i bought mine 4kg one...
you try to lick it and its really salty!

Why do you guys use salt lamps.  I bought mine because I was told that they generate negative ions, I have use a ioniser for years because my bedroom is stuffy when it is airconed.  I use my salt lamp now and it works just as well as the ioniser without the noise.  I think mine is from Pakistan.
What is the difference with the ones from Poland?  Is it expensive because it gives out more ions or because it looks nicer?

i placed one in my car and one in my room...give me more energy n improve my concentration while study or driving...

why is it so good anyway ? I really need the info. How different can it be with or without the light ? Is it obvious ? Must we turn it on 24 hours per day or use it necessarily ? hihi thanks ~

The common perception in Crystal Salt Lamp market is that Poland Crystal Salt Lamp is the best salt lamp while the Himalaya or Pakistan Salt Lamps are of the cheaper and lower quality. Therefore Poland Salt Lamps are more expensive because they are "real" while Pakistan Salt Lamps are "fake". Very often I see crystal salt lamps sellers claiming their rocks as Poland Salt Lamps hoping to sell the at higher price.

While the above perception is NOT wrong but not entirely correct neither. It is NOT wrong because of the basic principal of "You do GET what you PAY for". It is NOT correct because of the ambiguity in the definition of quality.

There are 2 "main" crystal salt deposit in the world, one in Appalachian range and another in Himalaya range. There are a number of welknown "mines" in each area as well. Some facts come with that are :

Himalaya has the largest deposit

Himalaya deposit is in general much older than Appalachian's.

However, Poland's mine is much older than Himalaya's.

In simpler term, there are more and older crystal salt deposit in Himalaya but the Poland folks started digging first. Pakistan digs much later.

The use of Crystal Salt is also first found in the East. Pakistanists have been eating the salt for centuries. But the West first turn Crystal Salt into a health and decorative device. This comes to no surprise actually.

The West lives life fully and enjoy every moment of it; the East struggles to live day by day. When the West first carve the Crystal Salt Lamp, they were carving it like a piece of Art. Their carving skill improves over the years and deteriot a little bit when the business volume grows. Nevertheless the culture of beauty pursuing remains. A labour worker in Poland would carve a lamp and said, "I think this piece is not so nice, let me throw this away and try again". The cost of ONE Crystal Salt lamp goes mostly to the rock selection process (35%) and also the labour rate(55-60%). So EVERY single piece of salt lamp on the shelf is symmetrical, carved according to the natural stripes and cracks of the rock. Actually if you are looking at a Poland Salt Lamp from 3 feet away, you cann't see its carving at all ! It looks as natural as the un-crafted natural salt lamps. Only when you touch it and rub around it then you can feel the ultimate fine carfting, magically done to perserve the natural look while increasing the surface area.

When the East prepares the salt lamp, they are doing it for a living. They don't have rock selection process. At most the owner of the factory will come down to the factory and pick the rocks himself once in a while for a special friends of his. At the moment the owner goes back to this office, the workers continue as they were, thinking their boss has gone mad. You cann't blame them because to them, these are just Salt that they have been eating for centuries. Why in the world would people put it in a living room ...

This may sound common to some but indeed the mindset of the workers turns out to be the biggest contributing factor to today's perception of Crystal Salt Lamp quality.

Now back to the "quality" of cyrstal salt. Most of the crystal salt deposit in Poland mine is actually non-edible. That is also why they are the ones who started using the rocks in decorative way. In Himalaya deposit on the other hand, due to its huge deposit, the varieties are more too. There are a lot of area where the quality is also non-edible and lower quality than Poland's mine. However, there are also areas where the quality is so much better than Poland's. After all, Pakistan first use of the crystal salt is for eating purpose (even without the refining process !!). Poland actually started importing crystal salt from Pakistan, craft them and re-exporting them out.

Today, the top class of Crystal Salt is made into Sole. Edible sodium supplement for long term and large quantity consumption. This was first discovered in USA using Himalaya Crystal Salt due to their easy access to varies research lab facility. Europe comes later and started importing Crystal Salt from Pakistan too.

So in short:

Poland has the oldest mine in the world

Himalaya crystal salt deposit is the oldest

Himalaya produces the cleanest crystal salt

Poland's crafting skill is not found anywhere else in the world

So should you buy Poland or Himalaya lamps ?

Unfortunately that question could be misleading in today's market. I have not seen a truly Poland crafted Salt Lamp for sale yet. The only Poland lamps I came acroos are at someone's house who have bought them many years back. There is only one company importing from Poland in large quantity and that was many years ago. Their certificate of origin is also dated many years back. However, through out the past experience, they have learned how to mimid the carfting skill. Even though not as good as Poland's craft but at least they are aware of the difference.

The cost of importing a Poland Salt Lamp is about 4x-7x more expensive considering that the rocks was transfered from Pakistan to Poland, gone through the special workmanship and re-exported from a much further distance.

If you are buying a salt lamp for the beauty of it or as a feng shui enhancer, you don't need to bother all this as beauty is really a personal thing.

But if you are very health concious and willing to pursue the ultimate beauty of Natures, then a Poland Salt Lamp may be worth getting. When buying one, insist to see the "certificate of origin".

Or you may contact Champer of Poland directly and get a sample order.

The worst thing to pursue an ultimate piece of Poland Salt Lamp turns out to be just another replica or even worst just another 96% Himalaya Salt Lamp due to the ignorance of the seller's claim.

one salt lamp can use how long?

Anyone interested to get some salt lamp.. PM me..