Has anyone got this light? I can't find if it is battery operated or plug. I like the idea of the design but the price almost tells me that it may not be all I want it to be.

http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog/p...zprd_10798767a

No,but I like it

"Portable" says battery-operated to me. What it doesn't say is the wattage - and that's the most important.

I think its battery operated too. It doesn't show a cord in the picture so that right there tells me batteries plus it says its portable.

Really cool. But I fear I would burn through the batteries quickly.

i just bought one yesterday after a quilt demo from our guild. i will look on the box - hehe!

opeopened the box - it takes three AAA batteries! I will ask the woman who demonstrated fm on her domestic if it goes through a lot of batteries.

the instructions say three batteries will last approximately ten hours. don't see the wattage yet but i am looking!

Thank you for the info! I would burn through three batteries each sewing session. I would like one that can be plugged. It looks like a neat design.

the woman who recommended getting it has done amazing fm quilting on her domestic machine!!! She is amazing to watch. She demonstrated how you dont need a long arm to get the fancy stitches. Her quilts have won first prizes in many shows.

Just checked my facebok page and the woman got back to me. She didn't buy an ott lite. It has a little like door on hers that you can open if you need it. I think I am taking mine back - it will eat batteries like candy I bet! Hers also magnifies 4X. so it definitely was not the one I bought :cry: I hope they will take it back - never opened except to look at instructions and i do have a receipt. I used a gift card but that shouldn't matter, right? Darn I may just have to buy more fabric :lol:

Thanks for letting me know! I thought I would burn through too many batteries. I don't think you will have any problems returning to Joann's. I returned something before (don't remember what right now) and was concerned about their policy but I didn't have any problems at all.