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Cheap Glowsticks
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| Product name | Cheap Glowsticks |
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| Manufacturer | Unknown |
| Price range | £17.99 |
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Full Review
A discussion of backup, backup, backup lights lead to a review of dirt-cheap glowsticks bought from eBay.
These glowsticks were bought from an eBay seller [link]. Cost £17.99+£10 P&P, or 28p each all-in per stick.
A fraction of the price of outdoor or camping shops.
A great big box of glowsticks:
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What's in the box?
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What did you expect?
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But look, individually wrapped. And with wrist straps!
And in all sorts of colours:
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Red, and orange, and yellow and green, and, er, blue.
And not only that, but bi-lingual French/English instructions too.
Baton lumineux indeed - mais oui!
That aside, they are only glowsticks, but are they any use?
Give them a snap and a good shake, and slowly the light level increases. The colours seemed to vary a little in their light output; darker colours not giving as much light as yellow which performed the best.
Could you escape a mine by the light of one? At a push, yes, although possibly on your hands and knees. And if you really want to live, remember to pack only yellow...
Of course they have other uses, temporary markers to avoid getting lost (if you go in for that sort of thing) or to prove or disprove connections. Although if used for these purposes please do take them out of the mine afterwards.
At 28p you really can't complain. A few in the bottom of your bag would provide some emergency lighting (albeit lighting for a dire and quite possibly final emergency) or a handy marker.
Immediately after snapping:
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From left to right... red (pink surely), orange, blue, green and yellow.
8 hours later:
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Note red (pink) and blue frozen and re-energised; yellow not doing so well, green storming along!
And if all that isn't enough the packaging is covered in inspirational and nonsensical English.
"Let's go to happy" - well why not?
Longevity - 8 hours on and still going strong. Of the unfrozen trio (orange, yellow and green) the green is closest to original light level with yellow (originally the brightest) having dimmed the most.
Freezing them - works! They go out as soon as they freeze and a few seconds in the microwave to defrost re-energises them.
The other urban myth - I have no intention whatsoever of drinking the two chemicals and reporting back on that one...
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New review added 'Cheap Glowsticks'A new review has been added to the Gear Reviews page. Product name: Cheap Glowsticks Summary: ...
Posted 12/08/2008 01:13:33 by simonrl
New review added 'Cheap Glowsticks'
Well done, Simon. :thumbsup: How interesting! I've never actually met these things! What's in them?...
Posted 12/08/2008 10:52:59 by Gwyn
New review added 'Cheap Glowsticks'
Can't find any COSHH style info, but this page on a USA supplier's site does at least identify the c...
Posted 12/08/2008 11:02:22 by simonrl
New review added 'Cheap Glowsticks'
How interesting! A 0.5% solution of hydrogen peroxide in phthalate ester! Phthalates are endocrine...
Posted 12/08/2008 16:03:09 by Gwyn
New review added 'Cheap Glowsticks'
Following an experiment last night: [flink]Personal-Album-2-Image-087[lpic]Personal-Album-2-Image...
Posted 12/08/2008 19:47:56 by Vanoord
New review added 'Cheap Glowsticks'
Great review! But what distance will they light? Could you navigate a mine tunnel with these if you ...
Posted 12/08/2008 21:38:18 by Dean Allison
New review added 'Cheap Glowsticks'
[quote="BigLoada"]Great review! But what distance will they light? Could you navigate a mine tunnel ...
Posted 13/08/2008 00:13:57 by chrisataditnow
New review added 'Cheap Glowsticks'
[quote="Vanoord"]Following an experiment last night: [flink]Personal-Album-2-Image-087[lpic]Perso...
Posted 07/09/2008 21:10:25 by Vanoord
New review added 'Cheap Glowsticks'
Which one did you put back in the freezer,left,middle or right? Conversely, what happens if they ar...
Posted 07/09/2008 21:57:46 by Gwyn
New review added 'Cheap Glowsticks'
I've used these in the past, never underground though. When I was at a Science lecture in Manche...
Posted 07/09/2008 22:21:16 by LAP
New review added 'Cheap Glowsticks'
Er, left was put back in the freezer and was the one I popped out four weeks later. Basically, if...
Posted 08/09/2008 18:51:45 by Vanoord
New review added 'Cheap Glowsticks'
I'd imagine that because the human eye can see greeney light better than colours the other end of th...
Posted 08/09/2008 18:53:54 by psykx
New review added 'Cheap Glowsticks'
Following on from the review of the cheap glow sticks, had a play last weekend with some of the 30 m...
Posted 21/11/2008 12:53:27 by simonrl
New review added 'Cheap Glowsticks'
We might end up looking like this fella: http://danphillips.com/personal/burning_man_2000/people/i...
Posted 21/11/2008 21:34:52 by LAP
New review added 'Cheap Glowsticks'
These are the ones I use now, as you say very bright, but best to carry at least two. They are also ...
Posted 21/11/2008 22:02:04 by Brakeman
New review added 'Cheap Glowsticks'
I agree, I'll upload a photo later or tomorrow I took just by the light of one of them. Very impress...
Posted 22/11/2008 11:25:12 by simonrl
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