Lava lamps - are they safe? Need some advice...

[fordmommy]

I have them in my house and neither of my kids have broke them. I have a orange glass one and a battery operated plastic one. Both are nice. Never had a problem. And at 7 yrs I think your kid could be responsable enough to be trusted not to brake and drink the contents. I think that would be the main concern if your child was a baby.


P.s. I think you should buy the lamp.

 

[AK Michelle]

My son has had one for over a year. So far nothing bad has happened. I don't see any reason not to get one.

I did remind him it's fragile and to not throw anything at it or hit it with anything.... But so far so good.

 

[dntd]

I bought a bata tank that looks like a lava lamp. I think that they sell one's that don't get hot.

 

[saddina]

He should be fine, just remind him it's a lamp and not to touch it, just like he wouldn't touch a lightbulb either.

 

[SarahFair]

I had one.
Took MANY tumbles from all kinds of heights and never broke
It was blue


Had a soda pop top thing to it. Always wondered what would happen if I opened it..



My dad has one of the HUGE ones. Takes a couple hours to heat but but its pretty cool!

 

[dacjohns]

Shades of the '60s and '70s. Whatever you do, do not go retro into that era. He'll turn into a hippie and start wearing tie dye and listening to the Grateful Dead.


Lava lamps are cool. They are mesmerizing.

 

[chickenwhisperer123]

We had one. It was really cool!!!


Then the light bulb burned out...

 

[SarahFair]

Quote:
....change it?
lol mine just took your normal bulb

 

[chickenwhisperer123]

Quote:
....change it?
lol mine just took your normal bulb

That was a couple years ago, Im not even sure where it is now.. lol

 

[Tala]

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I had a regular one and a 3ft tall one. The big one had a 100watt bulb in the base if I remember correctly. The only thing was that the base gets hot, so I put it on a stepping stone brick instead of directly on the carpet. If it's on a desk, my sister used a ceramic tile style pot holder under a smaller sized one. Otherwise just the "don't touch" type warnings, but really the glass is only warm.

I loved it! The big one made the whole room glow, but it was a gentle light you could sleep with it on if you wanted to. I would leave it on when my sister would come to bed after me, that way she didn't have to turn a light on and wake me up.

They take a bit of time to warm up and get the motion going, and then if they get too warm the motion doesn't work anymore (all the lava stays at the top) but that's just the nature of the beast. It's the hot/cold interaction that makes the lava move, and once it's all too warm (if you leave the lamp on all day, for example) then it doesn't move much anymore.