Medium Wood Light Base

A wooden LED base 4.53 inches wide, 3.54 deep and just under an inch tall, weighing 0.48 pounds. It is the most ordered base we make, for the straightforward reason that it matches the most ordered crystals: the standard hearts and rectangles that sit between roughly three and four inches across.

The Size That Fits What Most People Buy

A base is the wrong size in two directions and only right in one. Too narrow and the crystal overhangs, so light leaks out at the edges and never enters the glass. Too wide and you have a lit platform with an object standing in the middle of it, which looks like a shop display rather than something in a home. At 4.53 by 3.54 inches this sits just under the footprint of a medium heart or rectangle, which is exactly where it should be.

Rectangular Rather Than Square

Unlike the small base, this one is wider than it is deep. That follows the crystals: most of the shapes in the range are wider across the front than they are through the body, so a rectangular footprint gives the light source the width it needs without pushing the whole thing further out from the wall. On a shelf with books behind it, that extra inch of clearance is the difference between a piece that fits and one that does not.

Warm White or Colour

Like the rest of the wooden range it runs either a steady warm white or a slow colour cycle. Warm white is the setting that suits a photograph, since the engraving is white light in clear glass and any coloured source tints the faces along with everything else. The colour cycle is for abstract designs, zodiac constellations and children’s rooms, where there is no skin tone to distort.

Wood, Plastic and the Alternatives

The same size exists in plastic at 4.57 inches square and 0.34 pounds, lighter and cheaper, and sensible where the base will not be handled. The wooden one is steadier and looks like a piece of furniture rather than a device. If the crystal is a small pendant or keychain the small base is the match; for cubes and the bigger blocks the large; and the rotating bases in this range turn the crystal slowly instead of holding it still. Ships in 3-5 days in the US.