Quick review of Promar glow sticks with batteries - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

wiredantz · 10-08-2011, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Reel Anxious

Purchased three yesterday opened them up and all three didn't work. I took off the cap and pressed on the contact point, one turned on but the others no go. You are supposed to tighten the cap to illuminate the unit but no. Just saying.

WARNING DO NOT BUY THIS PROMAR STICKS

THEY SUCK

i put mines on today and couldn't turn them off. On one of them the light bulb completed snapped off the soldering points;

Caffeind · 10-09-2011, 09:46 AM

How sad that the major go-to company for hoop gear can't put out a decent product for this.

I saw some nice strobes the other night...can't find em online tho.

Siebler · 10-09-2011, 10:15 AM

Strobes you say?

http://www.kayakfishingsupplies.com/...Flasher/Detail

Look no further, they are freakin awesome.

tagyak · 10-09-2011, 08:49 PM

jorge had a write up on the led glow sticks. i purchased some and used it instead of those promar ones; thank goodness too after reading about all those malfunctioning ones.
in his write up he suggested to goop the connections around the o-ring, on/off switch and also the front of the flashlight. the light will stay on for an hour b/f shutting off. also it is a good idea to turn off/on the switch to reset the lights after each pull up. looking around in the dark for those nets after the lights shuts off is a bit tricky.

PapaDave · 10-10-2011, 11:54 AM

I just bought 5, of which two worked as advertised, they had a contact that I needed to bend up and then worked fine. The other three had a plastic housing and two didn't turn off, the last one didn't turn on. I returned them for three others but got the same plastice housing and the same problems. I am modified them and now they work. The problem stems from pwb with the LED, if it isn't fitting perfectly then there is a problem one way or the other with it turning off/on. I modified the exposed plastic by cutting the end off leaving a small tab on it so it could be bent outward, then bent out the contact. So far so good, haven't had them out on the water yet though.

10-09-2011, 10:15 AM	#3
Siebler Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Richland Oregon Posts: 1,547	Strobes you say? http://www.kayakfishingsupplies.com/...Flasher/Detail Look no further, they are freakin awesome. __________________ CJ Siebler

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10-09-2011, 09:46 AM	#2
Caffeind Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: OC Posts: 146	How sad that the major go-to company for hoop gear can't put out a decent product for this. I saw some nice strobes the other night...can't find em online tho.

10-09-2011, 08:49 PM	#4
tagyak Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Alhambra Posts: 506	jorge had a write up on the led glow sticks. i purchased some and used it instead of those promar ones; thank goodness too after reading about all those malfunctioning ones. in his write up he suggested to goop the connections around the o-ring, on/off switch and also the front of the flashlight. the light will stay on for an hour b/f shutting off. also it is a good idea to turn off/on the switch to reset the lights after each pull up. looking around in the dark for those nets after the lights shuts off is a bit tricky.

10-10-2011, 11:54 AM	#5
PapaDave Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Menifee, CA Posts: 1,475	I just bought 5, of which two worked as advertised, they had a contact that I needed to bend up and then worked fine. The other three had a plastic housing and two didn't turn off, the last one didn't turn on. I returned them for three others but got the same plastice housing and the same problems. I am modified them and now they work. The problem stems from pwb with the LED, if it isn't fitting perfectly then there is a problem one way or the other with it turning off/on. I modified the exposed plastic by cutting the end off leaving a small tab on it so it could be bent outward, then bent out the contact. So far so good, haven't had them out on the water yet though.