Anyone know of a US distributor for glow rings, or a UK distributor that ships to the US?

There are a couple on eBay that were mentioned here a few weeks ago. The search should find it, it had to the with SgtMike's micro kit, IIRC

I would love to know the real legal deal with these. I have several Internet snippets which make a case for these thing being illegal in our US of A. Which makes me think that buying one on ebay is a gray market purchase (this is a total guess). Is anyone knowledgable enough to assert what they BELIVE is the actual legal status of these items. I know its all technicalities but lets pretend we all follow the law all the time <img src="/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

Mark

our government [nuclear regulatory commission] believes this is a frivolous use of tritium and will not approve them for sale. I don't know if TAD gear ever got their tritium thumbstuds for knives approved by the NRC or not. Go figure -- the NRC allows tritium watches but not keychains

I got mine on ebay from singapore

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...IT&rd=1

so it is your belief that they are not for sale in the USA because Uncle Sam thinks it's a waste of nuclear technology?

that's what I was told from a seller in the UK that would not sell them to me -- he said our government thought that was a trivial use of tritium and would not approve them for sale here

I have some on my handgun sights. I guess Uncle Sam thinks that is less trivial. <img src="/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

I believe, and I may be wrong, that it is the amount or tritium that is regulated by the US not the actual use. I am also under the impression that while these are legal to own in the US, they are not legal to sell... if that makes any sence.

If you head on over to CandlePower Forum and run searches for tritium and glowrings, you will numerous threads on the safety, legality and sources for tritium products and glowrings.

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Pete

How much tritium are in a glow ring? And is there a safety concern having this much radioactive material too close to the body?

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