Salt Lamps

[Frangipani Lou]

Thanks for the info guys. I'm packing one for the soft glow in the birth room at the birth centre :-)

[Netix]

I got one for the Man for Christmas (and to try and improve the air in our house). We don't have it on very much, and I ended up having to put it on a plate, because it was weeping.

If you think it's too bright, put a lower wattage globe in. I am under the impression that you don't need to have the lamp turned on for its ionic benefits. But I could be wrong.

Google himalayan salt lamps for more info.

[Butterfly Dawn]

they sound good. are they as good as they say

[Sopdet]

You can also get ones that plug into a powerpoint that are small and great for a bedroom. I find depending on which side of the bed I'm sleeping on the light from mine is too much.

[Blixie]

I got one for the Man for Christmas (and to try and improve the air in our house). We don't have it on very much, and I ended up having to put it on a plate, because it was weeping.

If you think it's too bright, put a lower wattage globe in. I am under the impression that you don't need to have the lamp turned on for its ionic benefits. But I could be wrong.

Google himalayan salt lamps for more info.

They have to be on to have the benifits (i was told) I was also warned about having them off because they are electric when they "weep" they can get moisture into the wires/switch but mother in law kept turning mine off during the day when i wasn't home. One night when DD1 was a baby she wasn't settling so i reached out to turn it off until she fell asleep and the cord exploded in my hand. So please leave them on. My dad has one in every room of the house i love them but i can't bring myself to have one again in case it accidentally gets turned off and the same thing happens. Sorry to be negative but yeah. They're gorgeous, I love them and they give off a nice soft light. But leave them on

[ladybirdflies]

if you live in quite a humid place or it is raining alot you certainly need to keep them on all the time. Its the moisture in the air and the salt absorbing it which makes them weep. When it is dry and hot I don't find mine weep at all. But we keep them on mostly anyway!

[~TT40~]

well this is what my brother says about them - the science behind them. (he is doing a masters in chemistry) (and also thinks amber teething necklaces are bull too..)

"its a rock that's been around for about a million years its not gonna absorb water. also negative ions would have to be chlorine which starts as a gas and reacts violently to form salt ther is no way your going to vaporise it with a lamp. also dust isnt poisitvely charted so that didnt work either.it does make a nice coloured glow though"

so he thinks they are bull too. any other science people who can weigh in?

[ladybirdflies]

hehehe it's not a rock, it's actually compacted salt. Any salt absorbs water, just leave a bowl of salt out on wet days.

like he said nice glow!