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"That's a shame, it would have looked really effective and very noticeable as a wall light. "

"Unfortunately it never gets past a very large blob and never gets to the top third of the bottle. I'm going to get some 25w bulbs as someone else suggested so that I can use all my telstar bottles.  The neo colours are very limited, but…"

"That will be an interesting test.  I wish I could get bottles to last without going cloudy, all ours do with time, even following the golden rules. We do have some three in one astro bottles that are the totally clear and they've seen a…"

"I am trying a little experiment at the moment by putting the old bottle in a neo wall. I know the bottle flows very actively, so in theory should work well. I will post the results later tonight.."

"If you follow the 3 golden rules, your bottle will never go cloudy.  Never move whilst warm or hot. Don't run for more than the specified time. ie, dont overheat.  And keep away from direct sunlight.  Then the bottles will never…"

"I see what you mean when you previously said these bottles change colour with time. I bet it's still really nice when it's running though, more of a orange and clear lol. At least it isn't cloudy, massive bonus that. Thanks for the…"

"Here's  a picture of my millennium telstar original bottle next to a brand new one, so you can see how much they fade over time. "

"It does look lovely thank you"

"Just put your white lava lamp next to a dark lava lamp and you will be fine, wont notice the difference!  Not that hard! :P"

"Here's a picture of a Mathmos Astro clear and white running at night. This is the second run of this bottle, so it's brand new. It actually looks white when viewed in person, but on the photo it takes on a yellowy look, I guess that's…"

"Thank you all again! I really appreciate the info. I think I'm going to give it a miss today but will be looking to add another one or two to my collection soon. It's hard as there's a fair bit of choice in the colours and what I…"

"Here's a picture of my clear/white Astro from the 2007 run, bit ‘creamy’ but still reasonably white, though hasn’t seen that much use - also the bottles from this era seem to have a slight blue/green tint to the glass which…"

"I’ve stuck my “white” on to give you an idea of how they end up. Please keep in mind this thing is VERY old.  It’s not flowing yet obviously, but it will give you an indication of how they change over the years lamp…"

"Yeah, I think it's down to individual preferences. Honestly, I still like my "white" one, but it is most definitely not white any more.  It is really quite old though - it's the old style bottle with a wide cap.  I…"