Customer Reviews

Lava Lite 2125-4002 14.5-Inch Silver Lava Lamp, Yellow Wax/Purple Liquid

5 star:		(8)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

This item was a disappointment to my mom. She was delighted with the idea of a lava lamp, but surprised that this one did not move as expected. As it warmed up, a slow blob moved into place and stayed put. Also we had to put the lamp on a timer so that it would not overheat. She loves watching the movement of things and had hoped this would work all day. It did arrive promptly and as described, but did not function like we had understood a lava lamp would.

Love the lava lamp! Beautiful color, and so calming! After a stressful day of work, I switch it on, let it warm up and just watch it move. It has the same calming effect of watching goldfish, taking a hot bath or meditating. What a wonderful discovery.
The only downside is that it takes up to 1 1/2 hours to get going (the colder my apartment, the longer it takes).

This is a very nice looking lava lamp. It's perfect for an office desk. Actually, it's perfect for my desk! Prior to purchasing this one I also considered purchasing the larger one but am very glad I went with this one. Anything bigger would have been overkill.

I purchased this lamp for my daughter for Christmas '09. We plugged it in and turned it on and waited. And waited. And waited. We left it on all day expecting the goo in the bottom to start moving. It never did. Nice glow but no lava motion.

I teach college-level Geology courses and I'm always seeking ways to illustrate certain geological principles while amusing the students at the same time. Well, I can't think of anything much better than a lava lamp. I first spotted this fairly large lava lamp at Target and I just had to have it. The cost was over twice that listed here, but it was worth it for my purposes. I use it when I talk about the igneous rocks (rocks formed from a melt). I talk about the origin of melts and how and why they rise up within the earth and can erupt at the surface as volcanoes. While I'm talking I have the Lava Lamp functioning on the front table and I make occasional remarks and jokes about it. I always have the students' rapt attention. It's a classic design and, I know, was used for other purposes in the 60s (I joke about that too), but I find it a good attention getter in my beginning geology courses.

The lamp may take up the better part of a hour to heat up, so I give it a preliminary heating and get it functioning in my office. Then when I start it up in the classroom it doesn't take very long to begin performing. This is quite a quality lamp, I might add, much better than many of those in the 60s.

Gary Peterson

I was worried about buying a lava lamp because of mixed reviews, but I'm glad I did. This one is beautiful and works very well. My husband and I turn it on every evening and at least a few times, we go, "wow, look at it now." I highly recommend it.

I ordered two of these. One worked fine, but the other had a bad bulb (broken filament inside the bulb). There is a warning to not use any bulb so leaves me confused about what type of bulb to replace with.

The device overall feels really cheap and you have to be very careful not to top it over. You sit the middle part on top of a bulb in the bottom then cover up the cap on the top with a silver top. The silver pieces on bottom and top are easily bendable. I received mine kind of bent up and re-shaped it back to almost normal.

So overall, bad quality and also received a bad bulb.

I bought this lamp for our son (11yrs) who has been asking for a lava lamp for a year or so. I thought it was funny that he wanted one and ordered it. I must say I love the darn thing. The colors are very bright and the swirling pattern of the "lava" is very soothing. I catch myself staring at it when it's on. It does get quite warm so we have a rule about when it can be turned on and it does take a while to get going but overall a very cool lamp.

This was a gift for someone close, we just plugged the lamp, wait for some minutes to warm up and it began to work. Great gift, and really nice colors, even better when the room is completely dark.

I've got one of those and it was so cloudy that I was hardly able to see the lava. Plus the lava didn't move at all after several tries. I was very dissatisfied and returned the item, and got the same thing from directly Target's website. This time it's clear and works fine (though it takes about 2 hours to warm up, but I think it's normal for new lava lamps). So, I'm very happy with my new lava lamp. I don't know the reason, but I guess somehow Lava Lite doesn't have a good quality control on its products. If you're lucky you get a good one but chances are also high that you might get a dysfunctional one. So order it at your own risk.