CRYSTAL LED
GLOW KEYCHAIN

Crystal LED Glow Keychain, retail $4.99 (www.safeway.com)
Manufactured by (Unknown) for Faucet Queens (www.faucetqueen.com)
Last updated 02-05-06




I saw this clever little item hanging on the shelf while I was looking for a funnel for my housemate's CPAP machine. I was attracted to it because I saw it read "Bright Blue LED Light!" on the front of the package.

This is a novelty keychain that has a plastic "crystal" on the end which glows bright blue when you give the unit a twist. It has a 5mm (T1 3/4) blue LED near the bottom of a transparent plastic "crystal", and is powered by three AG3 (LR41) button cells held in its metal body.


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This product is ready to use as soon as you remove it from the package. Cut down one side of the package with a razor blade, a knife, or a pair of household scissors; and remove the unit.

Grasp the metal portion with one hand, grasp the transparent "crystal" with the other, and apply a firm but gentle clockwise twisting motion. This turns it on.

Do the same thing, except twist counterclockwise, to turn the unit back off.

Keys can be affixed to it by means of a medium-sized split ring, or it can easily be affixed to an existing keychain by means of a spring-loaded "lobster claw" clasp.
These keychain accessories are on a swivel, so you cannot get this device tangled up.



To change the batteries, turn the unit upside-down (so the tip of the "crystal" faces down), and unscrew the product until the two halves come apart. Set the metal part (with the keychain stuff on it) aside.

Tip the three used AG3 (LR41) cells out of the body you're still holding into your hand, and recycle or dispose of them as you see fit. Be sure the little black O-ring that *MAY* be on the first cell does not fall off and become lost or end up in the garbage can or battery reclamation box.

Stack three AG3 or LR41 button cells on a table, counter, or desk on top of one another, so their flat-ends (+) positives face down.

Lower the barrel of the unit directly over them. Then you can either pinch your thumb & forefinger around the bottom as you lift and flip it over (so the batteries don't fall right out), or slide a business card underneath, and then lift the barrel & card at the same time and flip it over.

Then just screw the tailcap back on firmly.
If you had the little O-ring come out, lay it on top of that last cell before you screw the tailcap back on.

Current usage measures 34.4mA on my DMM's 400mA scale.



This product appears to be at least somewhat splatter-resistant, but I do not for one second believe it is submersible. So water, milk, diet Pepsi, coffee, urine, root beer, or other liquids could get inside. So please try not to drop it in creeks, rivers, ponds, lakes, oceansides, docksides, puddles of mustang pee, glasses of milk, slush piles, mud puddles, tubs, root beer floats, toilet bowls, cisterns, sinks, cups of coffee, fishtanks, dog water dishes, old yucky wet mops, or other places where water or water-like liquids might be found. A little rain or snow probably wouldn't hurt it though, so you need not be too concerned about using it in moderately bad weather.

If it fell in water and you suspect it got flooded, disassemble it as you would for a battery change, dump out the water if necessary, and set the parts in a warm dry place for a day or so just to be sure it's completely dry inside before you reassemble and use it again.

If it fell into seawater, got thrown into a glass of milk, or if somebody or something peed on it, douche all the parts out with fresh water before setting them out to dry. You don't want your Crystal LED Glow Keychain to smell like seaweed, milk, or piss when you go to use it next. Besides, salt (from seawater or urine), lactic acid (from moo juice), or sugar (from root beer) can't be very good for the insides.



Photograph of the unit, illuminated of course.





TEST NOTES:
Test unit was purchased in the automotive section of Safeway on 02-03-06.


UPDATE: 00-00-00



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CONS:



    MANUFACTURER: Unknown
    PRODUCT TYPE: Glowing keychain
    LAMP TYPE: 5mm blue LED
    No. OF LAMPS: 1
    BEAM TYPE: N/A
    SWITCH TYPE: Twist unit on/off
    CASE MATERIAL: Metal and plastic
    BEZEL: Metal; LED protected by a plastic "crystal"
    BATTERY: 3xAG3 (LR41) button cells
    CURRENT CONSUMPTION: 34.4mA
    WATER RESISTANT: Sprinkle-resistant at minimum
    SUBMERSIBLE: No
    ACCESSORIES: 3 batteries, swivel, split-ring, lobster claw clasp
    WARRANTY: Unknown/not stated

    PRODUCT RATING:

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