Rubber bracelets for weaving: types and differences of sets
Content
- Sets of Rainbow Loom
- Types Loom bands - Rainbow Loom subsidiary
- Other sets of weaving gum
- The more dangerous gum plaiting
- How to distinguish a fake
Rubber bands for weaving bracelets are of great interest to everyonemore schoolchildren, teenagers, adults. Eyes run wide from the variety of sets by price, manufacturer, color, quantity, shape of rubber bands, availability of additional fasteners, tools. Children cannot imagine their life without a new hobby, and parents worry about the quality of the goods and the health of children.
Sets of Rainbow Loom
Therefore, examine three questions: 1) what are the color rezinochki plaiting shape, brand, material; 2) as far as they are harmful to health; 3) how to choose a safe genuine products.
When one Chinese man, Chong Chun Ng, invented hisdaughters a machine for weaving rubber bands, saw the children's interest, then decided to improve it and patent it under the brand Rainbow Machine. So the first multi-colored, small, round rainbow rubber bands for weaving rainbow loom bracelets went on sale. This American manufacturer offers a number of products under the brands:
- Monster Tale is designed for beginners. The set features a small machine, 600 gum, plastic hook. Purchase can be in the range of one thousand rubles;
- original set of Rainbow Loom for beginners. It is worth a little expensive (within 1,500 rubles), and has a small packaging: 600 irises, plastic hook fastener, big machine;
- Alpha Lum is also the first product, but comes withgrave bundle. There are already 1200 irises, metal hook, not folding machine, clips, a comb with teeth. From this set, you can weave bracelets with unusual inscriptions;
- Rainbow Loom Deluxe offers for 4500 rubles three machines (two large, one small), two hooks, irises 3300 (only 11 colors), clips, beads, pendants.
These kits are expensive and have a lot of features.counterfeits. Therefore, look at the quality of the rubber bands, the machine. Rainbow rubber bands take their original shape when stretched, do not have a toxic smell. The machine is without nicks, with a logo and a red arrow that cannot be torn off with a fingernail.
Video: Kit Overview
Types Loom bands - Rainbow Loom subsidiary
Lum bands also differ inequipment and price. Manufacturers offer more quality rubber bands (monochrome, luminous, with an unusual shade and surface, two-color), durable tool, color range of 21 shades. You can find the following range of bands sets:
- exclusive Loom Bands. For 1600 rubles 2600 offers smooth gum, pupyrchatoy and "pinion" form, three hooks (large plastic and metal and small), Machine, pendants, buckles, box with 14 compartments. Jewellery pupyrchatoy rubber look original, gracefully;
- averaged bands. For 1750 rubles 3000 offers smooth gum (10 basic colors), two large hooks (plastic, metal), good reinforced machine, beads, clasps, pendants shaped, box for storage;
- large Lummen Bands Premium. For 2000 rubles 4200 offers multi-colored rubber bands (one-color, neon, two-color), durable reinforced machine, two hooks, beads, clasps, charmiki, storage box.
If there are sets under this brandunusual figured shapes, then it is a Chinese fake. The bands sets always contain a machine and hooks from an American manufacturer, high-quality rubber bands (odorless, do not dye, do not tear when stretched).
Other sets of weaving gum
Now the market offers different colored figuresrubber bands in the shape of hearts, stars, animals. Their quantity can be from 200 pieces to 65 thousand (and this is not the limit for manufacturers). The sets include machines (round, rectangular, single-tier, removable), a stand for the machine, hooks, fasteners, a certain color range of rubber bands, beads, watches, other accessories. These details determine the cost of the goods.
In addition to expensive cases, you can find them on saleMulti-colored crazy loom rubber bands (from 62 rubles). The package contains 500 rubber bands (one color or a mix), 15 locks, a hook. The cost increases depending on the number of rubber bands, color scheme, accessories, tools. Also, within 1000 rubles, you can buy children's sets of animals, keychains, figurines, toys. The kit also includes a machine, a hook, carabiners, fasteners, beads, stickers, instructions, rubber bands.
But treat bright, unusual sets with caution.be careful when checking the material for quality. A lot of fakes come not only from China, but also from European countries. It is better to buy classic rubber bands, since it is impossible to check the quality of neon, glossy, phosphorescent, gel, and flavored rubber bands without a special device.
The more dangerous gum plaiting
Bracelets made of poor quality materialeveryday wear cause allergic reactions on the skin (redness, itching, spots, eczema, brittle nails, dermatitis), problems with the respiratory tract (cough, pulmonary edema, bronchitis). At the same time, it is necessary to exclude the usual rubbing with tight rubber bands for braiding.
If you spend a lot of time with poisonousrubber bands, symptoms of food poisoning may appear (loss of appetite, decreased concentration, nausea, fatigue, headache, depression).
It is the composition of rubber that affects human health.Counterfeits may contain toxic substances - phthalates and formaldehydes. They are even more present in counterfeits of crazy, Di Lum bands, unusual Chinese packaging. Where in sets there are plastic keychains, fittings, toys, which contain poison several hundred times higher than the norm.
It is the excess of carcinogens that cancontribute to skin cancer. Studies of chemistry students with rubber bands revealed heavy metal lead, chlorine, phenol, harmful unsaturated hydrocarbons in their composition. These toxic substances are dangerous for humans. They irritate the skin, mucous membranes, cause bronchitis, weakness, drowsiness, and lead to disruption of the central nervous system.
Not only the composition can cause harm to health, butand improper handling of rubber bands. There have been many cases of suffocation and blue skin when children swallowed small rubber bands, wound them around their fingers and fell asleep with them. Therefore, any rubber bands are dangerous for children, and schoolchildren need to be taught the rules for working with rubber products.
Video: Dangerous Counterfeits
How to distinguish a fake
When buying, you are not always allowed to open the weaving kits. Therefore, pay attention to the following facts:
- the original set has the carton andcases sold separately. Most often, the manufacturer offers a stand for the machine with compartments for fixings, suspensions, gums. So that the goods in plastic curly Casey bags (like crazy) are not direct analogue of the manufacturer;
- stay tuned to the official website of the manufacturer or distributor for the release of new products;
- the price of the original gum several times higher than a similar forgery;
- rainbow loom original logo on fakes is not respected;
- a certificate from the seller, and on the packaging product information in Russian.
If we can see the contents, then pay attention to two facts:
- gum the same size, with no chipping;
- colors is not more than 11 shades, from subsidiaries more.
Colored gum elastic, when stretching and weaving take shape. Rubber is not painted, without a pungent odor. Tools come with a manufacturer's logo.
There is a red arrow on the hook. Neither the logo nor the arrow can be erased by water or torn off with a fingernail.
Before work, leave the set of rubber bands open forfresh air (balcony, yard, summer house) to let the unpleasant smell of rubber evaporate. And only then can you start weaving bracelets or toys. If you are unsure what to buy, just choose rubber bands made of silicone or rubber (latex), since phthalates can be added to PVC.
Video: Learning to distinguish fake rubber bands
