Glowstick Uses
ApplicationsGlowsticks and other glow novelties have so many applications it would perhaps be impossible to make any list which is completely exhaustive. This of course is part of their charm. All over the world and at the same time, different people are using glowsticks for different reasons and for very different applications.
A teenager in the UK might be waving a glowstick triumphantly at a disco whilst his contemporary in the US might be on a camping trip out in the woods with freinds, just setting up his tent and snapping a few glowsticks into action as night begins to fall. There's a power cut in the town 10 miles east of the woods and men and women grab their glowsticks from the cupboard to use as candles until the power comes back on. Firemen in the city 50 miles away are checking a suspected leaking gas main in a factory and are lighting glowsticks as a safe source of light to illuminate the hazardous area.
With so many possible applications it is no wonder that glowsticks have become ubiquitous in recent times. Originally researched and manufactured for the US military, inefficient chemical reactions and short glow life times made early commercial production of glowsticks impractical. Luckily for most of us and after more and more research, costs came down enough to make affordable and long lasting glow products in all shapes and sizes!
We have had many suggestions from customers and distributors of our glow novelties and the information below represents the most common ways in which our glow in the dark products are used.
Safety First
1- Save a life!!! - it's true and they can.
2- Use glowsticks to mark emergency exits.
3- Glowsticks are a safe light source when close to hazardous chemicals, gas mains and damaged electricity wires.
4- Car breakdown's - flag down passers-by; help is never far way with a glowstick.
5- Power outages - you never know how long you'll have to wait for the power to go back on. It probably won't be long but time goes much slower when you can't see anything! Have a handful of glowsticks at the ready so you can move round in the dark!
6- Road-side emergency - mark accident scenes and obstructions with safety glow sticks.
7- Cyclists - use glowsticks to signal to motorists when turning.
8- Running/Jogging - increase your visibility at night and make others aware of you for your safety.
9- When walking at night, for example on camping excursions, use glowsticks to avoid getting separated from your group.
10- Mining - miners use glowsticks to investigate
gas leaks and
other dangers; glowsticks boldly glow in places
no other light source can safely go.
11- Take one on a ferry journey - just in case you end up 'man overboard'!
12- Make it easier for firemen to find you in thick smoke.
13- Strap one onto the rear bumper of your car in thick fog or just when traveling in a convoy with others to avoid losing them.
Popular uses for glowsticks and glow novelties
1- Dance and rave accessory - make up dance routines with friends and practise for a big night out - glowsticks are without a doubt THE number one most popular raver's accessory.
2- Thread some rope through the loop-hole and wear it as a pendant.
3- Back-up light source for when your torch batteries die.
4- Hang outside your tent when camping to avoid tripping over tent ropes. Or hang inside the tent to give 360 degree vision.
5- Take some glow sticks diving and see more clearly under water. Mark treasure lost at sea and other sites for investigation.
6- Fun bike lights for off road pursuits with friends.
7- Glow-to-bed friend - a nightlight to keep those things that go bump in the night away.
8- Wear on halloween when you're trick or treating.
9- Take some to a concert, fairground or festival and join in with fellow glowers or set the trend for others to follow.
10- Wear on guy fawkes night and dance round the bonfire.
11- Take glowsticks fishing and watch the fish queue up to see the light, then catch them.
12- Ice breaker at a party/gathering - great for getting to know people and taking the edge off those initial nerves.
13- Have it as a pendant - break in emergency.
Novelty Uses
1- Hide some glowsticks round your house and get your friends to find them. A great game to make a memorable party.
2- Make a trail in the woods so you can find your way back out easily. You don't need to place them end to end, about 10 to 20 metres apart should be okay.
4- 100m, 400m relay races - use a glowstick as a baton and race round a track in the dead of night with your friends!
5- Wear on halloween when you're out trick or treating.
6- Create your own signaling language and teach your friends.
7- Join in with all the other glowers at a concert or festival; an essential selection if you're going to the three day events like Glastonbury and Reading.
8- New Year's Eve - make the night extra special and glow your way into the new millennium.
9- Attach them to skateboards and rollerblades to make them look futuristic and cool.
10- Nightswimming - great fun with your friends if the pool's warm enough!
11- Take them roller-skating and stand out from the crowd.
12- Thread some rope through the loop, tie a knot, and swing it around you to create some dazzling blurred effects.
13- Practise to be an air traffic controller - helping planes to land and directing them to the terminals.
14- Float one in your fish tank and see what the fish make of it.
15- Strap some onto a remote control car and tear around the neighbourhood at night.
16- Attach a glowstick to your dog's collar before you let him off the lead at night - no more worrying about losing him or seeing where he's got to.
17- Nightskiing - Lightsticks look great to wear and they make perfect safety sense too, making you easily 'spottable' to others.
18- Take some to a carnival or fair - lead the march.
19- Give some as a present on a special occasion eg. Birthday/Christmas/Halloween/New Year.
20- Attach some glowsticks to your kite and watch
it glow with the stars.