Received my new 32 oz. "Designer" lamp from LL today. Shipping was fast and item was packed well. Customer service was good - I had to cancel and re-order to apply a discount. No problems there.
Globe color: clear/redNumbers on lamp: H4200, 11032401 D (date assembled must be March 24th, 2011). Cap has white and red sticker.
Price paid: $34 shipped (with 10% discount)
The globe, much to my disappointment, was slightly cloudy. However, it was warm today and I really do expect that it might clear up. The clouding isn't as horrible as some I've seen, for sure. What's a little unsettling (pun intended?) is the fuzzies floating around in globe.
Upon first run, I can see some of these little floaties moving around in the liquid.
The finish is fairly cheap-feeling, but OK. Nice to see something new, I guess. I haven't owned any of the 20 oz. globes, but Autumn tells me the finish looks to be the same. The holes arount the base are a nice touch, but are a tad higher than the image sown on Lava Lite's website.
My verdict for now? Don't buy (yet).
Rating as of right now: 6
I am running the lamp now for the first time. Updates to follow.
VIDEO of said floaties: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPQyBXKaqVM
Day two: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSlLvW0MGBk
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Don't let this deter you from enjoying the hobby or expanding the collection.
There are plenty of american made lamps available in the second hand market.
You can also spend a few more dollars for high quality mathmos lava lamps. There are plenty of other threads and even a couple of linked you tube videos. Look around and ask lots of questions before your next purchase.
Welcome! Glad to have you here! Luckily for all of us, there is a lot of great used Lava Lite stuff on eBay, Craigslist and every now and again, here. I would not recommend buying anything new from Lava Lite unless you can see it in person first (like at Spencer's). Even so, if you manage to get one that's clear, the flow is nothing compared to their pre-2002 US-made stuff. In my opinion, the lamps are just not worth owning. Lava is going kinda cheap on eBay right now, so go get yourself another one! :)
Stick around. There are some great members here with a LOT of knowledge. :)
jonny said:
this is bad news indeed.
i'm new here. i own 1 lamp. a Lava Lite Midnight series that i bought new in '96. i just brought it out of storage a few weeks ago and thought i would like another lamp or two in the 32oz size. but upon researching i realized that the Lava Lite company really let their product go to crap. my research led me here. this is a great site. didn't know there was lava lamp collectors community.
anyway, let the reviews continue. i'm hoping for some quality 32 oz lamps in the future. hopefully Lava Lite can get their act together.
A little feedback from my lamp.
- I've run it everyday for 8+ hours a day and its still a tad hazy but slightly better then when i received it. In all honestly it's really not that bad. I've seen much much worse.
- The fuzzies are gone so I assume they've found their way into the wax.
- Has NOT overheated once, which is a good thing since these china lamps are known to do that.
- The flow is okay at times but for the most part it's just round blobs, not stretchy long wax like we see in the older LL globes.
- The base is definitely nice and I like the fact that these were made in the 32 oz. lamp size so I can swap out a globe to a older one if need be.
my score 6.5 / 10 and yes I'll be keeping mine.
Thanks for your input Shawn! Can you post pics of yours in here? My floaties never went away. Sometimes they hid under the wax, but they always reappeared.
I shipped mine back today. Refund pending.
Dr. WHAT?! said:
A little feedback from my lamp.
- I've run it everyday for 8+ hours a day and its still a tad hazy but slightly better then when i received it. In all honestly it's really not that bad. I've seen much much worse.
- The fuzzies are gone so I assume they've found their way into the wax.
- Has NOT overheated once, which is a good thing since these china lamps are known to do that.
- The flow is okay at times but for the most part it's just round blobs, not stretchy long wax like we see in the older LL globes.
- The base is definitely nice and I like the fact that these were made in the 32 oz. lamp size so I can swap out a globe to a older one if need be.
my score 6.5 / 10 and yes I'll be keeping mine.
Anytime! and yes I'll do it this weekend. Well I hope they see these floaties and I'm sure they'll reimburse you for shipping unless of course it's stated somewhere where they won't. Did you ask them what the policy is?
I got another email from her. It's clear I've touched a nerve, as I can tell the tone of her email was a little snippy. Oh well. :(
Here it is:
Thanks for the feedback. If there’s anything I’ve learned from my job at Lava Lite, it’s that you can’t please everyone! We try our best however, and freely admit we aren’t perfect. Regarding our Facebook page, its really not the place for product reviews. We appreciate your opinion, but 10 negative comments from the same person is really not the goal of our Facebook page. I am sure the folks at Oozing Goo would love some Lava Lite bashing though.
Thanks again and if you change your mind about another lamp, please let me know.
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Worth noting, all of you who saw my post know I didn't post ten negative comments. I was polite!
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