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So this morning I decided to hit up a local garage sale, and I almost passed this by thinking it was just a generic Chinese made lamp. Boy am I glad I decided to lift up the cap to double check.When I saw that old Lava Lite logo, I immediately handed them the $10 they were asking for it. Haven't had a chance to warm it up yet, but boy am I excited.See More

So, I am still rather new to lava lamps, and unfortunately all that I currently have are Chinese lamps from both Lifespan and Schylling.  But I wanted to add a large lamp to my collection, and the 16.3 inch seemed like the perfect size for what I was looking for.  Unfortunately all I could find at first was the common (and in my opinion boring) green/blue and purple/yellow lamps for sale in this size.  After a bit of digging though, I saw that Spencer's was selling this lamp.…See More

So, I know that the older Lifespan Brands lamps are well, not very good...but how are the new Schylling lamps in comparison?  I just purchased a rather nice looking (imo) 16.3 from Spencer's online and I'm a little nervous about when it arrives. I've had some terrible experiences lately with getting lamps and have wasted quite a bit of money on having to trash failed attempts at trying to de-cloud things.  I have two lamps currently, both from the Lifespan era that I absolutely love (apparently…See More