"So does that means that the wax yellowing and change to turquoise is not a flaw and is actually by design? or that mathmos chose the turquoise name because of the eventual yellowing...? ;-)"
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Mathmos Astro Violet / Turquoise recommended?
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I'm on the fence about buying another Astro and was trying to find some feedback about the Violet / Turquoise color combination.I found some videos and pictures of it. but most of the ones that I saw…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by ImMelting Apr 10, 2023.
Mathmos Astro - dirty wax
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Hello everyone, this is my first post.I have a couple of crappy "made in china" lamps and always wanted to get a proper one and of course to my knowledge the best of the best is a Mathmos.I Iive in…Continue
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Lava_Head_UK Jul 17, 2021.
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"In that case they should change the colorway name to violet / blue."
"The modern mathmos turquoise is blue, the older turquoise is lighter in colour. They changed the wax."
"Its been a while but eventually I got both blue / green and violet / turquoise.
Had some issues with wax sticking to the bottom in the V/T and they sent me a replacement bottle.
So if someone else has the violet / turquoise dilemma then in my…"
"Was in a similar dilemma a year or so ago, ended up buying one - it’s quite nice actually, I’m happy with mine.
Maybe there are variations between batches, but mine really isn’t that dark, certainly more rich and vibrant than the…"
"Gotcha, its not for me then...
A bit of a shame because the Neo bottle of the violet/turquoise seems much brighter, at least in the photos..."
"I love the violet/turquoise, but it’s not great when viewing with the lights off. It’s markedly dim and low contrast at the top. Definitely a daytime or backlight colorway."
"I have a small lamp that acts as a back light behind my lamps but it lights up the room too much at night so I don't turn it on most of the time. I prefer a colorway that looks good with and without a back lighting.
Just want to hear from those…"
"I got it I would say its better to back light lamps some combo are darling and depends on your lighting where you placing it aswell. It is a nice colourway"
Mathmos Astro Violet / Turquoise recommended?
I'm on the fence about buying another Astro and was trying to find some feedback about the Violet / Turquoise color combination.I found some videos and pictures of it. but most of the ones that I saw looks pretty dark and the wax seems dim especially at the top of the bottle.So I'm wondering how does it really look first hand and compared to other colorways like Violet / Orange (that I have). would you recommend buying it?See More
"You bought a full size (50mm) reflector halogen. the Astros use mini (35mm) reflector halogen bulbs. does it even fits in the Astro Baby?
I'm using these 35W mini halogen bulbs for my full size…"
"Well done you did a great job this is becoming a very common problem now, Mathmos always try say it’s just dye particles that will disappear however I decided to empty out a Neo bottle that had lots of debris in it. Some of the debris looked…"
"Hi Makstuff,
My Astro had the same problem when I got it a while back. my fix was very similar to yours but with a few differences.
I used a pantyhose as a filter. I washed the bottle and springs before putting everything back together and also used…"
"I absolutely agree.
In my case, I got a replacement bottle from the online store I bought the lamp from (not directly from Mathmos because they wont ship to my country) and only after receiving the replacement I decided to try and clean the original…"
"Yep, looks pretty similar to how my bottle looked like."
"I didn't bother to re-seal it. In an old Mathmos factory video it looks like they are using a hot glue gun to seal the bottles.
https://youtu.be/2zeGR0xqrJQ?t=250"
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