Ah, crowdfunding sites. Once the realm of The Ultimate Idea Man™ (where the pitch was the product), the nasty habit of others - oftentimes their own suppliers - to scoop dreamy-eyed kids lacking critical areas of wherewithal necessary to actually consummate the subject of their self-promotion has at least encouraged delivery. Unfortunately the formula has been little altered: >50% pitch, 35% prototype development, <15% execution.
On the buyer side, I suspect they’ve tapped into the same demo that has fond memories of camping out in line for the latest iProduct where an act of routine consumption is transformed into being told they’re special and innovative and other variants of the the pabulum that Madison Avenue has been feeding the youth market for going on a century. I’ve seen dozens of products pitched on crowdfunding sites as earth-shattering in their novelty that … have existed for a long time … and can be bought now, for less, with superior performance. Or it’s something that’s been shamelessly badge-engineered off of the likes of alibaba at 400% markup.
Wow…another one: 3,600 lumens for 4 hours? That’s 30 Watt at 120lumens/Watt x 4h => 120 Wh.
In front of me is an Olight ORB-186P34 3,400mAh battery. The small print says that equals 12.2 Wh.
Tell you the truth: it is an achievement to cram more than nine 18650 batteries in such an elegant housing.
Maybe he picked that up watching “Harry Potter” movies. Out of a handbag comes a tent, the size of a big doghouse. Inside that tent is ample space for a whole platoon, with separate bedrooms.
I actually think the Glowstone “flare” model is worth getting, I’m backing one.
reasons:
2000 Lumen mule.
Red green and UV leds.
Tint ramping 2600K-7000K.
95CRI.
controlled by app.
No ports for water/dirt to get in and is IP69K, the highest rating - claiming it can can go down to 40 meters.
Also looks ruggard as someone is throwing the light against a brick wall.
Housed in a Stainless Steel body with a silicon cover.
Charges wirelessly and can be used as a wireless power bank with 10.5Ah battery.
Well the guy has done 2 or 3 successful campaigns before and people are happy with them, the standard smaller Glowstone is available as of now on their website.
Calling me a drek is a bit unfair, I have been buying and collecting lights for 40 years and when you have pretty much all the lights you want and way more than I need - then I am happy to take a few risk$ Vs rewards.
But no I won’t be throwing it against the wall
Sorry for not minding my own business but I think @darosk did NOT call you a drek.
He was referring to people who put their money into absolute drek (AKA dreck, crap, $**t, trash, junk).
No probs but as I see it I’m a drek as I put my money into so called “crap” as indirectly he has indicated that these kickstarter/indiegogo campaigns are/can be crap - each to his own…
I’ve backed heaps of crowdfunding projects and most have worked out really well and I’m happy to do more. If anyone is interested, I can show anyone the ones I have backed/got/use and worked out well (also the dud ones) - maybe I need a new thread for that alone.
Why? the picture might be a little cheesy, but it’s to indicate that it’s going to be certified intrinsically safe, which some people have asked for so as to use in mines etc. Also it will be dive worthy to 40 meters.
On the flowstone page, is that mosquito in amber pic a grab from Jusassic Park?
Not priced as horrendously high as it could be, the RRPs are pretty high. If it’s properly Ex certified, I would imagine that alone adds lots to the cost.
They’ve done well to advertise all the benefits of a “mule light” and avoid indicating the drawbacks (lack of throw).
This one is borderline whether it fits in this thread or not. Yes marketing is pretty bad, but the execution of the product looks pretty good.
I think itis a lame idea that has been proven to fail time and time again.
craftsman used to sell a drill that had interchangeable heads, it could be a drill, a saw, a sander, and many other tools, just buy more different heads, never caught on, then there were multicaliber pistol revolvers and rifles, also failed… and many more, there is a reason why they all failed. there is an old saying “jack of all trades and master of none”
Specially for that throw to the wall test 
Plastic box with direct heat source to lithium.
