Mathmos US and their quality. - Oozing Goo - The Lava Lamp Syndicate2024-03-29T14:23:09Zhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/forum/topics/mathmos-us-and-their-quality?commentId=1566398%3AComment%3A375243&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI have two UK Smart Astros th…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2012-02-23:1566398:Comment:3756232012-02-23T17:36:36.223ZJethrohttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/Jethro
<p>I have two UK Smart Astros that I've been conditioning for several weeks. The liquid is clear not cloudy but does have a few smart artifacts in it.</p>
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<p>The goo seems grainy and not as uniform as I would hope. It also seems to have a narrow window of operation...between when it's properly warmed up and it starts breaking into smaller blobs that live at the top.</p>
<p>I have two UK Smart Astros that I've been conditioning for several weeks. The liquid is clear not cloudy but does have a few smart artifacts in it.</p>
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<p>The goo seems grainy and not as uniform as I would hope. It also seems to have a narrow window of operation...between when it's properly warmed up and it starts breaking into smaller blobs that live at the top.</p> That sounds proper dodgey - w…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2012-02-22:1566398:Comment:3754322012-02-22T18:14:25.838ZTim Gillhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/TimGill
<p>That sounds proper dodgey - when i got my fludium it came in a mathmos box and all items boxed and bagged as you would expect and that fludium is completely fine.<br/><br/>When I got my fludium globe this came packed in a mathmos fludium bottle box and bagged etc.<br/><br/>I have had no issues with both my fludiums.</p>
<p>That sounds proper dodgey - when i got my fludium it came in a mathmos box and all items boxed and bagged as you would expect and that fludium is completely fine.<br/><br/>When I got my fludium globe this came packed in a mathmos fludium bottle box and bagged etc.<br/><br/>I have had no issues with both my fludiums.</p> I also forgot to mention that…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2012-02-22:1566398:Comment:3752452012-02-22T00:38:49.016ZAutumnhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/Autumn
I also forgot to mention that when I bought my fluidium it came in a brown box with no graphics. Both the globe and the base came in astro bottle boxes, they didn't even fit properly. -.-
I also forgot to mention that when I bought my fluidium it came in a brown box with no graphics. Both the globe and the base came in astro bottle boxes, they didn't even fit properly. -.- I would think that anything o…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2012-02-21:1566398:Comment:3752442012-02-21T23:49:30.116ZMattmoshttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/MattThomas
<p>I would think that anything on their website that had a price under the item would be good to go, (e.g. both fireflows). I would buy both Fireflows right now, even though some people say they are junk, but you can't. I would take my chances, but you can't even order. <br></br><br></br><cite>telemann said:…</cite></p>
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<p>I would think that anything on their website that had a price under the item would be good to go, (e.g. both fireflows). I would buy both Fireflows right now, even though some people say they are junk, but you can't. I would take my chances, but you can't even order. <br/><br/><cite>telemann said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://oozinggoo.ning.com/forum/topics/mathmos-us-and-their-quality?id=1566398%3ATopic%3A374948&page=2#1566398Comment375077"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I talked to them two days ago. They are expecting Astros and Telestars in 2 to 3 weeks.<br/><br/><cite>Mattmos said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://oozinggoo.ning.com/forum/topics/mathmos-us-and-their-quality?commentId=1566398%3AComment%3A375243&xg_source=msg_com_forum#1566398Comment375243"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I would love to find out the quality of Mathmos USA, when they open. Does anyone know the opening date of the website? Waiting for my tax return is slow. Watching a slug leave a slime trail is slower, but Mathmos USA, well you get the point.</p>
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</blockquote> I talked to them two days ago…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2012-02-21:1566398:Comment:3750772012-02-21T23:40:02.347Ztelemannhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/telemann
<p>I talked to them two days ago. They are expecting Astros and Telestars in 2 to 3 weeks.<br></br> <br></br> <cite>Mattmos said:</cite></p>
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<p>I talked to them two days ago. They are expecting Astros and Telestars in 2 to 3 weeks.<br/> <br/> <cite>Mattmos said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://oozinggoo.ning.com/forum/topics/mathmos-us-and-their-quality?commentId=1566398%3AComment%3A375243&xg_source=msg_com_forum#1566398Comment375243"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I would love to find out the quality of Mathmos USA, when they open. Does anyone know the opening date of the website? Waiting for my tax return is slow. Watching a slug leave a slime trail is slower, but Mathmos USA, well you get the point.</p>
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<p>I would love to find out the quality of Mathmos USA, when they open. Does anyone know the opening date of the website? Waiting for my tax return is slow. Watching a slug leave a slime trail is slower, but Mathmos USA, well you get the point.</p>
<p>I would love to find out the quality of Mathmos USA, when they open. Does anyone know the opening date of the website? Waiting for my tax return is slow. Watching a slug leave a slime trail is slower, but Mathmos USA, well you get the point.</p> I agree with Marcel on this o…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2012-02-21:1566398:Comment:3753932012-02-21T18:39:49.739ZTim Gillhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/TimGill
<p>I agree with Marcel on this one - Mathmos lamps are the best lamps you can buy in current production and they are completely superior to current Lava Lite lamps and other china made lamps.<br></br><br></br>You will get a quality item however I have found that there has been a change in Mathmos recently as the fire flows can be tempremental and the Smart Astro still has improvements to make. As for the fludium I can't comment on the previous (i.e. pre halogen ones) but I have found that the halogen…</p>
<p>I agree with Marcel on this one - Mathmos lamps are the best lamps you can buy in current production and they are completely superior to current Lava Lite lamps and other china made lamps.<br/><br/>You will get a quality item however I have found that there has been a change in Mathmos recently as the fire flows can be tempremental and the Smart Astro still has improvements to make. As for the fludium I can't comment on the previous (i.e. pre halogen ones) but I have found that the halogen bulbs make them heat up quicker and overheat quicker - they should supply the fludium with a dimmer or change the supplied bulb to help this.<br/><br/>Mathmos problems may be occouring from the rumour that they are making the formula in small batches and the risk of it going wrong is higher. I hope that they make bigger batches and if the US sales take off then introduce a more automated process like Lava World had in there Chicago factory. <br/><br/>I don't think Mathmos will follow the same path as Lava Lite they really arn't that stupid and that's not there market. I think that they should really stay on track with the lava lamps and not degenerate there LED stuff as its good now it is and I think they are learning this if it seams that new lava colours will be released.<br/><br/>As for custom bottles I would wait and see what happens with the possible new colours but they can do custom bottles with any wax / master fluid colours from any previous releases.<br/><br/>I don't know why they are releasing the white / clear - weather its intended as a replacement (possible) but is probably because it looks cool.<br/><br/></p> I noticed a difference in qua…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2012-02-21:1566398:Comment:3752382012-02-21T17:38:28.889ZAutumnhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/Autumn
I noticed a difference in quality after I bought a fluidium. The wax is bubbly and grainy, it also over heats really easily. I ended up having to get a replacement globe because it kept getting worse. My older mathmos lamps are perfect and flow great. I sure hope they don't follow the path of lava lite.
I noticed a difference in quality after I bought a fluidium. The wax is bubbly and grainy, it also over heats really easily. I ended up having to get a replacement globe because it kept getting worse. My older mathmos lamps are perfect and flow great. I sure hope they don't follow the path of lava lite. Thanks Knut, is the offering…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2012-02-21:1566398:Comment:3751912012-02-21T17:38:18.088Ztelemannhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/telemann
<p>Thanks Knut, is the offering of the white wax / clear water replacement a good indicator they will re-offer</p>
<p>the these? Or would it be meant to help service customers that bought the Millennium lamps?</p>
<p>Thanks Knut, is the offering of the white wax / clear water replacement a good indicator they will re-offer</p>
<p>the these? Or would it be meant to help service customers that bought the Millennium lamps?</p> RE: white wax/clear liquid. F…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2012-02-21:1566398:Comment:3753642012-02-21T17:35:03.789ZKnuthttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/Knut
<p>RE: white wax/clear liquid. From some of the new Mathmos replacement bottle boxes pictured in discussions here recently, they are listing the white/clear combination, so I'd expect that they'll have this (and other) colours available in the next couple of months or so.</p>
<p>RE: white wax/clear liquid. From some of the new Mathmos replacement bottle boxes pictured in discussions here recently, they are listing the white/clear combination, so I'd expect that they'll have this (and other) colours available in the next couple of months or so.</p>