SPINNING LED MIRROR BALL PARTY LIGHT
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Spinning LED Mirror Ball Party Light, retail $2.99 (www.partycity.com...)
Manufactured by (Unknown) for Amscan (www.amscan.com)
Last updated 10-22-12
The Spinning LED Mirror Testicle...er...uh...um...I mean Spinning LED Mirror BALL Party Light is a product that contains three white LEDs aimed at a rotating, mirrored ball -- kind of like a miniature disco ball but not hung from the ceiling.
It is ***SUPPOSED*** to create a slowly-moving pattern of white spots on your walls; however, the motor turns ***WAAAAAYYYY*** too rapidly to display this; instead, it displays a number of rather "furry" amorphous streaks.
It has three white LEDs aimed upward at a rotating ball covered with mirror tiles, and feeds the whole mess from three AA cells.
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The Spinning LED Mirror Ball Party Light needs to be fed three AA cells first (see directly below), and THEN you'll be able to infect your walls with amorphous streaks of white light (no, not the slowly-moving "fuzzy dots" like you'd expect).
On the side of the base, you'll see a rocker switch.
Rock this switch upward to turn the unit on.
Rock this switch downward to neutralise the unit (turn it off).
To change the batteries, turn the unit upside-down. Unclip and remove the battery door, take it to a pet sematary, and huck it into an open grave so that the kitty & doggie ghosts see it, become all pissed at it, and (the dog ghosts) lift their legs on it while the cat ghosts bury it with dirt from the mound next to the grave...O WAIT!!! YOU'LL NEED THAT!!! So just set it aside instead.
Remove the three used AA cells out of the compartment, and dispose of or recycle them as you see fit. Do not throw them into the same grave as you chucked the battery door into, and for God sakes please do not drop them into a salmon-filled stream!!!
Insert three new AA cells into the compartment, orienting them so that their flat-ends (-) negatives face a spring for them in each chamber.
Place the battery door back over the opening, and press it into place until you hear (and feel) it click closed.
Aren't you glad you didn't huck that battery door into a grave at the pet sematary now?
Unable to measure current usage due to how the product was constructed.
Because this is a novelty item (a party light, actually) and not a flashlight, the punishments I bestow upon flashlights will not be bestowed upon the Spinning LED Mirror Ball Party Light. So this section of the web page will be significantly more bare than this section of the web page on a page about a flashlight who's sole purpose in life is to be a flashlight.
The mirror ball rotates WAAAAAYYYYY too fast to make it an effective party light; instead of slowly-moving spots of light on your walls, you just end up with vague white streaks.
Photograph of the beam terminus on the test target at 12".
Photograph of the beam terminus on a wall at ~3 feet.
Spectrographic analysis of the white LEDs in this product.
Spectrographic analysis of the white LEDs in this product; spectrometer's response narrowed to a band between 430nm and 470nm to pinpoint native emission peak wavelength, which is 452.030nm.
Video that demonstrates that my Spinning LED Mirror Ball Party Light spins WAAAAAYYYYY too fast to make an effective "mirror ball".
That music is the song, "Voice of Energy" by...awww cummon you've just ***GOT*** to know this one considering that I'm a known metalhead...take a whack at it anyway...
...if you guessed Kraftwerk, YAAAAYYY YOU GOT ANOTHER ONE CORRECT!!! SUPER DEE DOOPER!!! HOO BOY! I'M SO GLAD WE LOVE EACH OTHER!!! {as Barney the Purple Toliet Dinosaur might say}...DAMMIT THIS WUSSY CRAP IS PISSING ME OFF!!! {as Beavis from Beavis and Butt-Head might say}
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Video that demonstrates that my Spinning LED Mirror Ball Party Light spins WAAAAAYYYYY too fast to make an effective "mirror ball".
That music is the song, "Violin Solo" by...awww cummon you've just ***GOT*** to know this one considering that I'm a known metalhead...take a whack at it anyway...
...if you guessed Anthrax, Metallica, Slayer, or even Exciter, ˇˇˇHUSOOS CRISTO EN UNA MULETA, NO!!!
It's Worm Quartet you silly goose!!!
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TEST NOTES:
Test unit was purchased at the Party City store in Federal Way WA. USA on 10-17-12.
UPDATE: 00-00-00
PROS:
Well, it looks OK sitting on a shelf anyway...
...actually, the price isn't that bad either
NEUTRAL:
LEDs would be bright enough to use as a decent flashlight if the mirror ball weren't in the way
The packaging materials indicate that it has 4 LEDs; it actually only has three.
I kind of expected it to have colored LEDs rather than white ones
CONS:
Spins WAAAAAYYYYY too fast to make an effective "mirror ball" (this is, by far, what nocked the most stars off its rating and why it 'earned' the dreadful, "Zero Stars -- Uranate On It!" rating (and placement in my website's, "The Toylet Bowl" section that 'showcases' products which are uniquely s***ty) instead!!! )
Glass mirror tiles look somewhat sloppily glued onto the ball
Ball itself looks a bit off-center; but that's mainly from the careless application of the mirror tiles
MANUFACTURER: (Unknown) for Amscan
PRODUCT TYPE: Mirror ball party light
LAMP TYPE: 5mm white LED
No. OF LAMPS: 3
BEAM TYPE: N/A
SWITCH TYPE: Rocker switch on/off on base
CASE MATERIAL: Plastic & glass
BEZEL: N/A
BATTERY: 3x AA cells
CURRENT CONSUMPTION: Unknown/unable to measure
WATER- AND URANATION-RESISTANT: Light splatter-resistance at maximum
SUBMERSIBLE: ˇˇˇPATATA DE ORINA USANDO UN CEPILLO DE DIENTES SUCIO, NO!!!
ACCESSORIES: None
SIZE: 112.50mm T x 80mm Dia. (base) x 70mm Dia. (mirror ball)
WEIGHT: 225.30g (7.950 oz.) with batteries
COUNTRY OF MANUFACTURE: China
WARRANTY: Unknown/TBA
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