Garrity LED lightsticks?

vic303

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Saw white & green LED light sticks (think chemlight but with LEDs) at Walmart today for under 3$ each. On/off twistie switch, and some sort of cheapo pocket clip. Did not say what batteries it takes but I'm guessing coin cells AG3 maybe? 24hr+ runtime listed on package. Does not appear to be user-replacable on the battery--at least not intended to be I think.

Anybody tried these out yet or disassembled any?
 

Empath

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They're intended to be disposable, since battery replacement isn't intended by design. The sleeve works excellent slipped over an Arc AAA, and permits you to use the AAA like you would a chemical lightstick. It makes for an interesting altrnative to a Sauce lightstick when you use it on an Arc RGB AAA.
 

SuperNinja

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Vistawholesale also sells them pretty cheap.

The ones they sell use replacable batteries (three LR44).

And you can take the "[font=Arial, Helvetica][font=Arial, Helvetica]Has a Convenient Twist On/Off Switch and a Handy Integrated Clip" in their description with a grain of salt.
The ones I received looked a little different and were a little nicer than the one in their picture. They had a clicky button that would switch between
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[/font]multiple settings (solid on, slow flashing, fast flashing, etc.), a pocket clip, and multicolored lanyard.

http://vistawholesale.zoovy.com/product/FLUORESCENTSTICK
 
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cobb

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I bought at least 30 of those when walmart had them a year ago marked down to a dollar each. Gave a good handfull to my folks and kept some for myself. I have them hanging on the switch on my hvac vents in my rooms so I can turn them on whenthe power fails to see. Its also fun to light one up and twirll it around in circles or figure 8 patterns. Ive never tried to replace the batteries in them, but I am pretty sure its possible, likely not economical. You can pull the plastic tube off the lamp assembly too if interested, you will hear some cracking and crunching sound doing so. I think it will slip on the head of a dorcy 1aaa light if I am not mistaken. They use either a red, white or blue led. THe green one uses a blue led too. The white ones last the shortest, the green/blue one the longest. The red one is not that bright os useful after a few hours.
 
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