Top lighting and lamps compared

About Top lighting and lamps compared

Lighting and lamps is a category where the sticker price is easy to compare and thin on its own. A shop can open cheaply and sell mostly decor, or sit well above the pack and still be the only shop delivering free to your country. This ranking covers 56 brands and sorts them on entry price, what the range includes, and where the shop will actually deliver. A pattern runs through the list. Some members here are lighting specialists, and some are broad furniture or general home retailers whose listed product types only graze the category. The specialist shelves tend to open lower, so a low listing price is not proof of a lighting focus. The broad retailers answer the other side of the trade-off, with made to measure options, wider product ranges and support lines that run past email. The typical entry point in this category sits at €112.48, and the usual return window is 30 days, so anything longer or shorter is worth noticing. Delivery thresholds decide the landed cost as often as the listed price does, and every entry below gives its threshold in full.

How we picked

The order is set by published weights: cost carries 40%, offer 40% and trust 20%. Cost and offer sit side by side, so a low entry price alone does not lift a shop up the table. What it sells beside that price, and whether anyone can be reached after the order lands, matter just as much. Each entry is read from the shop's own pages: the shipping and delivery pages for markets and free delivery thresholds, the returns and refund pages for the return window, the support and help pages for contact channels, the about and imprint pages for the legal entity and headquarters, and the product collections for price, materials and the listed product types. Where a shop publishes a range rather than a single figure, the range is kept whole. Across this category, entry prices run €4.07 to €1,563.85 and return windows run 0 to 100 days. The ranking covers 56 brands in lighting and lamps. Partners are listed first, ahead of any scored shop, so a paid listing never hides behind a score. Partners that serve your country are listed first in this ranking, then the rest by score.

Our top picks

1. 1. Dublino Moebel

   In this ranking as the mid-market European option: €58.50 to open a range of sofas, armchairs and beds, 30 days for returns, and a business registered as Furlab Kft. in HU. What it spends that on is reach and delivery. It ships to DE, AT and CH, so a shopper elsewhere is not on the delivery list, and free delivery only starts at €250, which puts a shipping line on a single shade. Support runs on email and phone, with no chat line and no help centre. Sunjoy Group, next in this ranking, gives delivery away instead, but its ranges are outdoor furniture, dining and storage.

   • Price from: €58.50
   • Delivery time (weeks): 1 to 2
   • Return window: 30 days

   Pros

   • Dublino Moebel covers sofas, armchairs and beds in a single catalogue, starting at €58.50.
   • Free delivery applies once a Dublino Moebel order passes €250, which keeps the shipping line off a larger basket.
   • Delivery in 1 to 2 weeks is short for furniture, and the store ships to DE, AT and CH.
   • Materials listed include fabric, velvet and wood, so fabric, velvet, wood, metal, rattan, aluminium and teak are all represented.
   • Support runs on email and phone, so a Dublino Moebel order can be questioned by email or phone.

   Cons

   • Assembly is not included and there is no assembly service, so flat-pack pieces are built at home.
   • There is no finance option, so a full Dublino Moebel order is paid in full rather than spread across months.
   • There is no click and collect, so a Dublino Moebel order cannot be taken away in person.
   • The in-home trial is 0 days, so a large sofa has to live in the room before it can be sent back.

2. I2. IMALENT

   Part of this ranking because its shelf is entirely lighting: lighting and nothing else, opening at $29.95 with 30 days for returns. Its market list, AE, AU and BG, is the longest here, which matters for anyone buying outside the biggest retail markets, and support runs on email, phone and help centre. The trade-offs sit on the other side of the ledger. The shop is based in CN, and its support list, email, phone and help centre, carries no chat line for quick sizing questions. OTTO, next in this ranking, takes the opposite approach, offering made to measure across a broad home catalogue.

   • Price from: $29.95
   • Return window: 30 days
   • Markets: AE, AU, BG, and 29 more

   Pros

   • The catalogue is entirely lighting, so every listing sits in the category you came for (lighting).
   • IMALENT prices start at $29.95, ranking 25 of 82 brands on entry price.
   • A 30 day return window gives room to try a torch or lantern at home before you settle on it.
   • Support runs on email, phone and help centre, so you are not tied to a single way of getting an answer.
   • Distributors are listed across AE, AU and BG, so the range is reachable well beyond the home market.

   Cons

   • The range is narrow: product types cover lighting only, where Sofary Modern Lighting for Less also lists decor (lighting against lighting and decor).
   • The entry price is competitive rather than the cheapest, sitting at 25 of 82 brands on price from.
   • Support runs on email, phone and help centre, with no live chat in the list, so fast answers lean on the phone and email.

3. 3. Parrot Uncle

   Here because the basics are unusually tidy: free delivery at a $0 threshold, 30 days for returns, machine washable goods offered, and support on email, chat and phone. Trading as Eileen Grays LLC and founded in 2013, it sells sofas, armchairs and beds and ships to US and CA. The limits are focus and reach: the listed ranges are sofas, armchairs, beds, dining, storage and outdoor furniture, so a lamp is an add-on, and the entry point of $99 prices a shopper above the shops in the middle of this ranking. Autonomous, next in this ranking, covers a shorter product list and opens higher still.

   • Free delivery threshold: $0
   • Return window: 30 days
   • Finance: Yes

   Pros

   • Furniture prices begin at $99, and a queen mattress is $369.
   • Returns run 30 days, the same window most brands in this comparison offer.
   • Finance is available, so a sofa or bed can be split into monthly payments rather than one large outlay.
   • The range covers sofas, armchairs and beds, so most of a room can be ordered from one storefront.
   • Mattresses carry certipur us certification and come in soft, medium firm and firm feels.

   Cons

   • The warranty is 1 year, short against the 5 year median for brands in this group.
   • Assembly is not included, so the sofas, armchairs and beds listed in sofas, armchairs and beds arrive for the customer to build.

4. 7. brkox

   Closing this ranking as the lowest entry point among lighting specialists: $24 to open, lighting only, free delivery across orders of $69 to $199, and 30 days for returns. It ships to US, GB and CA and takes customer questions on email, phone and help centre. The trade-off is narrowness. The material list, wood, is the smallest of any lighting shop here, so finish and fitting choices stay inside what that list allows, and the support channels carry no chat line. Set against IMALENT, further up this ranking, which opens higher at $29.95 but reaches a much longer market list, AE, AU and BG, brkox wins on entry cost and loses on reach.

   • Price from: $24
   • Return window: 30 days
   • Free delivery threshold: $69 to $199

   Pros

   • Entry price of $24 keeps a single shade or small fitting within reach on a tight budget.
   • Returns of 30 days put BRKOX at 16 of 109 brands, well above the middle of the field.
   • Free delivery from $69 to $199 means a batched order for several fittings ships with nothing added on top.
   • Shipping covers US, GB and CA, reaching buyers well beyond the US base.
   • Support runs on email, phone and help centre, so a phone call is an option alongside email and the help centre.

   Cons

   • Shipping is charged below $69 to $199, so a cheap single fitting carries a delivery cost the item price does not cover.
   • The range covers lighting in wood only, so buyers wanting mirrors or wall art have to look at Dublino Moebel or Abracadabra NYC.
   • Support runs on email, phone and help centre only.
   • The 30 day return window is shorter than the 100 reached by the longest windows in the lighting ranking.

5. 8. Abracadabra NYC: best for top-pick

   Top of this ranking because the entry price is the lowest here, $7.95, and support opens on email, chat and phone channels, phone and help centre included. Lighting sits next to wall art and decor in decor, wall art and lighting, so a lamp is part of a mixed shelf rather than a specialist range. What that spread costs is the return window: 0 days, the shortest here, leaving nothing to fall back on if a fitting looks wrong. Shipping is limited to US. Sofary Modern Lighting for Less, next in this ranking, asks far more to start with but answers the return and delivery questions this shop leaves open.

   • Price from: $7.95
   • Return window: 0 days
   • Markets: US

   Pros

   • Entry price of $7.95 puts it at 5 of 82 brands ranked on price from, so the starting figure is among the lowest in the group.
   • A single range covers decor, wall art and lighting, so lighting, wall art and decor can be finished in the same basket.
   • Support runs on email, chat and phone, so help is available by phone and live chat as well as in writing.
   • Founded 1981, which is a long trading record for a decorative goods seller.
   • Against Dublino Moebel's lighting and mirrors, this range adds wall art and decor to the lighting.

   Cons

   • Returns are the weak point: the window is 0 days, while the midpoint across lighting sellers sits at 30.
   • On return days it places 107 of 109 brands, so a faulty or wrong-size order has almost nowhere to go.
   • The market is US, a single market, so there is no cross-border delivery for buyers elsewhere.
   • Sunjoy Group stocks lighting, curtains and decor in a single store, a wider basket than the decor, wall art and lighting listed here.

6. 9. Sunjoy Group

   Here because the delivery maths is the friendliest in this ranking for a small order: free delivery on everything, with the threshold at $0, and an entry point of $42.88. Founded in 2001 and trading as SunjoyGroup, it allows 30 days for returns and ships to US, CA and GB. The catch is the shelf. Its listed outdoor furniture, dining and storage are garden and dining pieces, so a lamp comes out of a patio range rather than a lighting section, and support runs on email and help centre, leaving no phone line for a bulb question. VEVOR, next in this ranking, also gives delivery away, at a higher entry point and with a different product mix.

   • Price from: $42.88
   • Delivery time (weeks): 2 to 4
   • Return window: 30 days

   Pros

   • Returns run 30 days and delivery is free, so a set that does not suit the space can go back without a shipping charge added to the cost.
   • Garden and dining pieces sit next to storage in outdoor furniture, dining and storage, so a full patio can be built in one order rather than across several sites.
   • One store carries furniture, kitchen and lighting, which makes Sunjoy Group a place to buy garden seating alongside kitchen, lighting and decor.
   • Everywhere Chair stays on outdoor furniture and dining and Dublino Moebel on sofas, armchairs and beds, so buyers wanting a grill with the seating have fewer places to compare.
   • Materials listed include metal, aluminium and rattan, letting metal, rattan and fabric builds be weighed against each other before ordering.

   Cons

   • Support runs on email and help centre only, so there is no phone line to call about an order that is running late.
   • The trial period runs 0 days, so a set has to be judged in store, while the longest trial among listed garden furniture brands reaches 100 nights.
   • Assembly is not included with delivery, so putting a set together falls to you or to the separate assembly service.
   • Grills burn charcoal and wood, a narrower list than the wider spread on offer, with gas grills appearing on 72.5% of the listed brands.

7. 10. VEVOR

   Placed here for reach rather than focus. It serves US, CA and AU, the widest shipping list in this ranking, gives delivery away at a €0 threshold, and allows 30 days for returns, with machine washable goods offered among polyester, linen and metal. The reasons it does not sit higher are just as plain: made to measure is not offered, the entry point of €109.90 is among the higher ones here, and the listed charcoal grill, electric grill and pizza oven sit a long way from lighting. Support runs on chat and help centre, with no email or phone line in that list. IMALENT, next in this ranking, is the specialist opposite, with lighting as its whole range.

   • Price from: €109.90
   • Maximum temperature (°C): 538
   • Warranty: 1 year

   Pros

   • The range opens at €109.90, under the grills category median of €127.83, so a starter grill or pizza oven is an easy buy.
   • Peak heat of 538 °C runs well above the category median of 400, which matters most for the pizza ovens.
   • Fuel choice of charcoal, electric and pellet covers solid fuel and electricity in the same range, so a charcoal or wood buyer does not need another seller.
   • Delivery runs in 1 to 3 weeks with free delivery on every order, so a bulky grill reaches the garden without a shipping fee.
   • Induction ready, dishwasher safe and pfas free cookware in stainless, cast iron and enamelled cast iron sits in the same account, so a kitchen order shares that delivery.

   Cons

   • A warranty of 1 year sits at the floor of the grills and smokers category, against a median of 4.
   • Support runs on chat and help centre only, so a claim under 1 year of cover is handled in writing rather than on a phone call.
   • Gas is missing from charcoal, electric and pellet, and Char-Broil lists gas grill, charcoal grill and electric grill for anyone set on a gas grill.
   • The cooking range stops at charcoal grill, electric grill and pizza oven, with no smoker or griddle where Lodge lists charcoal grill, smoker and griddle.

What to look for

Start with the entry price, not the range

The median entry point in this category is €112.48, with the lower quartile at €39.44 and the upper at €322.70. A shop opening at $7.95 and one at €229.99 sell very different things, so read the entry price against the product types printed beside it.

Treat the return window as the real allowance

Most shops in this ranking allow 30 days, the same figure at the lower and upper quartile, with the shortest window at 0 and the longest at 100. A lamp that arrives damaged or wrong is easier to live with when the window matches the majority.

Check how you can reach a person

Email support appears for 85.7% of the brands here and a help centre for 85.7%, while phone reaches 62.5% and chat 33.9%. A shop with a community board in place of a phone line is a different proposition to one that answers calls.

Ask whether the range is built around lighting

A lighting store section is close to normal in this category: 93.1% of these shops carry one, and decor appears for 86.2%. Set lighting beside sofas, armchairs and beds to see how much of the shelf is actually lamps.

Made to measure changes the buying decision

Made to measure is offered by 39.1% of the brands in this ranking and not offered by the rest. If a ceiling height or a fixed cutout decides the fit, that flag carries more weight than the entry price does.

Add the delivery threshold to the price

The median delivery time in this category is 0 weeks, with the longest wait at 4 weeks, and free delivery applies to 43.3% of the brands. Where a threshold applies, the landed cost is the entry price plus whatever the order falls short of it.

Frequently asked questions

Top lighting and lamps compared by country

• Australia
• Canada
• France
• Germany
• Italy
• Netherlands
• Spain
• United Kingdom
• United States

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