Please tell me about Himalayan salt lamps

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DD has gone travelling and has brought over, along with her houseplants, two of these slimy bastards that just sit there in their little ponds. I hate how clammy they feel.
My questions are, are they supposed to take the moisture out of the air, or do they make it more damp? Where's the best place to put them apart from the charity shop? If I put them somewhere slightly damp (garage) will it get more damp in there? TIA

They're a pain. Mine melted and left a nasty salty stain

Why did you lick it?

@LuckysDadsHat My sons (14 and 17) dared me to!
It wasn't like the salt you put on chips. It was very strong and frankly quite abhorrent. Not pleasant at all.
Silly boys 😆
PS. It wasn't on by the way. Not that mine really ever got hot.

I presume modern LED and other low energy bulbs don’t produce the heat needed to dry out the moisture, so the lamps now have a greater chance of turning slimy and moisture sodden? Old fashioned incandescent bulbs would have certainly done the job.

They sound awful, why would people buy them? Why not a normal lamp instead of a damp fire hazard?

Don't put them in the dishwasher, that's all I'm saying.

A relative had one gifted to her and it sat in the corner of a room gathering dust and jaws more orange than pink and just looked like a monstrous lump of ear wax.

Ugly

I spent all last night looking at them online and finally decided that I must have one. Now I know that they turn slimy I'm not sure. What a well timed thread. I wonder why they don't taste nice when himalyan pink salt in the grinder is lovely?

@OhMaria2 Not sure? It wasn't a dusty taste because I dusted it thoroughly with a fresh cloth before I licked it (I'm not silly!) 😆 😂 😆 😂 😆 😂 😆
Disgusting it was.

Yes this.

What the hell everyone talking about?

We have one in living room, it's not slimy or damp nor even the room because of that.

No they work fine, but it sounds like people are not turning them on. If it's a very damp house, or raining very hard and you have the windows open, water will get to the lamp when it is off and can cause puddling. All you need to do is turn them on a few times a week and this doesn't happen.

Although I have never heard of a "slimy" one. Just a damp one.

Mine has never got slimy or damp, and it tastes quite nice. I turn it on every evening and it gives off a lovely cosy glow.

Oh, god, don't lick it, it's a dust magnet

@LuckysDadsHat

I think you'd be surprised ...

Why would you put an electric lamp in the dishwasher?

The ones for cows are even bigger and cheaper.

My friend's teenager made pocket money for a while by buying a massive block from an agricultural supplier, chipping it into smaller blocks, drilling a hole, adding string and selling to the local horse owners.

Why is it that MN posters have, generally speaking, a terrible sense of humour, or lack of.

Agree they probably do need to be regularly used. We've got a few and have them on most days in the evening. When we moved into an older place one got neglected in a damp/cold room for a few weeks and it started sweating. I wouldn't describe it as slimy though. Once it got back in regular use it was fine!

We have one that was a present. It actually makes a really nice cosy light, so we turn it on everyday. When we didn't turn it on regularly, it sat in a pool of grimy water and was grim. I think they need to be either used or chucked.

I have a cat and have had one for about ten years .’o problems. Mine has not gone slimy either.

You need to actually use them otherwise yeah I’d guess they just suck in moisture. We have a few dotted around normally among our plants actually. They all come in with timers to turn on at sunset and off at sunrise.

Cats have never gone near them yet.

I didnt know they werent good for cats, got a cat, got 3 salt lamps, had previous cats, had previous salt lamps

Im doing salt lamps all wrong according to this thread, they should be slimy, sitting in wet and with the cat on her last legs! but as it happens Im here in the living room with a lovely pink glow and upstairs on a window sill (under an open window I might add) are another 2

I've had mine a few years and it has a beautiful glow. Handy night light too in the living room and kitchen. I think you just need to keep humidity levels at a normal level.

Multi-cat household, and none of ours have ever gone near our Himalayan salt lamp. It sits on a chest of drawers in a corner of our bedroom, emitting a warm orangey glow when it's switched on every evening. We have it on for a few hours and then whoever comes to bed last switches it off.

We've never known it get even remotely damp.

OP - might I suggest you put yours near a radiator to dry it out? Hopefully it won't disintegrate.