[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Use of Glow sticks (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 3/9/2011 2:01:20 PM EDT
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I've noticed when looking at gear setups, most everyone seems to have glow sticks attached to a MOLLE strap. I can imagine a hundred different uses for glow sticks, but was wondering if there are specific uses most use them for.
So GD, what do you use them for? |
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I break them open over my naked body and run through Soho at night. ^This Actually, on my ARNG rig I have a TAG MBITR pouch with webbing for chem-lights. I used a bunch this past AT for tons of stuff: lighting arctic tents, marking rooms, doors, and windows. You can also mark LZs, vehicles, people, patrol base limits, pretty much anything. I also keep a variety of colors for different uses: red-medical, yellow/orange-lighting, green- cleared buildings/rooms, IR-IFF, near/far recognition, limits of fire, etc... They're really invaluable. |
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I break them open over my naked body and run through Soho at night. Better to don a set of yellow tyvek coveralls, a cheapo respirator and goggles and scream "RUN! THE VIRUS IS MUTATING!!!!" while doing the above.  
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I break them open over my naked body and run through Soho at night. Better to don a set of yellow tyvek coveralls, a cheapo respirator and goggles and scream "RUN! THE VIRUS IS MUTATING!!!!" while doing the above. Can i be there to film that????? They did that on Jackass with a dewar of dry ice. Scared the shit out of some people. |
Once our C-141 was empty after a night time airdrop, we'd turn off all the lights, crack on a chemlight, put a small hole in the bottom, then sling the chemical all over the inside of the cargo compartment. I gotta tell ya, it was like seeing stars 360 degrees all around you and would make even the heartiest flyer a bit queasy. 
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I break them open over my naked body and run through Soho at night. ^This Actually, on my ARNG rig I have a TAG MBITR pouch with webbing for chem-lights. I used a bunch this past AT for tons of stuff: lighting arctic tents, marking rooms, doors, and windows. You can also mark LZs, vehicles, people, patrol base limits, pretty much anything. I also keep a variety of colors for different uses: red-medical, yellow/orange-lighting, green- cleared buildings/rooms, IR-IFF, near/far recognition, limits of fire, etc... They're really invaluable. Best answer yet. |
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Quoted: Quoted: I break them open over my naked body and run through Soho at night. Better to don a set of yellow tyvek coveralls, a cheapo respirator and goggles and scream "RUN! THE VIRUS IS MUTATING!!!!" while doing the above. I have come VERY close to donning a Level B Tyvek Hazmat splash suit and running away from the fallout shelters on campus with a survey meter and dosimeter. No yelling, just running like hell. My better judgement is just a little quicker than my decision to act upon the urge |
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I break them open over my naked body and run through Soho at night. Better to don a set of yellow tyvek coveralls, a cheapo respirator and goggles and scream "RUN! THE VIRUS IS MUTATING!!!!" while doing the above. I have come VERY close to donning a Level B Tyvek Hazmat splash suit and running away from the fallout shelters on campus with a survey meter and dosimeter. No yelling, just running like hell. My better judgement is just a little quicker than my decision to act upon the urge Wish that better judgement had been mine when in University I tossed a dummy pineapple gernade in an elevator with a bunch of Viet Nam vets on board as the doors closed. Damn I nearly had to drop out that semester, as it was I missed a week's worth of classes. |
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Use them deer hunting. Make a shot a dusk and pop 1 at your stand leave it there. Pop another where
deer was hit. Hang it in a tree. Follow blood trail till you find deer. If trail runs out. Pop another at last blood. This creates a line of sight to get good idea of where more blood can be found if not the deer. 
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What about using 'em as poor man flash bangs in the event of a home invasion at night? There used to be a device sold in which you would place 3 or 4 of the high intensity chemlights. You'd toss the whole thing into a room and the weight would activate the chemlights. So your idea is not new. |
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There's a really Big and nice bridge up the road that's great for base jumping but a little on the watched list so you have to jump it at night.
Trouble is, it's dark as crap at the bottom of the gorge so we dig a long line of 7" deep holes about 10' apart and drop one light in each. From the bridge and under canopy, the landing area looks exactly like a row of runway lights and for the LEO's on the ground, they're completely unseen. Works like a charm 
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When I was a little kid my dad would crack one and hang it just inside or just outside the tent in case I needed to get up at night. I do that now when camping with the daughter - hang micros on the guy lines so she doesn't play unintentional 70 pound bulldozer in the dark.
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Wish that better judgement had been mine when in University I tossed a dummy pineapple gernade in an elevator with a bunch of Viet Nam vets on board as the doors closed. Damn I nearly had to drop out that semester, as it was I missed a week's worth of classes. I could ask a certain Arfcommer about the Christmas party where a mutual friend said "Here... catch" and tossed a very realistic lemon grenade repro onto the bags of groceries he was carrying inside to the party. He was only a few months out at the time. 
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There's a really Big and nice bridge up the road that's great for base jumping but a little on the watched list so you have to jump it at night. Trouble is, it's dark as crap at the bottom of the gorge so we dig a long line of 7" deep holes about 10' apart and drop one light in each. From the bridge and under canopy, the landing area looks exactly like a row of runway lights and for the LEO's on the ground, they're completely unseen. Works like a charm I like how you think. Better hope they don't get FLIR or TIC with their next DHS grant. 
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I've probably used about half a billion of them over the past few years
Marking rooms, marking hazards, marking embark/debark point, marking LZ's, marking me, training aids, marking vehicles, low intensity light for gun crews, boat crews, crane operators, used them fishing, hunting, camping, so on and so forth. If you can think of something that needs to be marked, you can use a chem light. I usually carry about a dozen on my gear. 4 hot colors, 4 cold colors, 4 neutrals. I put a loop of 8lb test fishing line through the hole on the end and hang them in various locations. Different colors mean different things on various missions, but the general idea is "hot"=bad, "cold"=ok, neutral can mean a whole lot of different things. IR ones come in handy as well |
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Once our C-141 was empty after a night time airdrop, we'd turn off all the lights, crack on a chemlight, put a small hole in the bottom, then sling the chemical all over the inside of the cargo compartment. I gotta tell ya, it was like seeing stars 360 degrees all around you and would make even the heartiest flyer a bit queasy. I used to do this in a small cabin on my uncles farm. It's like floating in space when you look down at the floor. Good times...... |
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Use them deer hunting. Make a shot a dusk and pop 1 at your stand leave it there. Pop another where deer was hit. Hang it in a tree. Follow blood trail till you find deer. If trail runs out. Pop another at last blood. This creates a line of sight to get good idea of where more blood can be found if not the deer.
Did that. It helps, but I still spent an hour trying to refind the kill in knee high grass in the dark. This year I'm using IR stobes.
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