Dusty to the rescue!, 16 Sept. 2014

This lampshade is one of the those simple ideas that works really well. We have a three year old grandson who is very interested in the Disney Planes genre, he has been to see the film, enjoyed the comics, played with the individual toys and knows the names of the various cheeky characters. Dusty is his favourite.The shade comes in an attractive illustrated box, rolled up with the lamp holder frame packed separately. It is the work of moments to construct and once in place no need to touch it again - until the child becomes embarrassed at owning such a shade probably a good ten years away!Low energy light bulbs would be best to keep the shade cool. The cut out feature is quite modest, a few stand out wing flaps, nothing fancy or dust gathering.To go with a theme you could add other Planes items to the room, quilt covers etc.

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The Un-Circular Light Shade, 21 Sept. 2014

First thing you need to know - this product is not made from rigid plastic. It's made from flimsy material that hangs precariously on 3 small rods. And most annoyingly, the shade does NOT form a circle when viewed from below. It forms a sort of oval, hideously distended at one end. Not nice. On the "bright" side though, it looks mostly fine when viewed from the side, the imagery is great, the light shines through the shade to make the colours really vivid. And the kids utterly love it. As it is hanging out of harms way [hopefully] then I am prepared to overlook the shoddy quality and high price this once. I am keeping this item but would struggle to recommend it to anyone.

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Good large lampshade and doesn't restrict the light output much, 11 Sept. 2014

As mentioned by others this shade does require assembly but this is because it's quite a large around 30cm diameter "fragile" plastic shade which they have rolled tighter in the packaging to allow it to be shipped without getting dented or broken. So, assembly is a simple matter of opening it out, matching four tabs to four holes, inserting three rods and screwing them in. If you have a UK standard ceiling rose you also will need to put the adapter in but that's simple enough too. The process took me less than five minutes and didn't require me to read the manual, it's that straightforward.

The quality is very good, as you'd expect from Philips, the printing quality is excellent and the shade is light in both meanings of the word - it doesn't weigh much, and it also is very transparent so compared to our old one, lets a lot more light into the room.

It's also a very deep (tall) shade so even though we have an LED nightlight attachment and a lengthy...

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