Best value glowpoi?

disclaimer: maker is a friend of mine.

www.flowtoys.com

Flowtoys makes some neat stuff. i love the designs because they are so modular. and he (sean the toymaker) tests the hell out of everything he makes.i also saw all his other numerous prototypes before he found the right combination of materials.. so i can reccomend him with a high degree of confidence. i currently travel with the breakdown flowstaffs.. woo hoo! the pois are about US$40 i think ..

and when psycholemming came to singapore... she bought an extra set of flowpois i had.. i think she likes it too..

I strongly recommend ANY of th HOP stuff.
Not only is it top quality, it is also low cost, and the customer service, whether it was during or after the transaction, is the greatest I have ever found anywhere.

Oh.. and buying things from the HOP shop menas we dont have to pay a subscripton for using this board

hop,

buy some glowgear

buy it from hop

then when yousee something that lots of people have,and you hear more good than bad about it, buy it, and be happy

Has anyone tried the "Alternator poi" from ballsulike?

What did you go for in the end meep?

flowtoys and oggz poi are tempermental . the c3 consitrate are awsome but i found this one site that has these led inserts and poi heads that are amazing they are called the all light and can be found at light up and jugle

Concentrait Led C3 Poi
17 different modes...
Strobe settings...
color changing settings..
solid color settings...
programable
Durable
Super bright
200 buckaroos though i just ordered mine

I've only tried flowpoi so far, and I love them. I bought two water flowlights and was so impressed that I just got a pair each of fire and spirit. they don't change colors or anything but they do have a bunch of different modes (light patterns) which are fun to play with, and you can easily switch out one pair for another if you want to use a different color scheme. like I said, they are all I've tried so far, so take this with a grain of salt. I really do enjoy them though. and I practice indoors, so I can verify that the flowlights can take a beating as long as you use the crystal cases... can't count how many times I've smacked them into a piece of furniture or the ceiling and they're still going strong.

out of what I've seen and used, I'd say flowlights are definitely the best value. Awesomely bright, colorful, durable, changeable, all these different setups and colors.

flowtoys, crystal cases all the way

To me it depends on where you are, what you want to do with them and how experienced you are.

One of the ball ones is probably best for learning - they're softer than flowtoys, even the ones with crystal cases. My first set were the 3 colour strobe one, and probably the best value for money because I bought them at a festival and didn't have to pay postage (a significant factor in rural Aus).

Flowtoys poi have a big advantage in using rechargeable batteries - most of the ball ones use watch batteries (I think fire mecca have a rechargeable version) which gets expensive if you're using light to practice with.

These days I use flowtoys crystal to learn stuff, duo for parties where we can't have fire for whatever reason or when I want to groove for hours. I still take the ball ones for peeps who want to have a go for the first time.

Of the ball ones the prettiest but also the most expensive are the multicolour ones like the picture above - HOP pro series do that too. Mind you, I only use the option that switches through all the colours, though I do alternate between strobe and fade.

Hey Friends,

If you are looking for a proffesional set of poi to really shock and awe but not break the bank, think Ultra Poi. We have got some footage for you displaying some of our new modes that are amazing! The full production of the new generation of Ultra Poi are due by summer (finnal price to be under $100!!!) after a few of our other products are released.

Our most current gear that has been set loose is the Dropz 4 Ultra which is an LED microlight that displays all of Ultra Poi's modes in an ultra compact form, they are being sold by our partners at www.Liquidemotions.com.

New Modes!!!

i was wondering which poi to get also, i have mostly use regular glow sticks for practice so im used 2 gettin the crap smacked out of me, and hav also used glo poi that were my brother-in-laws, not interested in sock poi or fire poi (dont wanna catch myself on fire lol). the flowlights look really cool, but not wanting 2 spend a ton of cash.

point of note: flowtoys also has incredible customer service. I'll be making a thread about it in a second, because it's just that good.

Hooza: Sock poi are seriously awesome to learn with. Unless there is something in particular that you are trying to do that socks will get in the way of, make some. They rock.

I hate poi that stretch so much. For sock poi I would use something cotton like the cone poi from home of poi. But a lot of people like stretchy sock poi so you can try it, super cheap.

I'm also looking into getting some glow poi and flowlights seem to have a pretty good reputation and look pretty awesome, as well a being relatively cheap.

I do second the recommendation of making some sock poi though, if you're used to glowsticks the weight will take a bit of getting used to but after I upgraded my cone poi from tennis balls to ~130g of rice I found I much preferred the extra weight.

ok, so sock poi good for practicing w/ basically, i did end up buyin som flowlights w/ the cases and also went ahead and got the swivel handels. im better w/ manipulating the glowsticks better than poi.

SoD: I find that, depending on the sock, the stretch is not really bad.