Old cyalume lightsticks

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hobo
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Old cyalume lightsticks

Post by hobo »

I've just tested several 5 minute high intensity orange lightsticks, dated 2005, 2008 and 2009.
All of them were still VERY bright (but, I imagine, not quite as bright as in date ones) and all gave a good, useable light for 40 minutes each!

Think I might hunt down some out of date stock on eBay :)
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Re: Old cyalume lightsticks

Post by jansman »

I have a similar situation. Mine worked ok, like yours.
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Re: Old cyalume lightsticks

Post by Wolfman »

good to know, I've got to be honest I didn't even realise they had an expiry date on them! something to bare in mind when buying to ensure you get the most for your money!
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Re: Old cyalume lightsticks

Post by poppypiesdad »

One warning , we had a batch of out of date cyalume lights sticks , 6" yellow 12 hr and they had a bad habbit of bursting at the base after 8-9 hours as the start to loose the brightest of the light , they were just about a month out , but be wary , it could have been a bad batch ..........
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