Someone posted about lighting some time back. I use this jeweler’s lamp by ARBE Machine . Pricey, but excellent product. Product support is pretty good…two years after I bought it (via Amazon, but not available through them any more), some of the LED elements failed. I contacted them and they troubleshot it with me over the phone, and suggested the issue was with a switch. The sent me three switched free of charge. No issues in the three years since.
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Yes, those are the LED lamps that I would recommend to, and Amazon sells a selection of them.
No matter what brand, you want a LED lamp that spans most of the width of your desk. It’s better than having two (LED) tabletop lamps shining at the same time at the same spot (mine were “OTT Light daytime soft white” fluorescent tubes). I had that setup for decades before I purchased an overhead LED lamp like yours but a different brand.
Lighting is your friend! Thought this light was plenty bright, but after having cataract replacement surgery on both eyes last month, I find I need to use the dimming function now!!
I had a bit of a splurge a couple of years back. I had several of the ceiling tiles replaced with LED fittings, a small angle poise LED is right of my working area and one of those magnifying viewer with a couple of tubes is there but I haven’t used it yet.
I started with the small desktop style magnifying glass/LED light. Soon realized my 55+ old eyes need more light and magnification. 
Went whole hog and invested in an Optivisor magnifying headband and a RedGrass LED light. Huge difference.
Two of these lights, one mounted to each side of the work bench and arching work very well.
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After the previous lighting discussion I purchased a cheap LED desk lamp like the ones shown above, maximizing for brightness. It is well made and a modest improvement over the previous lamp.
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This is not to cast aspersions on any particular LED lamp but some use very cheap support parts, i.e. resistors and in particular capacitors. Many times when a LED fails it is one of these parts that went to the great recycle bin in the sky. And many times, depending on design, they only require some solder, an iron and tweezers to replace. Also some solder wick would aid in removal.
My preference is still a Carlisle Spedding Steel Mill powered by a direct drive scale model stationary steam engine…
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