What black light would you recommend for filming and make those neon strings glow?
Thanks in advance!!
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I use a 50 watt everbeam, it works great!
I don’t think the brand matters as long as it’s not a crappy 3 dollar one, what’s more important is the wattage
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I just got this from AliExpress
Heres the result, also from the 2 choices there you want to get the one with lower wavelength (365), otherwise it emits more visible violet light and might shine other stuff more and string less.
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I have a blacklight that has both 365 and 395 wavelengths. The string and most UV reactive yoyos work better with the purplish 395. The 365 will work better with 365 specific paints and materials, but seems dull, flat and much less bright on strings and the UV Cerakote One Drop and Auldey with UV ring I was testing it on. It seems most were designed with the more common 395 in mind.
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I want one of those lamps so badly the only thing I was wondering if its safe to use, I read a bit about it and seems like is really not the best and people even use sunglasses with it
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I use it with sunglasses. Without them you can feel it affecting your eyes. Makes everything blurry. So I guess your eyeballs are getting a sun tan.
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If it’s about cancer risk, it’s a hoax. “Experts” spreading this misinformation as a fact don’t understand you get exposed to UV just by standing outside 
the amount you get from the UV light is so small it’s basically nothing, there are much worse things that can cause cancer (if that’s what you’re worried about). It’s smoking, extreme sunbathing, not using sunscreen etc. etc., it’s not like you’re yoyoing under UV 24/7 for a month.
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That was my concern as well. Might just have to pick up a good pair of sunglasses along with the black light =P
That is the style light I was looking at initially. I am going to try to connect whatever I use to a tripod so I can do this outside as well.
Thanks for the reply!
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What yoyo is that? It lights up really great with the UV light!
That’s baby 2.023, it has the green plastic cap there so this part shines nicely. I also have another one that’s hybrid, similar to iceberg. It’s green yoyoempire fire spirit, I got it from AliExpress, but they don’t have this colour there anymore, but I’m sure somewhere else they till might have it. Here’s a video with it, the better thing about the hybrid is that you cam see it do in total darkness meanwhile with baby there are only the caps inside and I watch it from above so I kinda yoyo blindly watching where the shiny string ends haha.