HexBright, an Open Source Light: Review, Funding & Stats
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/christian-carlberg/hexbright-an-open-source-lightHyperstarter Score
36%
Good
Goal Status
Backers
3,156
Pledge Amount
$259,293.65
of $31,000
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Popular Sites
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 GitHub - dhiltonp/hexbright: The easiest way to start programming your hexbright. github.com|High Traffic is the easiest way to get started with programming your hexbright . |
 Man Creates Open Source Flashlight - Slashdot Jun 5, 2022|idle.slashdot.org|High Traffic say could be the 'world's first open source flashlight.' But why in the world would you want a reprogrammable flashlight ?" |
 HexBright Flex Programmable Flashlight | iFixit News www.ifixit.com|High Traffic HexBright Flex programmable flashlight body |
 Creating a Hackable Flashlight - Make: makezine.com HexBright on Kickstarter |
 01 | June | 2011 | Hackaday hackaday.com aluminum hex bar and a Cree XM-L LED? A lightweight, extremely bright flashlight that won’t roll away on you. The HexBright puts out |
General Sites
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 HexBright Flex – a Programmable High Power LED Flashlight Jun 9, 2017|toolguyd.com HexBright on KickStarter More info on KickStarter |
 DSHR's Blog: Crowdfunding Aug 6, 2022|blog.dshr.org have sometimes favored novelty over usefulness. For example, who reallyneedsan open-source Arduino-compatible flashlight ? But HexBright turned out to be a really good |
 HexBright, an Open Source Light. 350 and 500 Lumens! - MREInfo.com Feb 6, 2020|www.mreinfo.com http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/527 ... urce-light |
 KickStarter - Kickstarter Watch. | Page 21 | rpgcodex > 20 god-damned years and still a work in progress rpgcodex.net $00,259,293 HexBright, an Open Source Light |
 Off topic? | Page 204 | Shotgun Forum www.shotgunworld.com http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/527 ... urce-light |
HexBright, an Open Source Light: Campaign Review & Analysis
Campaign Page Overview
Detailed breakdown and suggestions for improvement
Hyperstarter Score Breakdown
 4 | The title has a good length, but could more text be added?TITLE: 31 Add more characters to the title, perhaps add specific niche keywords? Look at adding more words by researching your closest competitors and use what they wrote for their headlines. |
 5 | Excellent, the description is just right!DESCRIPTION: 128 The number of words in the description is just right to capture attention and bring them into your project. |
 1 | There are no wordsWORD COUNT: 0 This campaign needs more text on the page. Think about what questions potential backers will have on their minds, answer them through imagery and detailed descriptive text. |
 5 | Not PresentLINK COUNT: 0 Having a small number of outbound links to other sites showing reports, company sites etc., can help build trust. |
 1 | Not presentNUMBER OF IMAGES: 0 Consider adding more such as more product images including people, a features list including text and icons, timeline, photos of the people involved in the project and/or images of where you have been mentioned. |
Suggested Improvements
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