I LOVE this lamp. I had a 7 pound which is about 10 inches high from base to top. This stands a good 18 to 24 inches tall and they aren't kidding on the weight. I had trouble getting this from the box to the counter where I wanted it. I think the price is great for this size lamp!! The lamp is one of the first things you see when you walk in my place and every newcomer walks straight over to the lamp and has to touch it in awe. How cool is that! So not my reason for buying it but cool.
I got the lamp because a friend of mine had one and I notice his place smelled ocean air fresh every time I walked in and he was a sucky house keeper. Now that said, for those complaining it doesn't work here is what I found out. It absorbs moisture from the air to give off the neg ions and freshen the air etc. In the summer when I first got this I was disappointed that I didn't notice that overwhelming fresh air smell when I walked in. Well, what I noticed was I had the air conditioner on 24/7 which takes the moisture out of the air and therefore the lamps weren't working to their full potential. They did work some but not like it with it does with no air conditioning.
I took the advice of Jacob Shealy (thank you) and increased the bulb size on both my lamps. I went with a larger bulb. I got the fame shaped bulb, 60w and yes it does warm it up nicely and probably does a nicer job of doing its thing of neg ions and cleaning the air. (and neutralizing pos ions). It is still a very soft orangish relaxing glow. Look around, I found a pack of 20 bulbs for only about $3.00! The bulb last a long time though. I turn it off at night otherwise it is on a good 12-14 hours a day. I would leave it on all the time but it is too bright for sleeping for my liking. ( I have a small place).
I have it next to a plant and I actually rotate my plants near it because they seem to have a `relationship' with this light. Lol. They want to grow around it. I have all my plants with a grow light or a full spectrum bulb on them but they love this salt lamp. I would say that is a good blind study.
As an ionizer, it must work. I have it next to me where I use my laptop. I can start getting pretty jittery after awhile but not with the light on next to me. I also see a naturopathic doctor which scans for emf radiation and I check out really well on that. I have allergies and I am asthmatic and I do notice a difference in my breathing. The air is much `lighter' to breath!
As for size. This size lamp (40 to 50lbs) is suppose to cover a 30 x 30 Sq Ft.
For other size choices:
4-5 lb covers 8 x 8 Sq Ft
6-8 lb covers 10 x 10 Sq Ft
9-11 lb covers 12 x 12 Sq Ft
13-17 lb covers 14 x 14 Sq Ft
20-30 lb covers 18 x 18 Sq Ft
30-40 lb covers 20 x 20 Sq Ft
4080 lb covers 30 x 30 Sq Ft
I have no complaints on quality, price, customer service, the stunning looks or health benefits it says it does.
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GENERAL: I was looking for a creative lamp for my apartment, and saw this while surfing the web. Excellent purchase, so glad I decided to buy it, and to be honest, most lamps you buy that are of quality are going to be just as much and more, so try not to gawk too much at the price (almost $100 with shipping). Now I am a guy, and was a little nervous about it being pinkish, but when it arrived, is really a neutral/non-femenine kind of orangeishish pink. And to sum it up, after a week, I give it 5 stars *****
Pros: Weighed in at exactly 45.5 lbs on arrival, so a very fair size. The cut they gave me is absolutely gorgeous on the front, really pro job of keeping it rugged and unique looking, but smooth to the touch. Overall it is a very pure stone, a few small and scattered "spots" or "impurities" on the backside, and it has some natural "fissures" inside that light up very nicely when it's turned on. I'd give it an overall A+ of a cut/quality. Arrived in 2 business days of purchase, and they called to let me know when it shipped.
Cons: came with a 4 watt light-bulb. Seriously guys? First thing I did was spend an extra $3 and buy a 60w bulb which is really their bad in my opinion, but not enough to take off a star. 60w heats it very nicely, lightly warm, but by no means hot to the touch, and lights perfectly. I also invested an extra $20 in a dimmer, which I would consider very important, as I can choose the brightness at night to an luminescent glow just like the stones in The Temple of Doom, or a practical light. Per previous reviewer, no, there isn't a way to "secure" the lightbulb, as it sits nicely inside, but to be honest I don't know how they would do it otherwise and still let you change the bulb. Not an issue in my opinion, stays in when picked up, and makes for easy bulb change.
Other: Ok, so if you've heard about this things "rejuvenating power" and all that hocus pocus, I've had this thing for a week, and it's a bunch of crap. I will admit I have used 4 less tissues per day out of 15 prior since I got it (yes I actually kept track, as I have allergies, and was curious). So I can't completely discount it's claim entirely, but will say that if you buy this salt lamp, get it because it's an awesome lamp, and a great conversation piece. Not because it "purifies the air".
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Update 1/12/13
While it took a bit of persistence Amazon's A Z Guarantee took care of this issue. My faith is restored in Amazon, but I certainly will never make the mistake of ordering from a retailer that has a rating of less than 98%. THANK YOU Amazon!
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The lamps themselves are absolutely beautiful. The base to the lights are much nicer than normal, along with a nicer light cord than typical, and also a 15 watt bulb, vs a measly 5 watt bulb. The shipping was shockingly fast and all the items were very well packed.
It is the seller, Black Thai Salt Company (BTSC), that you need to be weary of. Three of the eight lights in my order were severely underweight. One globe light that was to be 9 11 ponds weighed 3.5 pounds. One 40 50 pound light weighed 33 pounds and another one weighed 34 pounds. The remaining five lights were all at the bottom range of the weight possibilities. If the other lights had been over range or at the very top end of the range I would have let all go.
I tried numerous times to rectify the issue by e-mail. I was actually so happy initially with the seller admitting to the error and with the lights themselves that instead of asking for a refund I offered to figure out the credit due to me and I would order an additional three lights. The problem was the 3.5 pound light received is not listed on the seller's site and he refused to tell me how much it retails for so I never could get to a final credit amount. With the guess on the globe light in question the amount in questions is probably about $60.
The seller instead insisted e-mails were confusing and REQUIRED that I call, but he did not offer office hours until after I tried to call and he was closed. The seller would offer no solutions initially and refused to advise what was confusing about my offered solutions. Ultimately the seller offered ~40% refund on what I was jipped, GEE thanks!
If you order make sure to weigh the lamp(s)!
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First of all when I received this lamp it looked like the box was kicked and tossed every mile to it's destination. Like another reviewer, I was a bit apprehensive of the condition of the contents inside. The lamp did make it through it's traumatic journey in one piece. I plugged it in using the light bulb sent with it and there was barely any light emanating from within the lamp. So I exchanged it for the 60 watt candelabra light bulb. The light from within was a little brighter, however, only one side of the lamp reflects light, but only 3/4's of the way up. The rest is dark. I have 3 other salt lamps from another source and those light up correctly. I don't know if I received a defective one or what. I've written to the company stating the problem and hope to hear from them soon. If and when I do, I'll update this review. For now I think I'm being generous by giving them a 2 star rating.
Update: I'm downgrading my star rating to a one star with the explanation in the comments section.
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You will love this if you spend the money great looking VERY HEAVY but beautiful I am going to get another. The seller is wonderful extremely freindly helpful respondsr very quickly to email and helped me choose the right item thanks soo much.
