What is a Lava Lamp?
Lava lamps come in different styles, shapes and colours and can be combined with both modern and retro living trends. They are particularly suitable as decoration and mood lighting. With its colour effects, a lava lamp invites you to both celebrate and relax, depending on the light colour. The light of the lava lamp is glare-free, which is why this table lamp is also well suited as a night light.
Lava lamps shine in bright colours like red, blue or green and create a calming but also stimulating effect with their soft or cool light and the floating, bubbling bubbles. No wonder, then, that this trend lamp, first launched in the 1960s by its inventor Edward Craven Walker as the ""Astro Lamp"", regularly celebrates its comeback.
How does a Lava Lamp Work?
The inside of a lava lamp is filled with a mixture of oil, coloured wax and clear liquid, such as water and alcohol. This combination of substances, which cannot be mixed with each other, changes its density under the light bulb as a heat source. So as soon as the bulb in the lava lamp heats up this mixture, the inside starts to move. The rising spheres move upwards, cool down there again and sink down. This creates the typical effect and the lava look that makes the lava lamp so special.
How Long Does a Lava Lamp Need to Warm up?
Depending on the model, it can take from about 30 minutes up to two hours for the lava lamp to warm up. The ambient temperature and the size of the lava lamp also play a role. Large lava lamps, which are often used as floor lamps, for example, take longer to heat up than smaller models.
What Kind of Bulb is used in a Lava Lamp?
In order for the wax inside the lava lamp to start moving, it needs a light bulb with 30-40 watts as a heat source. LEDs do not produce any effect in a conventional lava lamp. But there are special lava lamps with LEDs. These also have the typical rocket shape like the classic trend lamp and are a more energy-efficient reinterpretation of the cult classic! Instead of lava bubbles, these lamps create a fascinating tornado effect and effortlessly change colour.
How long can you leave a lava lamp on?
Even though a lava lamp is a perennial favourite in terms of its cult status, it should only be left on for a certain period of time. Too long a running time can lead to the liquid inside being damaged and the lava lamp no longer being able to function as it should. A look at the manufacturer's description will give you precise information about this. On average, a conventional lava lamp is in operation for about 6-8 hours.
Buy a Lava Lamp: Find your style!
Whether for the living room, bedroom or children's room - a lava lamp with its light colour provides special lighting and atmosphere in every room and is a timeless eye-catcher due to its special lava effect. But the trendy table lamps in rocket shape are also very popular as gifts. Whether groovy as a 70s retro lamp or as a casual lava lamp in 90s style - these cult lamps are versatile and practical!
However, it doesn't always have to be fancy: Even in interiors with clear structures and a modern design, a lava lamp in black, white, copper or stainless steel fits perfectly into any room. Discover and order your lava lamp that suits you and your home!
