@mehdaf Interesting article. I learned a lot from it, including that we have Stokes to blame for the way the noodles splatter around when a bowl of soup is dropped.
@mydrivec In a cruel twist of fate they are too MUCH light for mushrooms. I’m actually considering them for alternate lighting in my grow closets for those time I need light that isn’t that pinkish purple color of LED grow panels.
No, they can’t be used as grow bulbs. You’ll need at least a double bulb 4.5 foot long utility fluorescent fixture and two 100 watt full spectrum bulbs marked on package for growing.
@InnocuousFarmer it reminds me of those snake firework things… But because of the bizarre coloring, it instead reminded me of the cordyceps fungi that totally takes over the hosts body and slowly kills it, and then grows out of it to look like this:
@rpstrong To the contrary, they’re definitely replaceable. Nobody is going to manufacture this cheap of an item with exclusive non-replaceable bulbs. They might be “non-replaceable” because the plastic cover is glued or screwed into place.
Amazon users agree they can be replaced. That’s the exact model number of the “non-replaceable bubls” model in the FAQ.
@mike808 i worked in the maintenance dept. of a hospital that specialized in treatments for the sight impaired decades ago, and we were responsible for an incredible amount of things, among them the engraved signs you’d find… everywhere. inspired, we made dozens of signs that read “No blind people allowed beyond the yellow line”, “WARNING: HIGH VOLTAGE- DO NOT TOUCH” and the worst “CAUTION: LOW CEILING” all printed in Braille.
I know, these contain mercury… possibly (who am I kidding, LIKELY!) enough to poison many thousands of gallons of water each bulb… but hey, maybe I’ll need to do that.
@Stallion one of the reviews said 1-2 hours but that you can buy a 6v converter thingy to plug it in; also more than one reviewer said the velcro is not enough to keep it attached to the wall or ceiling, use screws or buy more velcro.
As a carnival shiller I tend to have no emotions about removing money from a rubes hand… speaking of which these little lights are the best lights ever!!! I love how they take some time to actually get up to temp so that they produce the light I need to count the money I am stuffing in my pocket after removing it from yours!!! I love how sometimes when the batteries are low you sit there waiting for them to warm up, only realizing a few minutes later that they are not gonna warm up, and then you have to go digging through the junk drawer and find some more AA batteries which you won’t… so you sit there waiting for meh to put some on sale, but they won’t… because all the buyers are afraid… they are afraid of having a oozing mess on their hands.
In for 4 in soft white, and of course I got VMP… it’s slow to get to temp, but it does eventually work!
@cshillaber One of these days meh will have battery cases for you. And then you go to Lowe’s and buy those giant 100-battery packs of AAs, load 10 into your battery case and put that in your junk drawer, and put the 90 on the shelves in the basement by the washer and dryer.
Ah, if only these were LED. I have a weird little closet that is impossible to light. I’ve thought about getting an LED strip or two or three, but the era of fluorescent is mercifully over (or so I thought).
Lord Kelvin, where did everyone go? Just a couple days ago the forum was awash in comments about what color temperature is best, and all about CRI. These lamps must be truly unworthy.
If the BUY button just said $9 would there be any doubt that you’re getting 3 lights for $9? It’s a 3 pack! So what’s the point of saying 3 for $9? Are you getting 3 3-packs?
I already have three just like this, except they’re LED, auto-on/off, motion-sensitive in the dark, have a nice plastic diffuser, and are really cool. Otherwise, identical. But they were $10 (for three). Not Meh, Bleh…
If you’re masochistic enough to buy these things, there are only two places to get your batteries: Aldi’s and Dollar Tree. Either store will sell you four AA (or AAA) alkaline batteries for a buck. Other stores will happily charge you an entirely different price – like, four or five times as much.
@narfcake Wow… really? Are you sure they’re alkaline? (“Heavy duty” batteries are eight for a buck at Dollar Tree, but they have such short life that even I pay more for alkaline.)
I’ve strained to come up with a reason to buy these… can only think of one: to illuminate the inside of a space helmet for Halloween. Still, I think they’d flicker out before the treat bag is half full.
Or, maybe turn them on and throw them at raccoons in the yard. God knows throwing sausage at them backfired.
So if you guys don’t like my puns… Sorry…ignore and go on …you meh not like them but that’s your choice to comment back on them or not…I say the meh the merrier…
Specs
What’s in the Box?
3x Lights
6x Velcro strips
Pictures
Retail boxes
Scale
Velcro
Lined up
Battery compartment
Don’t look at it!
Price Comparison
$45.51 (for 3) at Amazon
Find a relevant price comparison? Please share it in a comment in this thread
Warranty
90 Day Mediocre
Illuminating deal tonight-- bright deal again so shine on meh
@AttyVette ove it?
@ELUNO no lol actually typing and hit enter before finished typing what I was trying to type
@AttyVette Enlightening post.
@AttyVette But it didn’t start with L! You changed everything!
@ELUNO It is how some people grab the top spot in the replies. Type one letter, post and then edit.
@yakkoTDI, that’s lame.
@haydesigner Seems appropriate considering how lame her actual ‘puns’ are.
@cinoclav glad you like my meh post –
What the hell meh?! Randomest thing I might actually need.
LED the way, fluorescent is as dead as non rechargeable batteries…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_George_Stokes,_1st_Baronet
@mehdaf Interesting article. I learned a lot from it, including that we have Stokes to blame for the way the noodles splatter around when a bowl of soup is dropped.
@baqui63 and for mercury vapor being in (or having been in) nearly every American house… Yay.
@mehdaf Not just American houses.
This doesn’t light up my life.
@mehgrl It doesn’t give you hope, to carry on?
@PhotoJim Doesn’t fill my nights with song either.
@mehgrl It can’t be wrong if it feels so right.
Could these be used as lights for growing things in closets?
Asking for a friend.
@kennethlong Any light that runs on AA batteries is not going to be able to grow things in closets.
And @lichme is an expert!
@kennethlong This is what you need, my good man:
200W flourescent grow lamp
@kennethlong I also am in the market for some grow lights! These sadly will not do…
@lilsrm123 I’m sure they would grow mushrooms!
@mydrivec In a cruel twist of fate they are too MUCH light for mushrooms. I’m actually considering them for alternate lighting in my grow closets for those time I need light that isn’t that pinkish purple color of LED grow panels.
No, they can’t be used as grow bulbs. You’ll need at least a double bulb 4.5 foot long utility fluorescent fixture and two 100 watt full spectrum bulbs marked on package for growing.
I actually junked a light like this a few days ago (well it had a black shell but was otherwise identical). So no.
/giphy mercury tubes of fail
@awk Is that science or magic?
@melonscoop
/google pharaoh’s serpent
How to make the Pharaoh’s Serpent (Mercury (II) Thiocyanate …
@awk Wow, a Youtube video worth watching! Thanks for the link.
@awk I am sure that, one night, that is going to show up in a nightmare that I’m having.
@InnocuousFarmer it reminds me of those snake firework things… But because of the bizarre coloring, it instead reminded me of the cordyceps fungi that totally takes over the hosts body and slowly kills it, and then grows out of it to look like this:
@RiotDemon We used to play with those snake things. They came as little pellets you lit with a match. I wonder if they’re still legal?
@sammydog01 yep! I’ve seen them for sale fairly recently.
@sammydog01
Am interesting take on the snake firework:
http://www.onlinefireworks.com/index.aspx/ImageGallery/Index?productId=1575
@RiotDemon Ewwww!
Friday is Tri Day.
@JT954 Tri to give it a rest.
I’m tired of the daily emails leaving us in the dark, maybe these will help.
If only it was USB powered.
Maybe if they were black lights.
/giphy black light motel
@medz Is that the real Norma, or the NORMAN Norma?
@ruouttaurmind
/giphy I don’t get that reference
@medz
/giphy Bates Motel
@medz
@medz F4T5 black light bulbs aren’t terribly expensive–a few bucks per?
http://www.blacklight.com/items/BLB06
For $20, you can have THREE crummy blacklights instead of just one.
@Konraden @Konraden No can do - according to the FAQson the company’s web site, the bulbs are non-replaceable.
@rpstrong To the contrary, they’re definitely replaceable. Nobody is going to manufacture this cheap of an item with exclusive non-replaceable bulbs. They might be “non-replaceable” because the plastic cover is glued or screwed into place.
Amazon users agree they can be replaced. That’s the exact model number of the “non-replaceable bubls” model in the FAQ.
https://www.amazon.com/forum/-/Tx3LMR6IRAOIQDH/ref=ask_dp_dpmw_al_hza?asin=B00004XS9Q
@Konraden Damn, who’d of thunk it? But I read it on the Internet!!!
Lights out, time to go to bed.
Doesn’t even deserve a meh. I say bah.
“but c’mon, you’ve got AA batteries”
And even though they seem to run out of gas going from the package to whatever they’re going to power, we all know who we can thank for that.
/giphy sigh
@stinks I really could use more AA and AAA batteries. Maybe some C & Ds.
Hey, Meh! The holidays are coming. Stuff needs batteries…
@LaVikinga Make me an offer.
ok, meh, now I can’t go to sleep thanks to your images. I need a night light which I guess these will do.
/buy
@ELUNO It worked! Your order number is: early-vulnerable-rose
/image early vulnerable rose
useless as teats on a bull for margaritas.
@alacrity Yup.
@mike808 i worked in the maintenance dept. of a hospital that specialized in treatments for the sight impaired decades ago, and we were responsible for an incredible amount of things, among them the engraved signs you’d find… everywhere. inspired, we made dozens of signs that read “No blind people allowed beyond the yellow line”, “WARNING: HIGH VOLTAGE- DO NOT TOUCH” and the worst “CAUTION: LOW CEILING” all printed in Braille.
not my proudest moment…
/buy -q 2
I know, these contain mercury… possibly (who am I kidding, LIKELY!) enough to poison many thousands of gallons of water each bulb… but hey, maybe I’ll need to do that.
@baqui63 It worked! Your order number is: discouraged-abandoned-mockingbird
/image discouraged abandoned mockingbird
How long could 4xAA batteries possibly last in one of these things? 45 minutes maybe? An hour?
@ruouttaurmind Not long enough… If they were LED that would be a different story.
@Stallion one of the reviews said 1-2 hours but that you can buy a 6v converter thingy to plug it in; also more than one reviewer said the velcro is not enough to keep it attached to the wall or ceiling, use screws or buy more velcro.
I do need something like this in my pans cupboard, I was just throwing a fit tonight about no light in there.
/buy
@darkdragon It worked! Your order number is: anterior-credible-degree
/image anterior credible degree
@mediocrebot Thanks, /image macro. My knee is having flashbacks. Okay, both of them are. Okay, only my brain is.
I think I just entered the Twilight Zone.
@sammydog01 Don’t you mean… The Tri-Light Zone?
@awk Jackie Cooper, Cliff Robertson, and @matthew- creepy dudes.
@awk
/giphy csi sunglasses
@awk
/giphy csi sunglasses Off
@awk, man what does it take to get a Caruso gif here???
/giphy CSI Caruso sunglasses off
@haydesigner
Fuck it, in for 3/9
fascinating-unwilling-hand
@Nyc_Tattoo You took one for the team. Illuminate those trash cans!
OooooooK… there must be some bet about overpricing going on up there at the office… amirite?
@thismyusername these would be overpriced if they paid us to take them!
Wow this is one of the most Meh things ever sold I would say…Top Ten worst!
@Stallion Or as we call it in Canada, the bottom ten?
Holy shit balls Meh…nicely done living up to the name! I can think of a thousand places in my house where I’d be embarrassed to place these! I’m out!
@mydrivec Repped for the Pam reference.
I am betting we will find these shattered in the next Fukos
As a carnival shiller I tend to have no emotions about removing money from a rubes hand… speaking of which these little lights are the best lights ever!!! I love how they take some time to actually get up to temp so that they produce the light I need to count the money I am stuffing in my pocket after removing it from yours!!! I love how sometimes when the batteries are low you sit there waiting for them to warm up, only realizing a few minutes later that they are not gonna warm up, and then you have to go digging through the junk drawer and find some more AA batteries which you won’t… so you sit there waiting for meh to put some on sale, but they won’t… because all the buyers are afraid… they are afraid of having a oozing mess on their hands.
In for 4 in soft white, and of course I got VMP… it’s slow to get to temp, but it does eventually work!
@cshillaber One of these days meh will have battery cases for you. And then you go to Lowe’s and buy those giant 100-battery packs of AAs, load 10 into your battery case and put that in your junk drawer, and put the 90 on the shelves in the basement by the washer and dryer.
@cshillaber 3 and 2 stars. That’s equivalent to about -10 stars for a non-shill review, right?
@narfcake I think he is a 5 out of 7 stars type of guy
I like lights. Lots of lights. But not this kind. At any price.
@RedOak You like the dark, that’s what you say? For to have light, you have to pay?
“I need more fluorescent lights.”
Said no one ever.
First speakers without lights, now lights without speakers, why?
Apparently, just me and a carnie are the only fans here. I suppose it has something to do with us both being in dark, dark places.
There are FOUR lights!
FLir… Floor? Floor-ess? Floor-is? Floor… is… scent? What scent? Why do I want my floor to smell?
What exactly is this? is this like those pei-fone boots people say used to be on every corner?
my brain said i must need these. i don’t know why…
in for 2, manageable-phenomenal-stem…
Ah, if only these were LED. I have a weird little closet that is impossible to light. I’ve thought about getting an LED strip or two or three, but the era of fluorescent is mercifully over (or so I thought).
will i be able to communicate with the upside down with these lights? i really need to find my son, i think hes being chased by a demigorgon.
@jihiggs ask Eleven
Okay, I bought a set but now you need to bring back
those AA, AAA batteries again before we run out and have to use these lights as door stoppers…
@unkabob unkabob, Lowe’s. Lowe’s, unkabob.
unkabob, Harbor Freight. Harbor Freight, unkabob.
unkabob, Costco. Costco, unkabob.
Lord Kelvin, where did everyone go? Just a couple days ago the forum was awash in comments about what color temperature is best, and all about CRI. These lamps must be truly unworthy.
Unrelated… What product has been the biggest failure from a sales perspective?
@marklog Unrelated? Oh, I’m guessing in this case you are right on topic. Very, very related.
If the BUY button just said $9 would there be any doubt that you’re getting 3 lights for $9? It’s a 3 pack! So what’s the point of saying 3 for $9? Are you getting 3 3-packs?
MEH. I don’t want to be disappointed.
@kylethephotoguy You are underappreciated.
@sammydog01 You found the twilight zone dude! …cool. He creeps me out.
@Kylethephotoguy I am a huge Twilight Zone fan, I’ve watched them all, and the ventriloquist ones are just about the creepiest.
Meh is clearly running out of good stuff to sell.
@JohnSchubert Running out? That implies there was in fact good stuff for sale at some point. Mediocre is all we can ever hope for.
I already have three just like this, except they’re LED, auto-on/off, motion-sensitive in the dark, have a nice plastic diffuser, and are really cool. Otherwise, identical. But they were $10 (for three). Not Meh, Bleh…
Do these have a “motion” detector that automatically comes on? or do you have to turn a switch, etc. ?
@PrincessSuzuki Manual switch
If you’re masochistic enough to buy these things, there are only two places to get your batteries: Aldi’s and Dollar Tree. Either store will sell you four AA (or AAA) alkaline batteries for a buck. Other stores will happily charge you an entirely different price – like, four or five times as much.
@JohnSchubert A 10-pack of AA is $2 at Ikea.
@narfcake Wow… really? Are you sure they’re alkaline? (“Heavy duty” batteries are eight for a buck at Dollar Tree, but they have such short life that even I pay more for alkaline.)
@JohnSchubert Yes.
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/50240502/
@narfcake Awesome! I looked on Ikea’s web site, but didn’t find these.
I’ve strained to come up with a reason to buy these… can only think of one: to illuminate the inside of a space helmet for Halloween. Still, I think they’d flicker out before the treat bag is half full.
Or, maybe turn them on and throw them at raccoons in the yard. God knows throwing sausage at them backfired.
@pajamma
/giphy throwing sausage
I tried to buy one of these, but both of my (valid) credit cards got declined. Something must be wrong with Meh’s payment processing service. Bummer.
@danoinct That’s it. When all your credit cards get declined, blame the vendor.
no lumen rating? no deal.
@tjamesturner A new F4T5 bulb has a specification of 135 lumens; actual output in this device through the lens, etc. will be lower.
That said, it’s still most likely brighter than the World’s Crappiest Projector!
I could really use these for work but we’re a non profit and I get yelled at when I pay tax on things. Is there a work around for that?
fine. the light strip in my arcade cabinet burned out so I need some replacements
/buy -q 2
@NAFderwin Sorry, the
/buycommand is currently only available to VMP members. Become a VMP./buy
For the Boy Scout Trailer!
@ManBehindPlan It worked! Your order number is: fluffy-shaky-butter
/image fluffy shaky butter
make it solar powered with motion detection
and might get a sale… otherwise takes too many batteries to be useful without recharging abilities
So if you guys don’t like my puns… Sorry…ignore and go on …you meh not like them but that’s your choice to comment back on them or not…I say the meh the merrier…
worst crap e ever, wtf doesnt even work, i quit meh, you guys suck now
The deal turned out rather dim 2 out of 3 did not work, what can I say very disappointed.
@BeerPhil you should always open meh things and test them when you get them, especially with a 90 day warranty.