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#645 - 02/21/03 12:05 AM Re: possible sources for Kailume lightsticks
Comanche7 Offline
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Registered: 07/04/02
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Loc: Florida
Hi Jet,

Nice review job! Pretty comprehensive too. <img src="images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

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#646 - 02/21/03 02:43 PM Re: possible sources for Kailume lightsticks
paramedicpete Offline
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Registered: 04/09/02
Posts: 1920
Loc: Frederick, Maryland
Just a short note on my personal experiences with the light sticks in cold weather. Since they are dependent upon a chemical reaction, the colder the temps. the less they glow. It has been mentioned in various places, to get some additional time out of the sticks, put them in the freezer after a few hours of use and you can usually slow the reaction down enough to use them the next night. This same phenomenon, will also affect their usefulness outdoors in very cold conditions. We often train at night in adverse conditions. We had an adverse weather training drill in Altoona, PA when it was around 0 degrees F, with freezing rain, close to two feet of accumulated snow and 20+ mile an hour winds. We tried to use the light sticks to mark key areas and pieces of equipment, they were so dim, they were useless. After the drill as soon as we got them into a warm environment they glowed brightly. Pete

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#647 - 02/24/03 04:20 PM Re: possible sources for Kailume lightsticks
Anonymous
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The best place I've ever found for chem lights was Shomer-Tec mail order. They have all the colors for $1/light including various brightness models (IR is a bit higher).

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#648 - 02/24/03 09:00 PM Re: possible sources for Kailume lightsticks
dchinell Offline
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Registered: 02/08/02
Posts: 312
Loc: FL
Polaris: Just out of curiosity, how do you do business with them? Do you mail an order form and a check? Their no-online, no-credit card approach seems kind of inconvenient to me. Maybe I'm spoiled. -- Bear
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#649 - 02/24/03 09:13 PM Re: possible sources for Kailume lightsticks
Anonymous
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You are right, it does seem a bit odd...at least for 2003.
I've always just mailed a check and order form. I've placed maybe 5 or 6 orders over the past 3 years.

Never had any kind of problems at all, they seem to ship really quickly. It's a pita, but my daughters consume chem lights at an extremely high rate.... <img src="images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />

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