Traser Glowring

I have to admit that I enjoy my gadgets, gizmos and novelties. I also have to admit that many of these have no real benefit to my day to day life. Sure, there is the Creative Nomad Jukebox MP3 Player that is now an essential part of my life - as is my PSP (Playstation Portable), but I have a huge drawful of short-lived novelties that are now just sitting there, gathering dust. If you take the time to look at the ever-growing number of gadget web sites, you will see thousands of items of various prices and quality. An item that I found and subsequently purchased on one such site a whilst back is the Traser Glowring. The name "Traser" comes ...  Read the complete review

The traser glowring is basically an everlasting glowstick. You know, one of those glowsticks that you see a lot at a club, or used to see a while back. Since then, the glowsticks seem to have gone out of fashion, but the glowring has a chance to bring it back. The glow-bit of the key ring itself looks a lot like the older, less durable versions. The difference is that this time it is encased in a plastic holder. This is for 2 reasons, the first being that it’ll make the ring more durable, and hopefully bring it closer to the manufactures “10 year glow-span guarantee”. The second reason is for the glow mechanism itself to work. The ...  Read the complete review

As a bit of a novelty gadget item this ranks up there with the tops .. but doesn't quite topple the sapphire light off the throne . The manufacturers claim this little thing will glow for a good 10 years . Pretty impressive claim . I bought one of these for a laugh , considering it was only a fiver and was the closest thing to an everlasting glo-stick ( as ministry marketed it ) . I wasn't quite sure what to expect , a blinding light , a tiny glowstick or quite what . Well .. what you get is what looks like a rod made of that stuff they used to paint watch hands to make them luminous encased in a thick piece of plastic about an inch ...  Read the complete review