These things have certainly improved from the days of the old Itty Bitty Book Light, whose screw would loosen after a few months and could not be tightened--so that the lamp part would hang like a limp . . . well, use your imagination.  This one keeps its stiffie--er, stiffness.  Light is reasonably bright, too.  Sometimes I wish it had a longer neck.  Sometimes I wish *I* had a longer neck, for that matter.  Mostly, though, I wish for younger eyes.