I bought a Mathmos and had it shipped here a few months ago. You just have to use a third party shipper that gives you a UK address to have Matnos send it to them. I need to convert it to 110v still. Kinda forgot about it. I’ll get to that.

The brand we are stuck with in the US is fairly junkish, and the big issue with the “lava” is the absence of a particular chemical here. It makes them very, very temperamental. Typically, they end up getting too hot and your lava just stays afloat and doesn’t circulate.

The best solution I have found for the US sold models is to use a dimmer switch cord with them, and dial in the temperature that your lamp runs best on. Also, the bigger models tend to be easier to regulate. The smallest ones are useless b/c they heat up too much to allow the lava to cool at all.

I use these with good results:

https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00024BJZE/ref=cm_sw_r_em_api_i_I-woFbFZT6DP0

I used Forward2Me, and it worked great. Of course it was pre-COVID. But still.

Mathmos has the purple liquid/orange lava in stock now. They were sold out for a long time. I wanted one of those in bronze. Check out that combo.

Awesome. Yes, just keep an eye on it to see when Forward2Me receives it. It took a few days for them to log it and mark it as ready to ship. Then you just pay and they send it out to you. If I remember right it was really quick to go from Mathmos to F2M. Like two days I think.

Nice! You got those converted to 110v quick, too.

Create an account on Forward 2 Me. Order from Mathmos and have it shipped to the UK address that F2M lists. When they get it, pay F2M and they ship it to you.

Automatically converts from the . Your bank might charge you an international conversion fee of a buck or two on top.

How does the purple/orange look in person? I want one of those but wondered if the orange was washed out or thin looking in the purple liquid.

Mathmos sold the license to US sales in entirety to Lava Lite. I don’t know how Mathmos could possibly sell to the US direct without repurchasing that right. Or without Lava Lite going under.

Lava Lite does not use the same formula for the “lava” that Mathmos developed, either. There is an ingredient in the Mathmos formula that is particularly expensive and that the US requires special handling of, that Lava Lite doesn’t bother with. It matters.

That's cool.