Comments on: DIY 9-VOLT LED LIGHT Now On Sale at Mathmos!

By: jimmie

jimmie — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 14:57:32 +0000

I could see them being a nifty solution in a poweroutage or emergency since it’s smaller than many flashlights – though am not sure how bright/helpful they would be especially in red or blue (white is the colour before it illuminates) For sure too $25 could buy a lot of candles or flashlights – and when there’s no mention of how long a battery can power it for or how bright it actually is, really cancel’s any desire in me to blow $25 on one.

By: alison

alison — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:48:36 +0000

It is not available in white as this comment states. Only red and blue.

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Another DIY Battery Lamp - CribFashion.com — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 05:51:16 +0000

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By: Jessie

Jessie — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 06:47:42 +0000

$25 each? It really ain’t easy being green.

By: Tara J.

Tara J. — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 01:09:06 +0000

Nifty idea, particularly in combination with a rechargable battery, but that price is just a bit too much for what is essentially an LED and a plastic shell. Neat idea, but too much $$$ for the average consumer to justify.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 20:24:19 +0000

cute product, despite its non-green use, but $25 each? no thanks.

By: ALEX CASTILLO

ALEX CASTILLO — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 19:30:00 +0000

I agree that using a disposable 9volt is not eco-friendly at all, but if used in tandem with a rechargeable 9volt it would be a green friendly product. Being in the hurricane belt this tiny LED light would come in very handy when the power is out for week s or even months due to its low power consumption.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 17:39:09 +0000

josie– you’re right, mathmos doesn’t claim that these are green. But inhabitat is a sustainability-focused blog– I think people are more pointing that out than the fact that if they’re not eco-friendly, why are they here?

Either way, most AA and AAA batteries are available as rechargable, too.

By: josie

josie — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 11:53:09 +0000

We are not claiming that 9 volts is an eco product – but i wanted to let you know that mathmos has developed 9 Volts specifically so that you can use it with re-charagable batteries if you want to.

By: Orrin

Orrin — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:51:05 +0000

Popular Science had an article on how to make your own 9 volt LED using about $2.00 worth of parts and it was all built by hand and easily embedded into something else (like a little lamp or box or vase or anything you wanted. I made two and they were very easy to buy and put together. You can even do whatever color LED you want.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:37:31 +0000

Yeah you guys are definitely bitter lot:P

No, but I agree. If I have a 9 volt battery lying around, I’ll keep it in my battery drawer until I have to replace the smoke detector battery in a year. They don’t go bad for a couple of years. I don’t need to come up with a use for extra ones.

Say it’s a tealight replacement or cute or whatever, fine, but there’s nothing green about it.

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By: Androo

Androo — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:18:52 +0000

Also: we environmentalists are an awfully bitter lot, aren’t we?

By: Androo

Androo — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:18:15 +0000

Yeah, I’ve always thought it was a very neat aesthetic, but a slightly offensive product.

By: bob

bob — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 04:12:47 +0000

There’s nothing environmentally friendly about it, except that it uses LEDs and it has that sort of clever-but-worthless “design” appeal that’s so popular these days.

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 23:48:24 +0000

Uh. What’s environmentally friendly about something that runs off of disposable chemicals? You can’t claim this is meant to be good for the environment unless at least the picture shows it being used with RECHARGEABLE batteries.

It’s a cool idea though. There’s just no statement here about sustainability.