I can see much better and suffer no eye strain using fluorescent lighting. I have a 2-bulb fluorescent shop light over (and slightly to the rear of) my sewing machine and a 4-bulb ceiling fluorescent light over my cutting table. As long as all bulbs are functioning, the lighting is excellent. I have the shop light hooked to the very lowest links in the attached chains so that the lights are only about 1 yard above my machine bed.