Pixelstick Lightpainting LED Tool

We are pleased with this product. It works great. I have been wanting one for a while for my night photography and finally purchased it a couple weeks ago. Get one. It's a lot of fun.

I had issues with the Pixel Stick from the beginning. First the box buttons would not work. I contacted the company and they did respond and send a new one. After using it twice I wanted to import my own colors/patterns. No matter what I did I couldn't get the custom designs to work.I only used the pixel stick a few times and the screws started coming off. The whole point of the stick is to use in the dark and the way they have it put together you loose the screws/hinges so easily. It's really frustrating.I contacted the company twice regarding this issue and I was ignored.Assembly takes a bit of practice. The two pieces do not fit together easily. I feel like it's poorly made for the price point. I again contacted the company and asked for a refund. I was ignored.I e-mailed my frustration through the Pixel Stick contact page, emailed Bitbanger Labs directly and through Amazon. They ignored me every time. What a disappointment.

Excellent! Works exactly as advertised! If you like this type of photography, it is a must buy!! It would have been a 5/5 if there had been some sort of hard case option available for it. The padded bag just won't do the job when traveling other than by car. I am currently going through document tubes to find the right size and protection live needed to ship/airline check this.

Great Device! easy to use, easy to setup! I love it

I bought this back in November. Only have used it twice, briefly, as the schedule has not allowed time for night photography. Pulled it out on a recent weeklong trip that I was hoping would be a good opportunity to try out several images I had in mind. Assembled the unit, went to try the rainbow demo to show the other folks on the trip. We got about 10 seconds of rainbow then nothing. I have checked all the accessible connections. Batteries check out as good. The controller starts up fine and says FIRING!, but no light show. Pretty expensive gadget to have it die after maybe five minutes (total) of use! I am trying to figure out how to ping the company as there is not much contact info on their website. I'll update this post as this develops.UPDATE (late April): Emails to the company, posts to website, and posts to FaceBook have gone unanswered. Nice case. Interesting concept. But no quality control and no support from the company. Look for products from other vendors if you want to do light painting.UPDATE (May 16,2018):The good news is that after multiple posts across several sites (photo blogs, their new product Kickstarter site, Amazon, etc.) I was able to get a hold of the BitBanger folks. My original post to the PixelStick website had a bad email address (my fault!). They had tried responding to me back in April, but the message bounced. Not sure why the FB, Amazon, and other posts went unanswered though.The problem was with the wiring connector between the controller and the LED lights. There is a plug that must be push together very aggressively to make proper contact. I had checked this before, but the trick was to connect the plugs, screw down the covering cap, then give the plug another solid push. I could hear it click into place. Once done, the light performed as expected.I am looking forward to getting out to the desert soon to complete my image experiments with this cool looking tool!Raised this from a 1* to 3* for now. I will update as I start using it more and adjust the rating accordingly to the unit's performance for imaging. The difficulty in contacting these guys to get a service response is a concern. It is a two person outfit by the looks of it, so somewhat expected. But a clearer path to getting a service request in should not be that difficult to setup on a website. The BitBanger (not the PixelStick) website seems to be the best bet.

would be a nice thing and it is a nice toy if it would actual work . half of it worked - just send it backthe worst part are the connectors.

It's a little complicated at first, but once you learn how to use it you will love it. Everyone wants to borrow it now. If you like being creative with your photography then this is an excellent choice

Easy to use in my pro skills