Is there such a thing as actual glow in the dark guy ropes or are there just luminous guy ropes (i.e. the flourescent ones), and if there are then where can I get some - my tent currently has black guys
Point of info, Luminous and Flourescent are often confused.
Luminous objects are those that emit light on their own and thus 'glow in the dark'
Flourescent objects convert non-visible UV light into visible light and thus appear brighter than they should be in daylight. These objects do not 'glow in the dark'
Point of info, Luminous and Flourescent are often confused.
Luminous objects are those that emit light on their own and thus 'glow in the dark'
Flourescent objects convert non-visible UV light into visible light and thus appear brighter than they should be in daylight. These objects do not 'glow in the dark'
Post last edited on 08/09/2005 12:48:52
Oh srnet, you'rs so-o-o knowledgeable....where would we be without you and Wizard and Michael? lol
My hubby is beginning to rethink this calling me the non-technical member of our outfit, since I've been passing on all this useful info from ukcs...not telling him where I'm learning it all though!
Still think my rope lights around the guys would brighten up the place though eh? Nice twinkly pwitty ones
Does that mean I want flourescent guys, and that you can't get luminous ones (should have realised the difference thinking about it looking at the actual words)
The gist of it is I obviously need something other than black guylines. I am actually rather taken with Hippy Chick's idea, but we don't do EHU in the tent.
Has anybody elses tent ever come with stupid colour guys, nearly everyone on our last camping trip remarked on the fact that our tent came with black guy ropes??.
I've seen luminous guyropes and I WANT them. However I've only seen them sold in 3 metre lenghts which works out expensive. I'm tyring to track down whowever actually manufacturers the rope so that I can buy in bulk. No luck as yet but I'll keep searching.
If anyone else knows, I'm happy to share the cost of a bulk buy
C'mon UKCS don't let this be the question that defeats us
Agree with there Stuart - on our recent trip to mid-Wales, Little Scamp saw the Milky Way for the first time in her life (she's 13!). And before anybody corrects me and tells me that if I'm looking in the right direction, I can always see the Milky Way (at night anyway!), I mean the white 'stripe' across the night sky that you can ONLY see on a clear night, well away from any light pollution, and when your eyes are used to the dark. She was awe-struck and stood shivering in her pyjamas staring at it, murmuring 'WOW' over and over again (I got her out of bed to see it!!).
you want luminous and also you can buy luminous groundpegs they glow for about 4 hrs after dark, or charge em up with a torch like a watch.
oh if your black guyropes have white in them they will reflect light when light hits them.
I did the same thing Scampi. I got my daughter (aged 14) out of bed at 3am (she was awake already) just to loo at the sky. She was also star struck - literally - and although I couldn't name anything other than the Plough it was a memorable experience. We don't get to see much over the lights of Heathrow airport!
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