Customer Reviews

40mm 1- 1.2" Crystal Ball 30% Lead Suncatcher

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I purchased this 40mm crystal ball along with several other styles to hang by my window to make rainbows on my wall. This particular crystal is very pretty to look at, and looks kind of sparkly when you walk around the room from all of the little cuts. It does have a little bit of weight to it, (3 and 5/8 ounces) compared to a 76mm teardrop crystal (3 and 1/8 ounces), but that wasn't much of a concern for what I needed the crystal for.
As far as rainbows go, this crystal makes a ton of tiny rainbows on the wall. My children love to spin it and the rainbows spin so fast on the wall that they make what we call "Saturn rings". If you want bigger rainbows on your walls then look for a crystal that has larger cuts in it. (This crystal:76mm Teardrop Crystal Prisms #873-76 is the biggest crystal I ordered, and it makes bigger/better rainbows. It just isn't quite as pretty to look at as the ball crystal.)
I plan on ordering more of these ball crystals because they are just so pretty and would make relatively inexpensive gifts.
The crystals I ordered from Crystal Clear Images on Amazon all turned out great. The company is very good to work with. One crystal I received didn't match the picture on Amazon and I could have easily returned it, but I decided to keep it. My point is, I didn't have any issues with this company.

I've purchased seven prisms through Amazon and six different types. They're all very good deals.

The clear prisms create the strongest rainbows. Large facets result in the longest and thickest rainbows as well as the most vivid colors by far. The cut of this prism is to create more but smaller color splashes of moderate color strength. However, the round shape is very convenient because you don't have to concern yourself with facing the prism a certain way to catch more rays.

A good way to hang them is to use fishing line, which is quite inexpensive and not very noticeable.

This large prism is very good and well-worth the price. However, a much better prism is this one:76mm Teardrop Crystal Prisms #873-76.

The 40 mm crystal ball was supposed to be NEW, but it arrived with a fairly large defect that spoils its appearance completely, and I would not give this as a gift as was intended.

I read through the reviews for these for hours before deciding to take a chance. I figured by now they would have solved or fixed their packaging issues in order to keep the crystal from fracturing during shipping. WRONG! All four of my prisims came chipped! They were shipped loose in a box that could have fit 20 of them easily, so they had plenty of room to roll around and hit each other since the shipper decided not to use ANY padding at all! I will NEVER buy from them again since it's obvious they are not listening to their customer reviews and don't respond to direct contact.

There are alot of suncatchers on Amazon, and I've probably looked at all of them, being a crystal lover. This is an amazing price, includes Amazon's Free Shipping, was very well-packaged and quickly delivered. This is the perfect gift for anyone for almost any occasion. BEAUTIFUL! : )

This crystal is more beautiful than the online picture. It catches the sun and makes colored rays all over the room. Very weighty and beautiful cuts.

These suncatchers represent a good value, at least compared to my local retailers. These same crystals are priced in the $20 range, making these excellent buys.

The crystals themselves are beautifully made and produce a dazzling array of rainbows, projecting them 15-20 feet.

I'll be buying some more!

I put this on an east windowsill on top of a very small mirror. When the sun hits the window in the morning, I get rainbows all over the room. Unless it's a rainy day, I wake up to rainbows every morning.

I love these suncatchers, at this price they are wonderful gifts for friends and co workers! They love to receive them as presents.

The crystal is bright, large and eye catching, but so is the scratch on the side of it. It looks like the drill that pierced the hole for the string slipped down the side of the crystal. There was also fresh glass sprinkles on the crystal from where the hole had been drilled. I would have preferred a defective free item and I am glad I only ordered one. The price is right but I would have paid an extra fifty cents to a dollar for a better crafted item. I would have had an issue putting that in a box to send to my customer, but I guess they figure that it was cheap and the customer should know better.
UPDATE:
They did immediately send me another without cost and I received it within 2 days of complaint.