Lava® Lamp - 14.5'' Vinyl Record Grooved Base - The Original Motion Light - Yellow Wax and Orange Liquid - Item #2017

Lamp arrived in perfect condition. Liquid is perfectly clear (orange in this case) not cloudy at all. No dents in the base. I saw several negative reviews before purchase. Please understand what you are buying when you purchase a Lava lamp. They look really cool, but they take HOURS to heat up enough for the wax to flow. It uses a small 25 watt bulb to heat the liquid inside. The lamp itself gets hot. If you follow the directions inside, you have a good quality cool looking lamp.

How could a lava lamp not bring you joy? My anxiety made me go through elevendybillion of them and reviews. I painstakingly chose this one. Now you don't have to. Just put this one in your cart. It is lovely. Easy to assemble. Easy on the eyes. Easy to set up. The glow it glowing.

Looks like the old school lava lamp and the vinyl grooves were really cool but instead of metal like the old school bases these are just plastic. I’m not sure if that’s the issue or if it’s being shaken during delivery even though they are packaged pretty well. I thought this color option would be neat, it looked nasty. Compared to the old school lava lamps they are also overall smaller (we have one from the 90’s that still works). The main problem was it never worked. The wax stayed in a big clump at the bottom and then another clump at the top. It says don’t leave on longer than 8 hours and it never did anything in that time. I asked the Amazon AI for troubleshooting and it said it was a known issue and I should send it back. That was day 2. It finally mentioned that some people had luck cycling it, like 3 hours on, 2 off, repeat. I did that for days and it burped a few bubbles but ultimately never did anything. Turned on the one we had from the ‘90’s and it started within minutes. I wonder if the plastic outer can’t get hot enough to conduct heat and warm the wax or if it was just faulty wax or delivery or all of the above. I recommend buying one in store if possible to save yourself $40 and return hassle.

Lava lamps are not a normal light. You have to know what you’re getting into before you have and use one. There are days and hours that I make a conscious decision not to turn it on, won’t be on long enough or might neglect it. These need literally a few hours to get going, but if you were to leave it all day, it will start to crisp up and get ruined (as a teen, I had two and ruined one by being on too long). I got the original and thought it seemed a little smaller than I had wanted but the look, quality, and function have all been great.

Pretty cool I think my picky ungrateful friend “liked it”. Regret giving it to them, should have kept it for myself. I prepped it for the recommended time and emits nice color.

First one arrived having leaked some of the fluid, and the wax blobs just stayed at the top. Received replacement and it seems great so far. I just love lava lamps, they are super chill and fun. Don't forget it takes a while to warm it up, it takes a long while.

Nice Lava lamp. No problems with it. The yellow and black look good together.

I am reviewing this as if it is all colors of lava lamps. The reason for this is that I have purchased 6 or 7 of these over the last 20 years. I will get to that portion of the review after this paragraph...but first..... ....I received this particular lamp last week and it is the first lamp of the 6 or 7 I've purchased over the years (since the early 2000s) that came without cloudy liquid! It works perfectly and it looks beautiful. The one thing I will say is that the orange liquid really is not orange. It's yellow. No biggie, I like the black vinyl inspired base and cap as I am a vinyl collector. Now onto the rest of the review. I am giving Lava Lamps as a whole 2 stars. Here is why: The vast majority of these lamps come cloudy. I haven't had issues with the light bulbs not working properly or arriving broken. I can only assume how annoying that is, but probably an easy fix just swapping out the bulb...still though, not something you should have to do when you're paying 30+ bucks for these. And I don't know what they did to the formula when they shipped manufacturing overseas, but when I was younger I had one that was manufactured here in the States and I had a few friends with them. You could also go to Spencer's Gifts and see these things all fired up over there...there were zero cloudy lamps. All of them worked perfectly unless you had somebody shake them up. That being said....Thankfully there are people out there that have found solutions to these clouds...there are ways to fix the lamps. So instead of many multiple returns/exchanges, as a DIYer I just fix the problem, but would rather not have had to go this route. So buyers beware! It is going to be hit or miss when you purchase one of these. You might get a good one....you probably won't. Maybe I'm wrong, but unless you like cloudy lava lamps, you're probably going to be disappointed. And with all the reviews I'm seeing from people that had to deal with broken bulbs...maybe have some extras on hand just to be safe(?)...though like I said, I've never had those issues.

Es importante entender que el líquido no es transparente, no es que esté defectuosa (cloudy). Es la original, tamaño excelente, la luz es hermosa en un cuarto apagado, muy complacida.

The wax looks dull and the liquid is cloudy... Not the nicest lavalamp ive seen

I purchased a used item (either a return or an open box) because it was cheaper and works perfectly without any damage or scratches. The bulb socket screw was tight, so I was worried it might break the bulb, but it held up just fine. It takes a couple of hours to warm up and work properly (As per the instructions.). I was also concerned about the yellow colour, but it looks great. I like it !

Exelente compra muy protegida

Lamp is gorgeous. The liquid is clear and the wax flows beautifully when warmed up. No imperfections on the grooved base. Was worried about quality before purchase but it wasn't warranted. The glass bottle has a groove towards the bottom (hidden), which I suspect has 2 purposes: to keep coil from moving up, and to keep the wax from shaking during shipment.