Comments on: Review: Rotating Disco Ball Lamp for Kids

By: 1992

1992 — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 19:24:09 +0000

I have a “Cosmos Ball” version of this light (sells under the name Witches Ball), it rotates on two axis / two motors. I normally buy REAL lights like this but the original cosmos ball lights are no longer made (double, triple, and quad ball versions however are). When when I saw this toy version I bought it on sight. I usually never left it on for more then 20 minutes at a time. For parents I would recommend hanging a light like this from the ceiling, this way the child can not reach it or knock it over (which sounds like what happened in that report of a fire). A tie wrap attached to the mounting points on the bottom attached to a small ceiling hook usually does the trick. Keep in mind these products use 120v and shouldn’t be given to a child who can’t handle this. I certanly wouldn’t let a small child play with this toy but thats me.

By: Michele

Michele — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 21:26:55 +0000

Very interesting! A friend of mine gave this as a gift to myself and my daughter a few years back. Because of the noise it gave off when running we never had it on for an extended amount of time. The “crystals” were starting to fall off and I would hot-glue them back on. Was there actually a re-call on this product? Thanks!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 22:54:57 +0000

Just wanted you to know that a bunch of these were recalled recently due to a potential fire hazard. The ones in questions were from Chuck E Cheese, awarded as prizes but they were also sold in junk stores. I can't find the particular link to the cpsc post but here is the link to the article on Blogging Baby.
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