LED FLASHING PEN 7 COLOR IN 1



LED Flashing Pen, 7 Color In 1, retail ~$3.00
Manufactured by (unknown) for Cool Things (URL not known/not stated)
Last updated 08-18-05





This LED-lighted ballpoint pen, labelled "Astrologic" on the front of the package, is a ballpoint pen in a metal body, that features three LEDs (or one RGB LED) in the upper half of the pen that shine through an acrylic diffuser and star & moon-shaped cutouts in the barrel.

The ballpoint pen writes with black ink, and works whether the LEDs are on or not.


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This pen is ready as soon as you remove it from the package. Cut the plastic package open any way you see fit - sharp household scissors will do the job here.

Press and release the button on the side of the barrel to activate the LED in the following modes: red, blue, green, purple, cyan, orange, light purple, and a color-cycling mode that shows all of the colors with a total cycle time of approximately 0.5Hz (full cycle time of ~2 seconds).

The pen turns off after every color, so you do not need to cycle through every mode in order to get it to shut off.

To write with the pen, grasp it by the barrel near the clip with one hand, and near the writing end with the other, and give it a gentle clockwise twist. The tip will extend. It writes in black ink, with the quality of a very good disposable pen.
Grasp the unit and give it a gentle counterclockwise twist to retract the pen tip when you're finished using it.



To change the batteries, hold the pen so the point (the ink portion) is facing upward, and unscrew the pen portion until it comes off, and throw it away...O WAIT YOU'LL NEED THAT!!! So just set it aside instead.
Tip the open end of the pen upside down over your hand; tap it if that last cell just won't fall out. Dispose of or recycle the batteries as you see fit.
Hold the barrel of the pen horizontally in one hand, and slip three new AG3 button cells in, one at a time, with the other hand. Insert the batteries button-end (-) first. Once all three cells are inside, you can turn the pen base-up if you wish, and screw the ink portion back on.

You can also stack all of the AG3 cells on top of one another on a counter, table, desk, or other flat surface; button-end (-) negative facing up. Lower the barrel of the pen over the cells, slide the whole affair to the edge of the counter, table, desk, etc. and place your finger over the open end of the barrel so those cells just don't clatter to the floor. Invert the barrel and your finger at once, so the barrel faces toward the ceiling or sky. Remove your finger, and screw the ink portion back on.

Aren't you glad you didn't throw away that ink portion now?



This is a pen meant to be used as a pen in a dry area, not as a flashlight meant to be carried around, thrashed, and abused, so I won't try to drown it in the toilet, bash it against a steel rod or against the corner of a concrete stair, let my housemate's kitty cat's ghost go to the bathroom on it, run over it with a 400lb Rascal, or perform other indecencies on it that a regular flashlight might have to go through. 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.

The pen/flashlight is not water resistant, so a concerted effort should be made to keep it from falling in the toilet or drowing under your lawn sprinkler. If water does get in, just open it up and dry out all the parts, and it should be fine.

The pen portion seems to be on par with any of the more expensive disposables available, and it writes with black ink.





Red LED illuminated.



Green LED illuminated.



Blue LED illuminated.


Quicktime movie of the pen in color-cycle mode
The movie is ~1.8MB (1,925,756 bytes) in length; dial-up users please beware.
I cannot provide it in any other formats; please do not ask.





TEST NOTES:
Unit was purchased at a Union 76 Food Mart in north Seattle on 11-02-04.


UPDATE: 00-00-00



PROS:



CONS:



    MANUFACTURER: Unknown
    PRODUCT TYPE: Flashing LED ballpoint pen
    LAMP TYPE: LED
    No. OF LAMPS: Unknown (probably 3)
    BEAM TYPE: N/A
    SWITCH TYPE: Pushbutton on/mode change/off on barrel
    BEZEL: N/A
    BATTERY: 3xAG3 button cells
    CURRENT CONSUMPTION: Unknown/unable to measure
    WATER RESISTANT: Light splatter-resistance only
    SUBMERSIBLE: No
    ACCESSORIES: 3xAG3 button cells
    WARRANTY: Unknown/not stated

    PRODUCT RATING:

    Star Rating





LED Flashing Pen 7 Color In 1







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