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No flame
The heat comes from a bulb above the wax, so nothing is burning. No flame, no smoke, no soot up the wall. It is a lamp — the candle just sits under it, wick unlit.
The warmer lamp in Ember Black with bronze hardware, the ribbed glass shade hanging over an amber jar candle with open air between them.
The lamp
The Yakamire Warmer Lamp
Switch it on and the whole top of the candle melts. Nothing is burning.
£49
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Everyone has the candle they never light. It was expensive, or it was a gift, or it just smells like the flat should smell. So it sits there.
And when it does get lit it burns a neat hole straight down the middle, the sides never melt, the wick drowns in its own wax, and two-thirds of what you paid for is still in the jar when you give up on it.
Yakamire started from a simple swap. Take the flame out and put the heat above the wax instead of under it. A warm bulb in a ribbed glass drum, hanging over the jar on an arched arm. The whole top surface melts and gives up its scent. Nothing burns. Nothing tunnels. Nothing sooty ends up on the ceiling.
It is a lamp first. Low, warm, downward light that is on from four o'clock, candle or no candle. It has to earn its place on the shelf switched off, which is the whole reason it looks like this.
It takes the jar candles you already own, and it takes ours, which are drawn to it. The bulbs are the ones it is built around. Nothing about keeping it going is a guess.
Safe Flameless, and what that actually means
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Nothing is wasted
Warming from above melts the whole top layer rather than a hole down the middle, so the sides do not go unburnt and the wick does not drown. We have not run our own burn test, so we do not print a figure for how much longer a candle lasts.
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A lamp first
Low warm light pointed down, where you actually want it. Turn the dimmer to the bottom of its travel and it is the last light on in the room, candle or no candle.
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Everything fits
Our candles, wax melts and melt dish are drawn to this lamp, and the spare bulbs are the ones it takes. When something needs replacing you order it from us and it fits.
The question everybody asks first
Will it fit the candles you already own?
Almost certainly. The pole is height-adjustable by hand, so the shade sits anywhere from about 14.5cm to 28.5cm above the base. A squat travel tin and a tall supermarket jar both go underneath.
The shade hangs over the jar on an arched arm rather than sitting around it, so there is open air between the glass rim and the mouth of the jar. Width is rarely what stops a candle fitting. Height is, and height is the part that moves.
If a jar is taller than the highest setting, take the lid off and try it again. If it still will not sit right, send the lamp back inside thirty days.
- Clearance under the shade
- About 14.5cm to 28.5cm, slid by hand
- Jars it takes
- Standard jar candles and tins, including the big supermarket jars
- Our own jars
- Drawn to this lamp, so the fit is never a question
- If it will not fit
- Thirty days, unused and in its box
The cord pod
The controls are on the cable, not under the shade
There is no knob on the base to find in the dark, and nothing to reach for beside a shade that has been on all evening. The dimmer and the timer live in a small pod partway down the cable, where your hand already is.
Turn the wheel for how bright you want it. Press for two, four, eight or ten hours and it switches itself off at the end of that.
The ordinary guidance for any lamp that gets warm still applies: switch it off at the plug when you leave the room, and let it cool before you move it.
- Dimmer
- Rotary wheel on the pod
- Timer
- Two, four, eight or ten hours
- The base
- Nothing on it — no switch, no dial
- Power
- Mains only, UK three-pin plug
Complete the set
The parts that keep it going, all drawn to the same lamp.
No flame
The heat comes from a bulb above the wax. Nothing is burning.
It fits the jars you own
The pole adjusts by hand, and the shade hangs over the jar rather than around it.
Timer and dimmer on the cable
Two, four, eight or ten hours, then it switches itself off.
Thirty days to change your mind
Unused and in its box. Free UK delivery, five to seven working days.
The specifics
- Height
- About 33cm tall — wine-bottle height
- Base
- About 15cm across
- Weight
- About 0.9kg
- Shade
- Ribbed glass drum on an arched arm
- Pole
- Height-adjustable by hand, no tools
- Bulb
- GU10 50W halogen, two included
- Controls
- Rotary dimmer and a 2, 4, 8 or 10 hour timer, on a pod in the cable
- Power
- Mains only, UK three-pin plug
- Colourways
- Ember Black with bronze hardware, or Parchment with brass
- In the box
- Lamp, two bulbs, and a card telling you how to say the name
Something not answered here? Delivery and returns.
Questions people actually ask
Is there a flame?
No. The heat comes from a bulb above the wax, so nothing is burning. No flame, no smoke, no soot. The wick stays where it is and never gets lit.
Will it fit the jars I already own?
Almost certainly. The pole slides, so the shade sits about 14.5cm to 28.5cm above the base, and it hangs over the jar rather than around it. Measure the height of your tallest jar with the lid off — if that is under 28cm you are fine.
What does it cost to run?
The bulb is 50W. Four hours on the brightest setting is 0.2 kWh, so multiply that by your own unit rate and you have the figure for your tariff. We are not going to print a number in pence, because your rate is not ours.
How does the timer work?
Press the pod on the cable for two, four, eight or ten hours and the lamp switches itself off at the end of it. It is a timer for convenience, not a reason to go out and leave it on — switch it off at the plug when you leave the room.
What bulb does it take, and how do I change it?
A GU10 50W halogen. Two come in the box, and spares are a 2-pack from us at £9. To change one: switch off at the plug, let the shade and the bulb go completely cold, then a quarter turn out and a quarter turn in.
Does it get hot?
Yes. It is a warming bulb, so the shade and the bulb get hot while it is on. Let it cool before you move it, and switch it off at the plug when you leave the room.
Will it stop my candle tunnelling?
Warming from above melts the whole top layer rather than a hole down the middle, so you are not throwing away the sides. We have not run our own burn test yet, so we do not publish a figure for how much longer a candle lasts. When we have measured it, we will print the number we measured.
Do you make the candles too?
Yes. Two scents in ribbed glass jars at £14, wax melts at £10, and a shallow dish at £12 for the melts to sit in. All of it is drawn to this lamp.
How does delivery work?
Free UK delivery on every order, arriving in five to seven working days, or £3.99 for three to five. Thirty days to send it back unused and in its box.