Multi-colored LED Ball Review

This multi-colored LED ball (sku.02041) is a great decorative light sold at Dealextreme. The multi-colored LED emits a bright light and keeps switching among 7 (seven) different colors during a few second (see the video below).

It has a ON/OFF switch and it is powered by 3 (three) LR44 batteries (included), but AG13 batteries can be used.

Price

For about $3 (three) you can buy this multi-colored LED ball at Tinydeal or Dealextreme, something relatively cheap considering that you hardly will find it in any store of your city (for now).

Build Quality

The LED ball itself is well made, but its box is a little fragile, like is showed on the above images. But that is not something to worry about.

Usefulness

You can use this multi-colored LED ball as a decorative light of your home or office desk. Or maybe send it as a gift for someone else.

In any case, you should consider the battery life, because they will not last forever. We recommend that you buy a pack containing 50 (fifty) AG13 batteries (for about $4.5) or modify the LED ball to use an external power (USB power, like was suggested for some users of Dealextreme).

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Neodymium Magnetic Balls 5mm Review - Black

This curious item sold at Dealextreme (and others similar websites) is a pack containing 216 magnetic balls (a.k.a. buckyballs, neocubes and zen magnets) and a steel case. More specifically, these balls (or spheres) are neodymium magnets, the most widely-used type of rare-earth magnets (neodymium magnets are also know as NdFeB, Neo or NIB magnets).

Each sphere of this particular item (sku.30801) has 5mm of diameter and is black, but there is others sizes and colors as you will see below.

Style

We have acquired only the item with 216 black magnetic balls of 5mm, but there are others items with different colors, quantity of balls and diameters. For example, if you did not liked the black color, then you can buy the gold color or the silver color version of this same item. Or then, if you think there is too much spheres in the package, then you can buy a pack containing 100 balls, 20 balls or only 10 balls.

Price

This item is sold for about $26 (twenty-six) which, compared with others websites similar to Dealextreme, is a little expensive for a toy. For instance, Focalprice also has an item with 216 black neodymium magnetic balls of 5mm for about $15 (fifteen), which saves $11, but we cannot confirm if these two items have the same magnetic power.

Usefulness

These neodymium magnets are only a toy, but they are very strong magnets and very addictive. You can play for hours building shapes, patterns, sculptures and what else your imagination can think.

As they are very strong magnets, at first, these balls seem a little difficult to handle, but after a few hours playing with them you end up figuring out a way of handling them (a card is very useful).

Be careful, because these spheres can be eaten by children or pets.

If you got curious about these neodymium magnets, then watch the video below.

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