Bracelet-style Glow Sticks - Extremely Cheap Glow Sticks! ($0.07 each)

[Wild Industry]

Type: Darice bracelet-style glow stick
Dimensions: 8" long, 1/4" diameter
Bought from: Local Michaels Craft Store (not sold online)
Price: $1.00 for a pack of 15 (about $0.07 each)

General info: These thin, flexible glow sticks are meant for being wrapped around the wrist as a bracelet for concerts, etc. However, when left straight, they make great glow sticks from glow nunchaku.

Use:  Because of the thinness of the glow sticks, they can be easily taped onto the nunchaku (or probably strapped on using a rubber band). When I taped them on using regular transparent sticky tape, they lasted a pretty rough session before falling off. They fit perfectly on my 12" nunchaku, leaving 4" of room for grabbing the nunchaku. Of course, due to the thinness, one can even hold the part with the glow stick attached, though doing so is what eventually caused the tape attaching the glow sticks to the nunchaku to rip off.

Pros:
Extremely cheap
Thinness allows easy attachment and gripping and more stability
Length is ideal for 12" nunchaku
Last several hours

Cons:
Small size means less glow
No holes on the end for other uses

Conclusion: I think these glow sticks are ideal for nunchaku. Apart from the advantages of the thinness and length, the price is drastically cheaper than other glow sticks. The one real disadvantage that I noticed, the size of the glow, could be easily fixed by attaching more glow sticks to the same area. Though I reviewed the Darice brand (which I can't seem to find online), similar bracelet glow stick products are available elsewhere (prices will vary).

Pictures:

[karatevideoguy]

Checkout the end of this video clip for necklaces.

[Kriztov]

Nice review, cheers.

Whenever I've attached glowsticks it's always been the thicker, shorter kind. I've been considering using several of the bracelet types, so this information is helpful.

[karatevideoguy]

One tip for attaching glow sticks try clear packing tape. It works great and is easy to get off.

[Exmortem]

I payed 7euro for a box of 100 glowsticks, same type.
Had the choice between mixed colors and only one color.

They aren't very bright (not recommended to make videos with)
but are fun when it's dark outside, alone or with others

[freestyler]

yeah the ones i use are thick badboy glosticks

[karatevideoguy]

The necklaces do not glow very bright sometime, try taping two or three together and then swing them. With glow sticks you have to buy good brands the off brands or really cheap ones do not glow very bright at all or last very  long.

[freestyler]

yeah the ones i get is three thin ones for a pound or one fat one for a pound

[Wild Industry]

They aren't very bright (not recommended to make videos with)
but are fun when it's dark outside, alone or with others

So far, the ones I have have seemed plenty bright. I'll try making a video of them later to see how that turns out.

[Wild Industry]

I added some pictures.

I also attached them with small rubber bands and they would very well.

[teno-d]

The necklaces do not glow very bright sometime, try taping two or three together and then swing them. With glow sticks you have to buy good brands the off brands or really cheap ones do not glow very bright at all or last very  long.

I had this problem. I bought several little "cheapies" at a local store and

1) they hardly showed up on film because they were so dim (a couple of them didnt even glow - complete duds)

2) the ones that did glow (although it was still very feint on film) only lasted for about 1.5 hours(which was a far cry from the 6 hours they were supposed to last)

[karatevideoguy]

Instead of putting them all the way on the chucks, try taping then to the end of the chucks so most of the necklace is hanging off the end of the chuck. You get a cool whipping action going. You can also put them on the end a of a short stick and swing them that way to, but I still like swing them on the end of chux better.

[freestyler]

hey karate video guy have you seen my new video there is my glowchuks at the start

[karatevideoguy]

hey karate video guy have you seen my new video there is my glowchuks at the start

No. where is it at, I'll look.

[freestyler]

 mate its called light coloured flames

my first glow fire combi