The Tequo is a 1.5m LED floor lamp with a smoked glass domeon a slim black frame 20W giving 610lm at3000K, with three brightness steps.

It is not on a dimmer, and you should not buy one for it.Our old page called it dimmable for effortless mood control, which reads as though adimmer is involved. There is none, and fitting one will not work.

What it has is step switching: clicking its own switch moves it100% 50% 20% back to 100%. Nothing to buy, nothing to checkfor compatibility, and it works the moment you plug it in. Three levels, and nothing inbetween.

The smoked glass dome and what it costs you

This is the lamp’s whole character, and it is worth being straight about the trade:

• Smoked glass turns the light source into an object. Lit, the domeglows amber-grey rather than glaring, so you can have the lampin your eye line in a living room without it being uncomfortable. Clear or opal glasscannot do that.
• It absorbs light to do it. The Tequo draws 20W anddelivers 610lm 30lm/W, which is low, and the tintis where the difference goes. You are paying watts for the look, and the look is thereason to buy it.

The mid-century, space-age shape a dome on a thin stem sits withwalnut, leather, boucl and terrazzo, and beside a sofa rather than behind it.

610 lumens atmosphere, not reading

• A warm, glare-free pool beside a chair or a sofa, and something you can turndown to 20% for an evening.
• Not a reading lamp. The dome throws light down and out from1.5m, which fills a corner rather than putting a bright pool on a page. If you read in thatchair, add a directed lamp over the shoulder ask us.
• Not a room’s main light either. It is a layer, alongside a ceilingfitting.

The LED is integrated and included, so there is no globe to buy, nothing tomatch, and no chance of someone fitting the wrong colour temperature later.

It plugs in, and there is a box on the cord

The Tequo is ClassIII low voltage, under 54V, so anexternal driver sits between the plug and the lamp. Nothing on our page said so.

• No electrician. It plugs into an ordinary socket, and the low-voltage lead tothe lamp is safer than a mains flex if it is ever pinched under a castor.
• Plan where the driver box will sit behind the sofa leg, or against theskirting.
• The lead is 2m, which is generous for a floor lamp and usually enough toreach past furniture.

1,500mm tall, 4.3kg heavy enough at thebase to be stable, which matters on a lamp this tall. IP20 indoor and dryonly, CRI above 80, in iron and glass.

Neither the dome diameter nor the base footprint is recorded in any source, andon a floor lamp those are the two figures that decide whether it fits beside a sofa.Ask us and we will get them from Telbix.

Where it works

• Beside a sofa or an armchair the dome is comfortable in your eye line.
• Living rooms, as a layer beside a ceiling light.
• Mid-century and contemporary interiors walnut, leather, terrazzo.
• Not a reading lamp, and not a room’s main light.
• Do NOT fit a dimmer. Its own switch does three steps.

Specifying it

1,500mm tall, 4.3kg, lead 2,000mm beyond thedriver; dome diameter and base footprint are not recorded askus. In iron and smoked glass, black. Integrated20W LED giving 610lm at 3000K, CRI>80, included, withthree brightness steps (100% / 50% / 20%) from its own switch NOT a dimmer, and do notfit one. 240V at the plug,ClassIII low voltage, external driver, no electrician,IP20 indoor and dry locations only. Warranty is three years, as a replacementwarranty.

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Questions

Can I put it on a dimmer?

No, and fitting one will not work. Our old page called it “dimmable for effortless mood control”, which reads as though a dimmer is involved. What it has is step switching: clicking its own switch moves it 100% to 50% to 20% and back. Nothing to buy and nothing to check for compatibility, but three levels and nothing in between.

Do I need an electrician?

No. It plugs into an ordinary socket. It is a Class III low-voltage lamp, so there is an external driver between the plug and the lamp plan where that box sits, behind a sofa leg or against the skirting. The lead beyond it is 2 metres.

Is it bright enough to read by?

No. The dome throws light down and out from 1.5 metres, which fills a corner warmly rather than putting a bright pool on a page. It is also not a rooms main light it is a layer beside a ceiling fitting. If you read in that chair, add a directed lamp over the shoulder and ask us which.

Why is it only 610 lumens for 20 watts?

The smoked glass. Tinting the dome is what lets you have the lamp in your eye line without glare lit, it glows amber-grey rather than dazzling, which clear or opal glass cannot do. It absorbs light to do that, so 30 lumens per watt is the price of the look, and the look is the reason to buy it.

Does it need a globe?

No. The LED is integrated and included, so there is nothing to buy, nothing to match, and no chance of someone fitting the wrong colour temperature later.

How wide is the dome, and how much floor does the base take?

Neither is recorded in any source, and on a floor lamp those are the two figures that decide whether it fits beside a sofa. Ask us and we will get them from Telbix.

Is it stable?

At 4.3kg it is heavy enough at the base to be steady, which matters on a lamp 1.5 metres tall. We do not have the base diameter, so if it is going somewhere with foot traffic, ask us for that figure first.