a desk Ott-Lite for myself, and a floor lamp for my wife, and just
kept drilling down through Google. I kept seeing the same problems appearing
with repeated early bulb failures, breaking plastic parts and a disinterested
customer service department, and took a pass.

amazon.com - most leads started here
joanne.com
complaints.com
epinions.com

/daytripper