doggie blinker needed

Ok, who can point me to the smallest red LED blinky light to hang from my dog? I've seen them before, and can't find them now that I need one

When we travel, I'm forced to walk my dog in strange, unlit areas. I've got plenty of lights for me, but if Zeke ever manages to slip his leash, I'd like him to be visible so I can hunt him down.

Thanks,
Darell

Well, there it is!

Pelican mini flasher

It's a Pelican, of all things! What were the odds that I'd find it immediately after posting? Anybody giving these away? I should get a couple more for my kid and wife too!

Looks like urine luck. I just started a page for the Pelican Mini Flasher on my website.
http://ledmuseum.home.att.net/flasher1.htm

It's not finished yet, but there are some pictures and general info up.

Hey Craig -

Perfect timing. It IS good to know that the flasher will be OK if my dog stumbles into 300 feet of water... and sinks. Should make locating him easier.

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I'd suggest a blinking collar, not a do-fob thingy:

Lighted Safety Collars and Leash by Top Paw:
http://www.petsmart.com/dog/shopping/collars%5F%5Fleashes%5F%5F%5Fid %5Ftags/products/product%5F21714.shtml

It's reflective too. I'd skip the leash.

-john

Thanks John. I found this there too:

Pet saver

It doesn't say how it is lighted or powered though

I've already purchased a couple of Pelicans, so I'll see how those go first. Has anybody used one of those collars?

I just use a red photon II hanging from my dog's chain. Works much, much, better than the blinker that I used to have. And when she's done with it, I can put it back on my keychain.

Leon never roams the Santa Monica Mountains without his radio telemetry collar: http://www.wildlifematerials.com/index.html
...this is the only transmitter I've found that puts the antenna inside the collar...
$115 for transmitter collar, $225 for receiver...and worth every red cent when you need to find your kitty...meow...;>)

Well check it out:


uflash collars

Actually, the red photon provide much better side light (in a way) than the blinker. When my dog is running around, the photon swings everywhere, so it's almost always shining where I can see it. The blinker I had attached to the collar, and it seemed like it was always facing in the wrong direction and I would have to wait until my dog turned around before I could see her. I was planning on making my own dog collar and sewing 6 or 8 led's around it, but then I figured it's just a waste of time and money since this works just as well.

darell said:

Do you use one of these collars (for a pet I assume

) or do you just know a lot about them?

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Yes, I have one. Here are some pics of the LED collar.

http://www.navitsky.org/dogcollar/dogcollar.html

-john

There are also some EL based collars like:
http://www.neontrim.com/dogcollar.html

I haven't seen any in person tho, and I doubt they would outperform the LED system.

-john

phred said:

Too bad Petsmart is out of stock on the led collar.

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How about here:
http://www.sitstay.com/store/equip/collars1.shtml

BTW, if you have a Petsmart retail store they seem to still have them. Dunno why the web glut.

-john

darell said:

It [lighted collar] doesn't say how it is lighted or powered though

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It's a pretty cool setup. It has a small control circuit with an LED, powered by two Li coin cells (2025 or 2016).

The LED is stuck in some type of clear flexible material that acts as a light pipe.

The light pipe is sandwiched between a reflector and a clear/yellow outer covering.

The whole affair is stuck on top of a normalish collar made of black nylon webbing. It has a D ring for attachment to a leash and the size is adjustable.

The LED (red) lights up the light pipe and is bounces off the reflective material.

The effect is the whole collar that is covered with this stuff (2/3 ish) blinks or glows red.

The circuit provides three modes, off, on-solid, on-blink.

-john

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by InTheDark:
I just use a red photon II hanging from my dog's chain. Works much, much, better than the blinker that I used to have. And when she's done with it, I can put it back on my keychain.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Well THAT's a great idea. And here I have three photons sitting around. Somehow I thought the blinker might offer more side light, but the power of the photon bouncing off the ground would probably be a good enough source. Well, I have lots of things to try now.

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by John N:
It's a pretty cool setup. It has a small control circuit with an LED, powered by two Li coin cells (2025 or 2016).
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Thanks for the great description, John. The site actually mentions the LED and the batteries for the collar. My comment about no info was from the "pet saver" thing that I put a link to.

Do you use one of these collars (for a pet I assume ) or do you just know a lot about them? It sounds great! What the heck - I haven't bought anything for Zeke in a while. Make a good Xmas gift for him.

Too bad Petsmart is out of stock on the led collar.

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Yes, I have one. Here are some pics of the LED collar.
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Excellent! Thanks John. Guess I'll have to get one of those too! When they're back in stock...

darell said:

Well THAT's a great idea. And here I have three photons sitting around. Somehow I thought the blinker might offer more side light, but the power of the photon bouncing off the ground would probably be a good enough source. Well, I have lots of things to try now.

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Yes, very interesting idea.

Also, consider a Photon 3 for blink mode + water resistance, although even more interesting would be the Rav'n Party Light or the Photon 3 Crystal + Rav'n Part Light Crystals... Hmm.
http://www.photonlight.com/index2.html
http://ledmuseum.home.att.net/ledleft.htm

-john

One disco dog comming up!