fredjr Posted August 26, 2006 Share Posted August 26, 2006 (edited) I was asked by a friend who bought some of the 1000 mesh spherical currently available on ebay to test it against some german dark. So here's a video of 1 gram of each unconfined and ignited with visco. Watch the movie and see if you can tell which is which. mpeg2 - german vs 1000 mesh spherical mpeg1 - german vs 1000 mesh spherical Oh yeah - you'll need to watch it frame by frame NOT full speed. The mix is standard 70/30 with perc milled to super fine powder. Edited August 26, 2006 by fredjr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Posted August 26, 2006 Share Posted August 26, 2006 Video deosnt work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_DB_ Posted August 26, 2006 Share Posted August 26, 2006 If you right click and "save target as" it works just fine. To me the first flash seems to burn slightly slower then the second one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeAdFX Posted August 26, 2006 Share Posted August 26, 2006 I was asked by a friend who bought some of the 1000 mesh spherical currently available on ebay to test it against some german dark. So here's a video of 1 gram of each unconfined and ignited with visco. Watch the movie and see if you can tell which is which. german vs 1000 mesh spherical Oh yeah - you'll need to watch it frame by frame NOT full speed. The mix is standard 70/30 with perc milled to super fine powder.The video doesn't work... Windows media player[WMP] says that it cannot play the file or possibly the right codec isn't installed. Did you record the video using WMP or some other video format like quick time(vomit) or possibly I don't have the newest version of WMP . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_DB_ Posted August 27, 2006 Share Posted August 27, 2006 It plays just fine for my WMP, maybe you need to get DIVX or whatever it's called. It's something to do with coding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Posted August 27, 2006 Share Posted August 27, 2006 The second one is faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itwasntme Posted August 27, 2006 Share Posted August 27, 2006 The second one is definatly brighter. It could be how the camera caught it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeAdFX Posted August 27, 2006 Share Posted August 27, 2006 First off I would like to say that the new video(mpeg 1) works. I can now view the video. To be honest I cannot tell any difference between the two flash powders in terms of brightness and speed. However I noticed some other things. I am curious as to why there are more sparks being thrown around at the end of the first flash powder compared to the second flash burn. The second flash also glows at the end compared to the first which didn't glow. My guess is the first flash powder is German Dark Aluminum and the second flash powder is the 1000 Mesh Ebay Aluminum. EDIT: Weird when playing "frame by frame" under play speed settings(WMP) sometimes the video would skip huge chunks. Ie... I would click on the little arrow button and the video would progress a tiny bit and then all of a sudden the next push would progess the movie about a huge bit(lousy choice of words but I think you get the idea?) way through... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lacrima97 Posted August 27, 2006 Share Posted August 27, 2006 No difference. If any difference, the first may be a hair faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredjr Posted August 28, 2006 Author Share Posted August 28, 2006 First 1 is the 1000 mesh spherical. The german dark is slighter brighter on the video but in person really hard to tell. They both threw some sparks. The 1000 mesh sparks went a little higher but there were more sparks from the german dark.The verdict - German is better but the 1000 mesh makes a nice alternative for less money. IMHO the longer lived sparks in the 1000 mesh are small fragments that didn't burn as quickly as the rest. In aerial salute testing the sound is not quite as deep but very close. Actually could just be my ears since I was not expecting it to work so well. To testing ignitability very small amounts were exposed to sweeping torch flame and the 1000 mesh is a little harder to ingite. While I know how to make it ignite better, I won't discuss it as I don't recommend it for the novice. More knowledgable individuals already know how. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caleb51 Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 did you say you milled flash?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochris Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 did you say you milled flash?!Oh yeah - you'll need to watch it frame by frame NOT full speed. The mix is standard 70/30 with perc milled to super fine powder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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