Wednesday, February 18, 2009

KMN

Pleasant surprise when I arrived home... a package from Astro Gizmos! Woo hoo. My new Kick-Me-Not lights.

These are small, red LED lights. You attach one to each leg of your tripod so to improve visibility and avoid foot collisions. Each tiny unit comes with a hook-and-loop strap to secure the light to the leg.

An interesting feature is that you can adjust the way the unit illuminates. When you first turn it on, you get a fast blink. Click the power button again and the blink rate slows. Another press and now the LED burns steady.

Great product!

Mmm. Blinky lights...

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Curious. Each light uses 2 button batteries. But they're different! The thin one is a LR1130—I've not seen that type before; the thick one: LR44.

FYI: 1130 means approx. 11 mm in diameter and 3.0 mm deep or tall. "R" means round. "L" means Manganese dioxide. Or alkali-zinc producing 1.5 volts.

The LR44 is the same formula, same voltage. It's 5.4 mm tall.

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