Best value glowpoi?

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.

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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.

i just got my flows w/ crystals 2day and i absolutely love them, still adjusting to how they feel but picked it up super quick :))