The certified small SAD lights are probably ok at short distances for the 20 mins or so they are recommended for. I have a couple of soft boxes for photography

The certified small SAD lights are probably ok at short distances for the 20 mins or so they are recommended for. I have a couple of soft boxes for photography with these corn lights that I bounce from walls if I want a bright room. If you are bouncing the light from a wall you don’t even need a soft box, just some type of reflector to aim the direct light at a wall. I don’t think I’d want to be staring at a naked bulb for long periods