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Stories from Users
"I can't tell you how much fun my children have with the
GlowBuoy. I know it is not designed as a toy but it is one of
their favorite pool toys anyway. My daughter Jenny is five and
really just getting her swimming legs, so, her favorite thing
to do is use the GlowBuoy as a paddle board, most especially at
night. Her brother Adam is two years older and must think he
is Jacques Cousteau because he and the GlowBuoy seem to live on
the bottom of the pool when he is playing with it. He and his
father have this game where they try to get it to float upside
down and when they get bored of that they see if they can get
it to float upside down from the bottom of the pool, but, the
darn thing keeps righting itself before it reaches the top. Their
Dad has posted a $5.00 reward for the first person to succeed
in getting it to stay upside down in the water no matter how the
attempt might start. I think we have invented the GlowBuoy Olympics
they seem to have invented so many different games with it. I
have to tell you your light is fantastic. It lights our pool much
better than our regular lights and the kids just love it."
LeeAnn Norton
Pittsburg, Pa
"I purchased the optional table stand and hanger for my
GlowBuoy this past summer, we bought our GlowBuoy the year before
and when I saw the accessories in our local pool store this last August
I had to have them.
We had a power failure last winter that lasted for 12 hours
and my husband got our GlowBuoy out of the basement and it literally
saved our bacon. I had to cook Bacon and Eggs on the Coleman
Stove because the power had only just gone off before dinner.
We did not have the table stand then, and so, Bob just laid
the GlowBuoy on its back to light the kitchen and nook while
I cooked something quick and simple with our camping gear.
Even though we have a pool, we still love camping and go at
least 4 or 5 times every summer. That power outage showed
us just how useful the GlowBuoy could be so we started to take
it camping with us every time. It's funny because I was going
to write you a letter telling you all of the different ways
we use it and it seems that no sooner had I decided to do that,
then I saw the accessories in our pool store. You read my mind,
thanks for making the GlowBuoy and thanks for making it easier
to use out of the water."
Mary Anne McKinley
Boston, Mass.
I am writing this letter because I owe an apology to my wife,
whom I accused, falsely, I have been told to add, of wasting
family money and being a spendthrift. We have, or I should say
had, what I thought were perfectly good pool lights, they aught
to have been, I paid around $1,500 for them if my memory is
serving me correctly.
Three days ago Brenda came home with one of your lights, the
GlowBuoy, bragging about how it was the best pool light in the
world and we had to have one. I lost my temper and scolded her
about spending money and how she falls for every line that every
salesman gives her. I told her that it was obvious
to anyone that thing
could not possibly light a pool, let alone our pool which is
a 20 by 40 foot irregular shape. I also pointed out that we had only just last year
spend close to $100,000 dollars on our new pool, no small part
of which was our own perfectly good in wall lighting system;
I was upset to say the least.
Well I am eating crow now, and this letter has been made part
of my penance. I must admit, if I didn't worship the ground
she walks on; she really isn't a spend thrift, I had a rough
day at work and I brought it home, and if your light didn't
blow me away, I would not be writing this letter. I spent over
$3,000 on a 'state of the art' fiber optic lighting system and
the GlowBuoy out performs them. Not just a little, I mean completely
out performs them, no more dark areas, anywhere and I love the
way it floats around the pool, its cool. I'm sorry I wasted
the money on the regular lights, but, I always have them as
backup I guess. Now who is the spendthrift? I should have done
my homework when I was buying the pool instead of listening
to that sales guy.
My love has accepted my apology, I am sure you will too."
Steven Fairburn
Chicago, Illinois
I am writing to tell you how impressed I am with the ruggedness
of the GlowBuoy. I was cleaning the pool yesterday and I had
left the GlowBuoy in from the night before. Our back porch is
about three feet higher than the pool deck and I keep the charger
and storage cradle there under the eve of the house so it is
out of the rain when on the charger. Rita, my wife, was on the
porch so I handed the GlowBuoy to her so she could put it back
on its charger. Well either I passed it poorly or she did not
have a firm enough grip on it, because it fell about 5 feet
onto the interlock that we have around the pool and there was
this terrible bang followed by several more as the GlowBuoy
bounced down the decking and eventually into the shallow end.
I could have sworn that it was going to go straight to the bottom;
it had to have broken, it was a terrible fall. To my amazement,
it bobbed happily in the shallow end and did not sink to the
bottom. I retrieved it right away, looked it over, and rushed
to the charger to see if it would still take a charge because
there was not even a scratch on it. It worked! I could not believe
it; I was sure it was a goner. The GlowBuoy is an amazing light;
we love it."
Dave Overton
Vancouver, BC
