Flowlight durability

i just got the waters blue/white/green they are great. i love them. also have some watermelon ones on the way

My current setup is crystal case + mass on the heads, and bare flowlight handles. I have parts on the way to make the heads double mass and put crystal cases on the handles because A) they are still too light, and B) I have cracked open my handles from botched throws that whip them into the (often concrete) ground. I'll let you know if I think the crystal cases make the handles any more unweildy.

As for colors, I think Air is one of my favorites because while the color may be slightly bland, they are really, really bright. I also have spirit, love, and my watermelon should be here soon. Spirit's probably my second favorite.

im sad! my flowlights broke! i was even using crystal cases on it but after a high speed impact it just broke... no obvious cracks or something though but the internal i can hear some click-clack sound like somethings loose but can't see it and the other one just looks like nothing has happened but it won't turn on... i changed the batteries but still both won't turn on! any advices on how to troubleshoot it or something to make it work? i just had it for 5 days and it already broke on me! i thought it was a waste of money....

Not sure if Flowtoys offers their warranty to outside purchases, but you could ask if you could get it replaced for relatively cheap.

Wow dude that sucks so much!

I checked out the flowlights with crystal cases last night and as far as handles go the cases don't add much bulk at all

Something else I noticed, they don't look like they give much protection to be honest, they are like a soft gel like case similar to something you would buy for $5 to put on your iPod - which leads me to two questions, first, do they really offer as much protection as they claim to? And, why are they so expensive? lol

i know it has been made tough compared to other LED toys but it is not indestructable. i mean, mine has no obvious cracks or anything, but maybe something internal broke for some reason. if only i know electronics that much then i would disect my flowlights and even modify them. hehehe!

@soopa ive seen them thrown against a wall in a case a couple of times and pretty hard and no damage at all. i think they work by softening any blows rather than having a solid case which can crack easily just like the flowlight itself

@Paddington Bear I wasn't suggesting they were useless, I have dropped my ipod time and time again so I definitely understand the use of a case like that, I was just saying that I've heard some interesting claims about the cases and that I think the price may be a little high

I'm still going to buy them lol and I guess to answer my own question, you gotta make money right?

I know they've said if they were more mass produced and they sold to masses they could afford to make it cheaper, but they're just a small business so they can't afford it though they would like to. That is actually on their website somewhere. Probably down as their story or something, it's been a while since I read it.

inb4 "you gotta make money right?"

Pretty much the reason, yeah. If there was the mass market, they could make the money with a smaller profit margin on each light (or whatever it is you are looking at). As it is, they get the money through a slightly higher price per unit, but fewer units.

At least as far as I understand it.

The crystal poi cases themselves are not expensive at all. They are $5 a piece.

I was comparing them to ipod cases which are a dime a dozen lol

Not saying the are expensive, just more so than one would expect and we have come to an agreement why so it's all good

Just bought them

Got to use my new rig at the Glitch Mob show last week and the crystal cases were just fine on the handles. Made them easier to hold, really, though all my poi have kinda chunky grips.

Got new cases on the way for mine too. Actually picked up several things from Flowtoys and HoP this week. It's all just components, no actually lights or anything, but I've got 3 sets of lights now so I should be good on those for another week or two.

I just ordered my flowlights, cases, and masses. I'm making a rig with swivels and colecord (the idea is for each end to be fully interchangeable for handles and ends consisting of 4 swivels) has anyone else used this formula and how was it?

I got to play with a set over the weekend and thought that would make it the best for all types of poi. (I picked 2 watermelons and 2 spirits, thought they would look good together)

I ordered some watermelons and got an e-mail that they were out

This really bothers me

Yeah they'll be out for like another week so I got mine from Flowtoys, was a bit of a bummer, but I want to get them before Click at The Paradox in Bmore so I split my order between two sites for what I needed.

I hope I get my stuff today because I have a cousin's grad party tomorrow and I really want those pants! As well as my flowlights