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28 of 31 found the following review helpful:
 Bargain priced, decent performance, but perhaps not appropriate for young children Oct 23, 2009
By Steven Rehrauer
The price is certainly reasonable for these. I've found them to be bright enough in darkness, but barely visible in indoor lighting. The colors are bright and pure. The light output is adequately bright for a couple of hours, and progressively dimmer but still obvious for several hours more.
I found them to be easy to snap, but they seem to be constructed with many internal "segments", each of which must be snapped for the entire length to glow. I've found that the best way to do it is to hold one end between thumb and forefinger, and with the thumb and forefinger of the other hand, starting at the same end, bend/snap gradually along the length to the other end. Think of squeezing toothpaste from a nearly empty tube, which curls as you squeeze.
BUT! As some of the other reviews have said, be careful to neither bend the tube too sharply while doing this, nor to squeeze too hard. The tube is prone to cracking at the end and leaking if you do.
Hence, I would be cautious giving one of these to a small child to do for themselves, and I'd probably supervise rambunctious older children too.
At this price, it's a fair gimmick for a party or doling out an occasional nighttime treat for a child. Just have realistic expectations about what 12 cents apiece buys you. :-) And supervise smaller children carefully with them.
14 of 14 found the following review helpful:
 Good, Fun Product Feb 21, 2008
By Daniel P. Mcgrath
We use these with our 3-year old as reward fun at bedtime for helping with bath, PJs, etc. He loves them. So far, we have only had one "dud" out of the package of 100, and we have used almost all of them in the package. I was afraid the failure rate would be higher, but I have been pleasantly surprised.
9 of 11 found the following review helpful:
 fun for kids - not kids too young though Aug 07, 2007
By RC NY
My daughters love these bracelets. I got them to use as birthday party favors - and I have lots left over. The kids like to play with them indoors and outdoors. I may even consider purchasing them for Halloween give-aways. 100 for under $13 is a pretty good price and could help with safety and visibility. They're pretty bright and lasted well over an hour. (the kids went to bed and I threw them away so I don't know exactly how long they lasted)
Only drawback - my daughter did a little excessive bending and the bracelet leaked. I don't know how toxic the chemicals are, so I would NOT recommend this item for younger children especially those who may be putting it in their mouths.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 Would not buy again Nov 01, 2009
By A. Wiersch
I must have gotten a crappy batch. I'd say only about 1 in 5 were "decent" which means they lit up for most of the stick and were a good brightness. Many (most) only lit up a tiny fraction of the stick and some didn't even light at all... so because of the better reviews, I can only assume the ones I got were lower quality or from a bad batch. They also did not come in a container that looks like the one in the photos that someone supplied... and yes, I cracked them the length of the stick and shook them vigorously, but shaking didn't help much.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
perfect Aug 11, 2009
By Seth Carter
tube of 100 lasted through 4 car camping outings this summer which included about 15 kids across all trips. Bracelet size is nice because you get a ton more and everyone can have lots of colors. With the (supplied) connectors they easily can become necklace size, they make great night lights for the tent, and they are much safer/longer lasting than sparklers. One little guy linked together 20 of them and swung them in a circle, I don't care how old you are - that's cool.
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