This represents a good value for the money. It's larger than you'd think. But there are a few details about this product that make it less useable for me personally, and might be relevant to you as well.
The salt piece that came with this is quite a bit larger than I expected, thus the good value. However, in the pictures, though it has a natural look, it showed it to be a fairly uniform shape. Mine is not, it has one flat side and is not very even at all, rather asymmetrical in fact. Of course the pictures show a perfect piece of salt, mine has dirt/dark imperfections on it. That's not a deal breaker in and of itself, but it reminds me of how food (like burgers/bun) are always perfect and fluffy, but look very different when you get one in person.
It's also quite heavy, and struggles to stay plugged in — I tried it in several outlets. It doesn't exactly fall out, but it doesn't hold snuggly, and it feels like over time it would eventually fall out of the plug on its own, and that is certainly not ideal, and could potentially be a hazard. Also, though it has a plastic grounding-type pin on it for stability (which as I said, isn't quite enough), it is not a grounded fixture. So if it were to start to come out of the socket, it could potentially be a shock hazard is a pet or small child were to accidentally touch both blades of the plug. To be fair, I imagine that would be unlikely, but still seems like a remote possibility to consider.
The white fixture was dirty when it came, with some sort of greenish dust on it. That seems a bit weird considering that the only other things in the box were the pink/orange salt top, and 2 small light bulbs.
The final nitpick for me is that, as a night light, this is too bright. And since the only options are on/off switch, no dimming, then there's not much I can do about that, except maybe try to find a lower wattage bulb.
I own several salt lamps already, and the dim/moody glow is what I find appealing. This one says a bit too much, "look at me," for my liking. Half the brightness would have been plenty.
Overall, it's a decent value considering cost, but decide for yourself if you can overlook the other issues I mentioned. Oh, and you do get 2 bulbs, not just one, so that's a value bonus too.
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