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At 27" tall, this is one huge Lava lamp... and that's its appeal. They're great in an entertainment room the slow, smooth lava flow in one of these big lamps is nicely relaxing, and their soft blue-green glow allows you to see your surroundings without distracting from what's on the screen.

I love the things... but be aware that they take a while to warm up. The lava can take two or three hours to get fully flowing in these big lamps. Also, it takes several thermal cycles for a new lamp to really get flowing. The first time I turned them on one of my lamps still hadn't bubbled after six hours. I turned it off, let it cool down completely (3+ hours), and turned it on again; within a few hours it was working properly and flows nicely now.

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Okay, at this point you have a five and a one star review. I was about to send mine back too after EIGHT HOURS waiting for this thing to work. Here is what you must do: Make sure the little spring wire loop is sitting in the very bottom of the bottle. You can turn and tip the bottle until it sits in the very bottom. Then, make sure the light bulb is centered. If it's not, remove the bulb and bend the light base until centered then replace the bulb. Next, run this beast for a good six hours then, turn it off and let it sit overnight! This will cause the wax to settle down after shipping. It will now work but it will still be different than other Lava lamps as described in the positive review below. After all these years in the business you would think Lava Co. would include better instructions and a description of this lamp's action (it does not look like the picture here, it's more like a storm on Jupiter). I guess they are old stoners over at Lava!

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I purchased this a few days ago. Amazon is great to work with and are fantastic about a good customer experience, sadly Lava Lite of America is NOT. I've ordered several lights from Amazon, and typically they were cloudy when I opened the package. The packing slip will state this is normal and the lamps clear up (this is called "cycling the lamp", the idea is the water heats up and absorbs the material clouding the water). I can tell you it never clears up.

Lava Lite licenses the patent on the technology from the original company in Great Britain called Mathmos. Lava Lite stopped production of their lights in 2004, and exported all the manufacturing to China, where aparently production quality is pretty low. Supposedly steps have been taken to change that, but how would you know the lamps you buy are the newer ones? I took a chance on this lamp and it arrived with cloudy water :-(.

There are forums online that talk about kits and or waiting nine months, but I can't settle for inferior products like this. So I will be returning this to Amazon. Unfortunately Mathmos doesn't make a large lamp like this, so I won't be able to get this exactly. But I understand Mathmos still makes every lamp by hand and I think there is a video on their website.

Again, this is NOT Amazon's fault. It's Lava Lite of USA poor quality.

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I have lots of lava lamps because I'm an old hippie. This one came last week and I've got to say it's the best ever. I don't know whether it's just a difference in fluid dynamics in a larger lamp, but it does things none of my other lava lamps do. It's not just lumps floating around, it's more like a weird changing diorama. Stuff appears, turns into amazing shapes, and disappears. It's also very mysterious looking. It's hard to describe. It's just deeper than the other ones, with a lot more changes happening. I don't stare at my other lava lamps much, but this one keeps drawing my attention. It's also HUGE! Knowing it was 29 inches didn't prepare me for seeing the actual item. It is tremendous. I love this lamp and want more (but the other variations are always sold out). By the way, the lava changes color from yellow to orange to red, all against the purple background. Amazing.