7 Light-Therapy Products Experts Recommend For Seasonal Depression

Northern Light Technologies Boxelite ($230)

This is a classic light box designed to help with seasonal affective disorder. The main difference? Whereas other SAD lamps require you to sit up close in order for them to work (typically around six inches), this light box is effective from up to 14 inches away. Thiry confirms that it offers broad light coverage for maximum effectiveness.

"This light you can actually put at a distance — about a foot away — and still get 100 percent therapeutic effect," one shopper writes. "Also let's be honest, the other brands usually require unreasonable conditions such as being less than six inches away from the light source or else it loses effectiveness, which is hard to do without being disruptive. Boxelite truly allows for good light shining through from a distance away."