MKUltras - 10mm Milos Glow Editions

MKUltras - 10mm Milos Glow Editions

The Glow POM Milos are made from a variant of what is essentially the same material as our popular delrin lineup, but packing a huge glow into every bead. We’re launching these in three colours, a great looking blue, a striking red, and a fresh looking off-white that has a bright greenish glow. The white has a substantially stronger glow than the red and blue, but all three are pretty terrific. All feature a soft-feeling machine finish, which gives them a calming, frosted look.

These beads have a unique look and feel on the wrist, and are very comfortable to wear due to their light weight and rounding. The 10mm Mílos beads are the perfect size for this material, and work well with both the short and long form ultras setup. The 3mm bore on the beads provides a great experience during bead counting, and the crisp clack of the beads during raindrops is pleasant and fresh. The material is light enough to flip beautifully, regardless of your skill level, and the beads can be played in two packets, or from the 15mm titanium boss bead.

Short Form

The Short Form Mílos MKUltras feature 21 of our 10mm apple shaped Mílo beads, and are designed to be worn on the wrist in a single loop. The sliding 15mm AO2 Lil' Boss bead provides a friction fit locking mechanism to keep the set in place when worn, while sliding down to create slack when the set is being played. 

• 21 x 10mm Mílos + 1x 15mm AO2 Etched Titanium Lil' Boss
• Weight ~23g
• Colours
  • Red
  • Blue
  • White
• Strung on AO2's new custom 12-strand, high density, 2mm Kevlar cord

Long Form

The Long Form Edition of the Mílos features 33 of our 10mm apple shaped Mílo beads, and are designed to be worn on the wrist in a double loop. The sliding 15mm AO2 Etched boss bead provides a friction fit locking mechanism to keep the set in place when worn, while sliding down to create slack when the set is being played. 

• 33x 10mm Mílos + 1x 15mm Etched Titanium AO2 Lil' Boss 
• Weight: ~ 32g 
• Colours
  • Red
  • Blue
  • White
• Strung on AO2's new custom 12-strand, high density, 2mm Kevlar cord

General Information on the MKUltras

The MKUltras are a hybrid design, combining elements of traditional Mala and Komboloi beads. The MKUltra name gives a nod to this lineage, as well as their expedience as tools to help us focus our minds and still our thoughts. They can be used in a variety of ways, ranging from quiet bead counting, through to raucous flipping. 

The unique setup of the MKUltras allows them to be worn like mala beads, or carried discretely in the pocket. They adjust by means of a simple friction fit through the larger "Micro Boss" bead closure. Although the design is exceedingly simple, we're fairly confident you won't find anything quite like them around. This is a knotless system, and does not require any special lock bead. The cord is simply compressed when threaded through the Micro Boss bead, providing a reliable, secure fastener, that is easy to adjust when needed.

In this way, the Ultras can be worn on the wrist, or loosened and slid up above the elbow to keep them out of the way when needed. Excess cordage can be knotted loosely around the Micro Boss bead when they are worn on the wrist, or left dangling. This modifiable arrangement allows them to be used very quietly, for simple bead counting used in breath work and meditation, to "raindrop" methods marked by the satisfying, rhythmic clacking of the beads, as well as much more physical methods of manipulation which resemble short game begleri play. While they aren't intended as a highly technical skill toy, there are still a solid range of moves you can link together, and lots of ways of working with them.

New to the Ultras? You can wear em on your wrist, or check out the video below for some other examples of what these beads are capable of.