Anyone have a green laser?

Cew27 · 29 Apr 2008 at 15:08

hey all i have been interested in lasers for a while now and decided to get a 35 mw cheapie off ebay a while back but i sold it to get a better one.
i am thinking of getting the infinity 95mw one from tech lasers (link at the bottom) does anyone else have one?
http://www.techlasers.com/green-laser-pointer-95mw-p-49.html

Mat · 29 Apr 2008 at 15:10

Pew pew!

Why do you want one? What are you going to do with it?

jonislost · 29 Apr 2008 at 15:10

Wow pricey, why not just get one of the £2 one you can still blind people with them

Cew27 · 29 Apr 2008 at 15:14

the red laser pointers you see in shops are only 1mw and are harmless the one above pops ballons at 50 feet, stings skin, lights matches, ignites balsa wook and the beam is visible even in day time, it looks like a huge green lightsabre in the sky and you can see the beam hitting the clouds but the beam doesnt get past the ionosphere

Dist · 29 Apr 2008 at 15:16

Get a blue laser, even more visible.

platypus · 29 Apr 2008 at 15:17

Thats great. Why would you need a laser that powerful?

JIM_BOB7813 · 29 Apr 2008 at 15:17

Cew27 said:
the red laser pointers you see in shops are only 1mw and are harmless the one above pops ballons at 50 feet, stings skin, lights matches, ignites balsa wook and the beam is visible even in day time, it looks like a huge green lightsabre in the sky and you can see the beam hitting the clouds but the beam doesnt get past the ionosphere

And the second it catches a reflective surface, it burns your retina.

jonislost · 29 Apr 2008 at 15:17

Cew27 said:
the red laser pointers you see in shops are only 1mw and are harmless the one above pops ballons at 50 feet, stings skin, lights matches, ignites balsa wook and the beam is visible even in day time, it looks like a huge green lightsabre in the sky and you can see the beam hitting the clouds but the beam doesnt get past the ionosphere

Seems like a pointless rip off gimmick to me lol. Have fun

Cew27 · 29 Apr 2008 at 15:18

blue lasers cost a bomb
and why would i need one, the answer is i dont but i want one!
my 35mw one could pop ballons at 10 feet but this should be a beast, it can also engrave on leather

Dist · 29 Apr 2008 at 15:20

could be hard to import one anyway since i dont think they are legal. Due to some health and safety regulation or something, laser pointers in the UK are limited to 1mW or something like that (lasers in a dvd drive are more powerfull then that, but thats because they are not a laser pointer and so wont damagae peoples eyes unless you missuse them).

Cew27 · 29 Apr 2008 at 15:21

apparently there are no problems with import according the company selling them and the user reviews, also i dont think they're illegal, are they? the british army use them.

Mat · 29 Apr 2008 at 15:22

Cew27 said:
the british army use them.

I wouldnt use military usage as a guage of legality on the streets.

Tefal · 29 Apr 2008 at 15:24

Cew27 said:
the red laser pointers you see in shops are only 1mw and are harmless the one above pops ballons at 50 feet, stings skin, lights matches, ignites balsa wook and the beam is visible even in day time, it looks like a huge green lightsabre in the sky and you can see the beam hitting the clouds but the beam doesnt get past the ionosphere

just mod a dvd burner laser diode, onto a battery, will pop a ballon ignite paper, permanently blind you in a fraction of a second, much more fun, and theres no "beam" to track you with, so you can blind and burn while remaining hidden.

Cew27 · 29 Apr 2008 at 15:24

true
anyway i will be wearing the safety glasses supplied when using indoors but not when outdoors

Tefal · 29 Apr 2008 at 15:24

Cew27 said:
the british army use them.

W00p finally the justification to get that howitzer I've always wanted

Dist · 29 Apr 2008 at 15:24

from wikipedia

"Visible laser pointers (400-700 nm) operating at less than 1 mW power are Class 2 and visible laser pointers operating with 1-5 mW power are Class 3a. Class 3b lasers emit power between 5 mW and 500 mW (0.5 watt) and are not allowed for laser pointers"

UK only allows class 2.

Tefal · 29 Apr 2008 at 15:25

Cew27 said:
true
anyway i will be wearing the safety glasses supplied when using indoors but not when outdoors

You better be damn careful if your using it outdoors, if you blind someone i think that counts as one of the most serious cases of assault.

Glaucus · 29 Apr 2008 at 15:26

your very clever NOT.
It's pointless waste of money, as well as being classed as a weapon if caught by the plod.

Cew27 · 29 Apr 2008 at 15:27

outdoor will be at the woods or shining it at the hills or in the sky ect, it can only blind if it hit the cornea directly and for more than a fraction of a second and on top of that it needs to be close up

Tefal · 29 Apr 2008 at 15:27

AcidHell2 said:
as well as being classed as a weapon if caught by the plod.

Depending on the wording of the charge that could be as awesome to have on your sheet as "furious driving" from Ilse of man.