Replogle Globes 12" Orion Globe, Black

On the shelf above my desk hooked up to a foot switch I seven illuminated globes. Two illuminated constellation globes, Uncle Milton's "Moon in my room" with the guts ripped out and replaced with mini LEDs hanging on the wall, a medium sized antique-look globe, a five-inch blue physical relief globe, and now this globe. All but the five inch models run on LEDs so they pull under 10 watts total by the way. To modify this one for LED I had to find the smallest LED I could and shave a tiny bit off the edges of the bottom with a pocketknife by the way, but I'm trying really hard to stay on Al Gore's good graces and LEDs use less than half the juice of even CFLs.This globe is the nicest of my collection by far, and the most unique globe I've ever seen. Almost the size of a beach ball, so there's room for all kinds of details on the globe, including stuff like prevailing ocean currents. It even comes with a booklet explaining longitude and latitude and such. Looks great in the dark. Of my three full sized illuminated globes (three are only five inches, the other two about eight inches), none of them have a tilt feature. They're positioned on the earth's standard axis, but no tilt and I think the wiring running through the base would preclude that option, so looking over what's currently the only other review I figured I'd add in yet another two cents on the point.Looking over my reviews, someone left a comment describing the globe they received as paper that doesn't match evenly at the equator. Uneven quality or some other explanation springs to mind as an explanation, but looking at my globe closely it's unusual that the equator isn't covered by a band or tape layer like my other globes, though from any distance the slight gap looks just like an equatorial line. Looking over the whole globe closely my two printed hemispheres do meet precisely on each side of the equator.

Upper and lower halves of the globe did not match up .

This is our second time purchasing this globe as a gift to the grand kids. This time we needed to change out the bulb at IKEA to an incandescent 1.5" to give it the glow and now it's perfect. We are not into the blueish lights. Kids argue over who gets to sleep in the globe room.

Northern hemisphere in blurry. Disappointed.

It's a great addition to my office, as I love globes. It has a solid metal base and illuminates to provide a nice glow. The only downside, is that it only glows enough to be seen in the dark, so unless you're searching in the dark, the glow acts as nothing more than a night light; with that being said, it would nice to auto spin, when lit, for the price paid.

I really liked this globe in the picture, but the oceans aren't black like in the picture. They are a dark grey, and it ruins the look IMHO. There is also a lot of variation in the light that comes through, so I didn't really like it. Also, the cord doesn't come out through the stand, as other reviewers noted. it comes out of the south pole awkwardly, which means it is very visible no matter which way you turn the globe. Also, my plan was to put glowing plastic pins in it to mark where we've been, but there is so little clearance between the globe and the holding arm that it wouldn't work.

I love it! My sisters and I shared a bedroom back in the 1950’s and every night our globe was lit and used as a nightlight. I have wanted my own black globe for years. Finally got it and keep it lit in our bedroom. I changed out the bulb that came with it to a lower watt night light. I watched a you tube video on line to see how to change the bulb.

Just love this illuminated globe. The manual that came with it is a wealth on information. Like Finding distances between places on the globe in a straight line (like in flights and the shortcut polar routes). Time zone dial on the Arctic adjusts to find anytime time in the world. Very cool and a must have for any home, especially with school age children.