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Mathmos Blimp

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Brand: Mathmos Ltd
Category: Kitchen

Buy New: £18.40



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Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars 3 reviews
Sales Rank: 11016

Media: Kitchen & Home
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 6.4 x 5.9

Model: BLI1137
EAN: 5037727011373
ASIN: B0001M1W54

Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days

Features:
  • The Blimp Soft light from Mathmos
  • The blimp will faze through every colour in the spectrum
  • The Soft Light Blimp is made of high quality mouth blown white frosted glass
  • The Blimp is 240-volt mains powered and is intended for indoor use only
  • Dimensions of the Mathmos Blimp are 11 cm in diameter and 14 cm tall.

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
The Blimp Soft light, also from Mathmos. The blimp will faze through every colour in the spectrum. The Soft Light Blimp is made of high quality mouth blown white frosted glass. The Blimp is 240-volt mains powered and is intended for indoor use only. Dimensions of the Mathmos Blimp are 11 cm in diameter and 14 cm tall.


Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Good for inspiration...   March 26, 2008
D. Martin (Sheffield, UK)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful

Actually I bought this lamp to find out how it worked - electronically. I wanted to create my own multi-colour fade lamp using a PIC microcontroller and I thought that I could do it better than this lamp.

I was correct (not being big-headed I hope) as I have created a much better lamp (with many more colour fades) than this lamp for a cheaper price. The most important thing though is that my lamp is much, much, brighter than the Mathmos Blimp because I used a 3w RGB LED. This lamp is a good lamp, but the fades it comes with are the fades you get for all time, the speed it fades at is the speed it fades at for all time. With the lamp I created (using this as inspiration) I can choose what colours I fade to, I can choose how long a fade takes, I can choose whether it holds the colour for a period of time - and, unlike the Blimp, my lamp is bright.

So... because the Blimp is not bright enough, it has now gone to my mother who has put it on the windowsill. Pros - nice glass package, nice on/off switch (you just press on it)... cons - expensive, not bright enough, not customisable in any way - a couple of small switches could've easily taken care of this.



1 out of 5 stars Great while it lasts   December 12, 2007
Finger Picker (London)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

Great while it works, but if it goes wrong, look out. I bought two for my children and after a few months the light on both units began to flicker. Repeated emails to Mathmos for help/advice/replacement were ignored, without even an acknowledgement being given: zero post sales service in my case despite manufacturer's guarantee.


5 out of 5 stars Mighty Mathmos   November 22, 2004
Momma Mia (Aylesbury, Bucks United Kingdom)
11 out of 12 found this review helpful

Mathmos have come up trumps, updating their funky seventies styled lighting for the millenium. The blimp is great, completely mesmerising and adds a warm glow to the room. It gently changes through the colour spectrum in a soothing way. One of the best things about the blimp is that it remains completely cold and is therefore ideal to use in a child's room as a nightlight.

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