Jason Waskey
Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2025
Name's *juuuust* a bit misleading. The wire is neither super nor bright. It is certainly not super bright.
mamacau
Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2024
I’ll be using this in a lighting project. I had hoped that this would transmit light through its sides as well as through its end, as the listing shows. It seems to, however, mostly transmit light to its end. It’s still a decent product, though a little expensive.
FlutterBug72
Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2023
I understood from reviews & reading the product description that I would have to provide a light source. Ok fine. What I didn't expect was that the ONLY light I would see would be at the very end. Yes, the light at the very end changes colors when I change the source color. But that's it. The sides of the 10' tube doesn't glow at all - the website description shows that the tube glows. The website also advertises it at "super bright". What part of "super bright" am I missing?Do I need to cut this up into short lengths & tape together? I was hoping to give this to my son to experiment with but it's a huge letdown. I'm still going to give it to him to play with. Maybe he can make it work better than me.
JimT
Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2023
Just to be clear, the pretty blue glow shown in the picture does not indicate the color you will see. This is just a 10-foot length of 2mm diameter plastic optical fiber, nothing more (I ordered the .08"). The color you see depends on the light source you shine into it. Also, since it is optical fiber, it depends on total internal reflection to get the light all the way to the other end, bends and all. This means it doesn't illuminate the sides of the fiber at all, unless you sand or otherwise roughen the surface.I expected all of this, but what I didn't expect is that when using the full length, it is strongly tinted yellow due to scattering of blue (which is what you see in the picture), which means blue light will still be blue, but the won't come out as bright as it went in. I only intend to use pieces of just a few inches, where there will be practically no loss.
Signus
Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2023
One star removed for it not transferring light as well as the listing boasts. You have to give it an exceptional amount of lumens to cary light any real distance for diffusion along its path.I'll be using this in very small sections (under 2 inches) to transfer and dissipate 405-445nm UV light, so for me it isn't going to negatively impact my use. Be aware this fiber is meant to deflect photons more than carry photons all the way through to an endpoint like glass fiber does. I've see plastic from the 1960s work better than this, so I'm not really impressed. I don't hate it, just don't love it.Recommended with above explanation
Ms Mike
Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2023
It wasn't until I showed this optic fiber to my son (he's a mechanical engineer) did I even have a notion as to how it worked. So cool!! He showed me by positioning one end against the light on his phone and turned out the ceiling lights. Magically the light travelled down the string brightly then faded a bit toward the end. Lots of physics explanations that I don't dare repeat because I'll say it wrong. It's fascinating to play with and I'll have fun sharing it with the grands.PHYSICS ON A STRING
fen
Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2023
Be aware it does not come with a light source so you will need to provide or make your own. I made one with a couple LEDs I had lying around and it works great! If you put 2 LEDs at each end it glows even brighter and you can even get a nice gradient if you use 2 different colors.
Nina
Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2023
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