 DO NOT BUY LAVA LAMPS FROM AMAZON!!!!!!! |
| Date Of Review: August 26, 2010 |
| Reviewed by: Paul Dorio, |
| DO NOT BUY LAVA LAMPS FROM AMAZON (OR ANY OTHER SHIPPER THROUGH AMAZON)!!!!! This was the most disappointing purchase I have ever made online. I should have heeded almost ALL of the reviews, but for some strange reason I took a chance anyway and purchased the Lamp. It was placed in a 6 x 13 x 17 inch box, while the retailer's tube the lamp was packaged in was a 4 x 16.5 inch long tube. It basically rolled around in the larger box the entire time it was in transit. I am flabbergasted that the packaging was so outrageously non-existent. By the time the lamp got to me it was completely destroyed (the liquid inside, not the lamp). I tried it anyway, to see if maybe it would "gel," but of course it didn't work. The wax merely liquified and stayed on the top of the liquid, once hot. DO NOT BUY LAVA LAMPS FROM AMAZON!!!! |
yuck
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| Date Of Review: August 19, 2010 |
| Reviewed by: kkh, |
| The liquid in the lamp was white, not clear which would have been fine except it rendered it impossible to appreciate the blue lava. When the light is on, one can barely see the lava and when it does come into view (if it comes close enough to the glass wall), it looks more like a brown turd :( than blue lava. Very dissappointing. |
A great product but don't order one in summer!
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| Date Of Review: August 19, 2010 |
| Reviewed by: R. LaPedis, San Bruno, CA USA |
| I ordered one black/clear and one orange/clear Lava Lite. The liquid was foggy, almost milky. I tried running them to see if that would solve the problem and it didn't so off they went back to Amazon for replacement. The replacements were also foggy. I called Lava Lite and was told that if the weather is hot when the lamp is in transit, the temperature inside the truck can be much hotter and the wax can melt. If it does, and the truck shakes the bottle, the ingredients get mixed, causing a cloudy lamp. The problem is worse in lamps with clear liquid. They suggested that I wait until late September or October to order. |
SAD
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| Date Of Review: August 2, 2010 |
| Reviewed by: Sueanne Rhoads, Cape Coral, FL USA |
This lasted almost 24 hours before the 'lava' stopped flowing. Now it's just sits there, and you can't even use it as a paperweight - the base holds to much heat.
Worst Money I ever spent............ |
Attack of the Blob
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| Date Of Review: July 2, 2010 |
| Reviewed by: Midamerican, |
| My lava lamp, when it gets warmed up, tends to have all the wax stay in one lump at the top of the lamp, rather than circulating in smaller lumps to create the typical lava lamp look. A little disappointing. |
Not really that good
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| Date Of Review: May 25, 2010 |
| Reviewed by: Kenji Namura, L.A. |
| I purchased this lamp as a present for a friend. The lamp arrived in a timely manner, but after that, things went downhill. It took several tries over a period of multiple days to get the lava to function as it should (ie, not lay stuck in one large clump at the bottom of the lamp). Also, the solution the lava is in is very cloudy which means it's not very nice to look at. However, the customer service department at LAMPS PLUS is very friendly and really helpful. |
It's a Lava Lamp, give it a break.
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| Date Of Review: May 24, 2010 |
| Reviewed by: W. Bradford, Raleigh, NC USA |
Yes, the fluid in this is cloudy from day 1. Solution: don't put it on a white background! Jeez, folks, it's not that big a deal!
What is a big deal is that the lava motion of this lava lamp doesn't work after a few weeks. I've read on the forums that this is a very common issue with no real good solution.
Well here's what I found to get around it: The bulb they give you is a 25 watt refrigerator bulb. This is too hot. Put in a 10 watt. It takes longer to heat up (about 3-4 hours longer), but it works once heated.
Sometimes the wax will get stuck at the bottom. Even though they tell you not to, shaking the lava lamp will correct this for about 3-4 days of use. A lot of people are probably reading this and thinking it's stupid, but honestly, the fluid is so cloudy in the first place that it's really not made way too much cloudier by the shaking. Most of the cloudiness will settle out after a few hours too.
One last tip: the heating coil is a big problem too. For some reason, the wax will start to adhere to it and won't do the lava motion after a while. Turning the lava lamp such that the coil is flipped over is a good solution to this.
If you were really ambitious, you could drain the fluid and replace it with something less dense (maybe an alcohol?), then reseal it. You could also change out the coil, if you were so inclined. I thought about doing this, but it's really okay as long as you do the steps above.
All in all, you get what you pay for, and you're only paying $29.99 for a pretty cool-looking lava lamp. |
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