Durations are a couple of minutes and heights reach about 10-15 feet. Eruptions in the mid 1980's, when it was first noticed, through the early 1990's were hardly worth noting, often sending up a few drops that barely reached above the surrounding grass. In 1989 the dilemma was solved when larger eruptions were seen that while still fairly short, produced a large runoff. In the early 1990's, Dilemma was rare and when it was active, you had to be watching extremely closely just to see the beads of water through the grass and generally only one vent was active. Intervals ranged from minutes to hours.
Durations range from seconds to minutes.
The last few Springs have seen some strong eruptions from Dilemma with heights of up to 10 feet being seen. The rest of the year 1-4 feet is more normal. Labial is a cone-type geyser. The shape and size of its eruptions are very similar to Aurum Geyser in the Upper Geyser Basin. Durations are less than two minutes.