Mathmos in USA

[Verax]

Hi all, I'm in the US, and am trying to get some Mathmos lamps. Has anyone tried UKAddress.com? It seems like it is reasonably priced, and exactly what I'm looking for. Thoughts?

Cheers!

[Verax]

Alright, my new baby, has passed inspection, and been released by US customs in LA, and is on the way to Seattle! :)

[Todd Miller]

Mine has left "them' and is on it's way to forward2me....

[Kirk]

I just ordered some more lamps and a Fluidium bottle from 'them'.  Should be on their way to forward2me tomorrow.

My first order from 'them' (yellow/blue Fluidium) should be delivered to me on Monday.

[Todd Miller]

lol

[Verax]

Woot!  Should be at my house today!

[Kirk]

We need pictures!

[ChuckM]

I had a spare chrome Astro base and cap from my London trip. I decided to put together a video tutorial for rewiring these in case anyone wants to attempt this. It will take some time to edit the video together. I now have rewired two Heritage Astros and two Chrome Astros. In general, I think Heritage are a bit easier. The chrome Astros have this glue applied between the plastic base cap and the metal and the Heritage either doesn't or it has a lot less. It isn't functional glue other than to make disassembly a bit more of a hassle. I will admit that I got rather sloppy with the spare and it has some marks on it. I will go into details on how to avoid this. In general, I think chrome is more of a challenge. I also imagine it may be possible to rewire them without removing the base part at all and I will have to think carefully about how to do that. It would be the ideal scenario indeed.

One interesting thing to note. The heritage Astros use a regular euro bulb. The chrome Astros use a beefy looking halogen bulb. When I rewire mine, I have opted for a reflector bulb in both and both seem to work fine with this choice.

[Verax]

good info.  Would love to watch the vid when it's ready.  I plan to run mine with their native plugs for a while, but eventually plan to do some rewiring.

[Kirk]

Which reflector bulbs are you using Chuck?  I'm planning on trying both 35w halogen E26 and R39 30w intermediate (E17, I think) reflectors in them.  I have a chrome, rewired Astro that I think I'm using a standard 40w in now, and it's a little too hot.
 
ChuckM said:

 One interesting thing to note. The heritage Astros use a regular euro bulb. The chrome Astros use a beefy looking halogen bulb. When I rewire mine, I have opted for a reflector bulb in both and both seem to work fine with this choice.

[Verax]

Mine came in from Forward2me last night.  Packaging was good, service was fast, placed my next order this AM.  :)

[Mark Koenig]

Photos, please!!! :-)

[Verax]

will post some from tonights run :)