NECK LIGHT MADE FOR SCION


Neck Light made for Scion, retail (Free)
Manufactured by (Unknown)
Last updated 10-28-11




Somebody at the Gay Pride Parade (also called "The **g March" by some) was throwing these into the crowds of people watching the parade on the afternoon of 06-26-05, and I ended up with two of them (actually, four of them after my housemate gave me his). Once I saw they had blue LEDs in them, I just knew they had to be on this website.

This is a small light that you hang around your neck from a lanyard included (already attached); it blinks blue when activated. This blue is bright enough to be seen in ordinary room light.


SIZE



Remove the unit from the plastic baggie it comes in, then it'll be ready to use.

Grasp the unit so one hand is just under the transparent plastic oval, and the other is on the piece the lanyard is attached to, and give the entire unit a clockwise twist.

To turn it off, grasp it as above, and give the unit a counterclockwise twist.

The unit comes with a break-away lanyard, so you won't strangulate yourself if you get tangled up in some bushes or something.



To change the batteries when necessary, hold the unit upside-down (so the transparent plastic piece is aimed at the floor), unscrew and remove the part of the barrel with the lanyard attached, 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.

Remove the three used L736 button cells from the barrel, and dispose of or recycle them as you see fit.

Install three new L736 button cells in the barrel by stacking them button-end (-) negative up on a desk, table, counter, or other flat surface, lower the barrel over them, slide the batteries & barrel to the edge of the surface you're working on, place a thumb or finger over the open end, and invert it (flip it over) so the opening is facing up.

Screw the barrel back together, and unsrew it slightly when the unit springs to life.
Aren't you glad you didn't flush away that part of the barrel now?

Due to the way the product was constructed and how it functions, I am not able to furnish you with a current usage value.



This light is meant to be used as a novelty light designed to be worn around the neck, not as a flashlight meant to be carried around, thrashed, and abused, so I won't try to drown it in the toilet, bash it against a steel rod or against the corner of a concrete stair, let my housemate's kitty cat 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 significantly more bare than this section of the web page on a page about a flashlight.



Photograph of the device lighted up.


Spectrographic analysis
Spectrographic analysis of the LED in this necklace.



Spectrographic analysis
Spectrographic analysis of the LED in this necklace; newer spectrometer software & settings used.


Spectrographic analysis
Spectrographic analysis of the LED in this necklace; spectrometer's response narrowed to a band between 430nm and 480nm to pinpoint peak wavelength, which is ~455nm.

USB2000 spectrometer graciously donated by P.L.



Quicktime movie (.mov extension) showing the light blinking.
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I cannot provide it in other formats, so please do not ask.


TEST NOTES:
Test units were given away as freebies by the "Scion of Bellevue" contingent at the Gay Pride Parade in Seattle on 06-26-05; that's how I obtained these units.

I gave one of the units to my downstairs housemate a couple of days after this evaluation was published, but I still have three units available at my disposal.


UPDATE: 00-00-00



PROS:
For a freebie, this is fantastic!!!
Blue LED is bright enough to be seen in normal room light


CONS:
Batteries it uses ***COULD*** be rather difficult to locate


    MANUFACTURER: Unknown
    PRODUCT TYPE: Flashing novelty light
    LAMP TYPE: Blue LED
    No. OF LAMPS: 1
    BEAM TYPE: N/A
    SWITCH TYPE: Twist barrel on/off
    BEZEL: Transparent plastic with "SCION" embossed into it
    BATTERY: 3xL736 button cells
    CURRENT CONSUMPTION: Unknown/unable to measure
    WATER- AND PEE-RESISTANT: Light splatter-resistance at maximum
    SUBMERSIBLE: NO WAY HOZAY!!!
    ACCESSORIES: Batteries, neck lanyard
    WARRANTY: Unknown/not stated

    PRODUCT RATING:

    Star Rating





Novelty Light made for Scion *






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