EMERSON BLINKING SAFETY STROBE


Emerson Blinking Safety Strobe, retail $3.32 (www.pch.com)
Manufactured by Emerson (www.teamproducts.com)
Last updated 02-15-07




(In reference to the package I received from PCH at 1:41pm PDT on 05-12-05):
{sung like the Foreigner song "Feels Like the First Time"}
Feels like a flaaaaaash-liiiight...feels like a FLAAAA-aaaash-liiiight!!!
Feels like a flaaaaaash-liiiight...feels like a FL

BREAK IN 50760
READY.
CONT

?OUT OF DATA ERROR IN 65535
READY.
Let's try that again...as soon as I saw the address on the package, I *knew* it wasn't a flashlight...

Feels like a safeeeeeetttty liiiight...feels like a SAFEEEEEE-ty liiiight!!!
Feels like a safeeeeeetttty liiiight...feels like a SAFEEEEEE-ty liiiight!!!

This is a set of three safety blinking lights I bought from the Publisher's Clearing House website a couple of weeks ago.

I bought them because I saw there were LEDs in them.

These are LED strobe/blinker safety lights that you can attach to a pocket or pants wasteband, and they have six modes you can select via a pushbutton switch on the back. There are five 5mm LEDs in each unit.


SIZE



To use the safety blinker, feed it the included batteries first (see directly below), and then you'll be ready to rock.

Press the button on the back and then release it once to turn all five LEDs on in steady-on mode. Press and release it again to cause all five LEDs to blink in unison (together) at approximately 4Hz. Press and release it again to cause all of the LEDs to blink in unison at approximately 1Hz. Press and release it again to cause the LEDs to sequence downward (as the switch is toward the top of the unit) at approximately 0.75Hz. Press and release it again to cause the LEDs to sequence upward at the same speed. Press and release it again to cause the LEDs to sequence downward at approximately 2.4Hz. Finally, press and release it again to turn the unit off.

As it reads on the back of many shampoopoo (or shampeepee) bottles, "lather, rinse, repeat". In other words, the sequence will begin again when the button is pressed an eighth time.

A plastic clip is moulded into the product; this clip may be used to affix the product to pockets, pants wastebands, hats, and similar places. This clip could become broken fairly easily though, so you'll want to be at least reasonably careful.



To change the batteries, use a dull knife or similar instrument to slip between the light body and the transparent lens, and pry the lens up. Once the lens is lifted off one end of the light's body enough for you to grasp, use your fingers to lift it the rest of the way off. Throw it in the {vulgar term for feces}bowl, yank that silver handle on the front of the cistern down, and flush it away...O WAIT!!! YOU'LL NEED THAT!!! So just set it aside instead.

If necessary, remove the two used cells from their compartments, and dispose of or recycle them as you see fit.

Insert two new AAA cells into the light body, following the polarity diagrams embossed in the bottom of each compartment.

Fit the lens back over the light's body, and press down on it until it snaps into place.
Aren't you glad you didn't flush away that lens now?

Due to the way the product was constructed, I am not able to furnish current usage measurements for you.



This product is meant to be used as a strobe flasher clipped to a piece of clothing, not a flashlight meant to be thrashed and abused, so I won't try to flush it down the toilet, bash it against the corner of a concrete stair or a steel rod, let my housemate's kitty go to the bathroom on it, run over it with a 400lb Rascal, or perform other indecencies on it that a regular flashlight might have to go through. So this section of the web page will be more bare than this section of the web page on a page about a flashlight.

The product is weather-resistant, to the point of where you don't need to worry about using it outdoors. It is NOT submersible though, so please do not take it diving with you or even throw it in the bathtub.

The red and yellow units appear to be decently bright, but the green one seems a lot dimmer than I think it ought to be. The green one uses original chemistry green LEDs, emitting a wavelength of approximately 568nm, which is in the yellow-green portion of the spectrum.



Photograph of the three lights turned on: red, yellow, and green.


Spectrographic plot
Spectrometer plot of the LEDs in the yellow LED blinker.
Ocean Optics USB2000 Spectrometer on loan from WWW.TWO-CUBED.COM.


Quicktime movie (.mov extension) showing the lights in sequential mode.
This clip is approximately 1.5 megabytes (1,523,732 bytes) in length; dial-up users please be aware.
It will take no less than five minutes to load at 48.0Kbps.
I cannot provide it in other formats, so please do not ask.



TEST NOTES:
Test units were purchased from Publisher's Clearing House a couple of weeks ago, and were received on the afternoon of 05-12-05.

Product was made in China. A product's country of origin really does matter to some people, which is why I published it on this web page.


UPDATE: 00-00-00



PROS:



CONS:



    MANUFACTURER: Emerson
    PRODUCT TYPE: LED safety strobe/blinker
    LAMP TYPE: 5mm LED
    No. OF LAMPS: 5
    BEAM TYPE: N/A
    SWITCH TYPE: Rubberised pushbutton mode change on back of unit
    BEZEL: N/A
    BATTERY: 2xAAA cells
    CURRENT CONSUMPTION: Unknown/unable to measure
    WATER RESISTANT: Yes
    SUBMERSIBLE: No
    ACCESSORIES: 2xAAA cells
    WARRANTY: 90 days

    PRODUCT RATING:

    Star Rating





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