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FLASHING "DIAMOND" RING

Flashing "Diamond" Ring, retail $2.99 http://www.partycity.com...)
Manufactured by (Unknown) for Amscan (www.amscan.com)
Last updated 10-20-12

The Flashing "Diamond" Ring is a ring with a rather large and gaudy plastic "diamond" that hosts a dirty little secret: A blue LED inside the "gem" flashes when you twist the "gem".

It was intended to be used at a party; at such events you can easily get away with things that are exaggerated or out of proportion.

The ring portion (the part that fits your finger); although made of hard plastic, has an open bottom so it should accomodate a somewhat narrow range of finger sizes (it fits comfortably on my pinkie finger, but it's too tight to fit my ring finger).

It appears to be disposable (actually, it indicates so right on the back of the packaging materials).

SIZE

Place the ring on your finger much like you'd put any other ring on.

Turn the "diamond" clockwise (as though tightening it) to activate it.

Turn the jewel counterclockwise {anticlockwise} (as though loosening it) to neutralise (turn off) the ring.

This ring is disposable, so I don't have to tell you which part to remove, carry to an open-pit copper or gadolinium mine, instruct you to huck it in there so that a front-end loader runs over it & causes it to 'destruct', and then rather emphatically tell you not to.

This was intended to be a disposable product, so even if you do manage to break it, just throw it away and go get another one. At $2.99 apiece, it really isn't that expensive.

Because this is a disposable ring and not a flashlight meant to be thrashed and abused, I won't try to drown it in the toilet, smash it against a concrete sidewalk, throw it against a wall, stomp on it, sit down hard on it, huck it into an open grave, or otherwise abuse it. So this portion of the web page will be more bare than this section of the web page on a page about a flashlight.

Photograph of the ring lighted up.

Spectrographic analysis of the blue LED in this ring.

Spectrographic analysis of the blue LED in this ring; spectrometer's response narrowed to a band between 430nm and 460nm to pinpoint peak wavelength, which is 449.367nm.

USB2000 Spectrometer graciously donated by P.L.

This brief video on YourTube shows nothing more than my Flashing ''Diamond'' Ring flashing.
O boy! A blue light blinking!! SO THRILLING!!! SO HEART-POUNDING!!! Kinda makes you want to kick over one of those suicide-resistant prison combys, doesn't it? ;-)

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TEST NOTES:
Test unit was purchased at the Party City store in Federal Way WA. USA on 10-17-12.

PROS:
Reasonably light weight despite being battery-operated
The price isn't too bad

NEUTRAL:
Fits one of my fingers only; not the other three (not incl. thumb)

CONS:
Marketed as being disposable -- that means a nice LED whirls down the {vulgar slang term for caca}bowl when the batteries go to pot

UPDATE: 00-00-00

(Unknown) for Amscan

Blinking LED finger ring

LED (appears to be T1 / 3mm size)

N/A

Twist top of ring on/off

N/A

Unknown type & number of button cells

Unknown/unable to measure

Yes

DER TEUFEL TRÄGT EINE WINDEL PINKELN-GETRÄNKTEN NEIN!

Batteries, already installed

38.50mm T 28mm W x35mm L x 13mm I.D. (ring part)

21.83g (0.770 oz)

China

Unknown/not stated

This is a novelty product and will not be assigned a "star" rating for that reason.

Flashing "Diamond" Ring * http://www.partycity.com...

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