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Which Laser would be BRIGHTER!?!

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xiMARCUSix

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I was just wondering out of interest which of these lasers would be brighter?

- 1W Blue Laser
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- 300mW Green Laser

I am assuming the green would be much brighter right? The blue would be more powerful but less bright am I correct?
 





baharini

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Green is far brighter to the eye, and theoretically "safer" when it comes to eye damage or injuries.
EDIT: for eye injuries, both cause instant eye damage so one isn't really safer than the other.
 
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Please explain why you mean by "theoretically safer". Brightness does not do anything to make a laser "safer". :thinking:
 
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Zeebit said:
Please explain why you mean by "theoretically safer". Brightness does not do anything to make a laser "safer". :thinking:
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Getting injured by a 300mW laser is theoretically not as bad as getting burnt by a 1W. I shouldn't have used the term safer, it is rather ambiguous in this case as eye damage would be instant. :thinking:
 
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I'm guessing you're talking about power alone and not regarding the brightness

For example 1W of IR will only seem as bright as a standard 5mW 650nm but it will do all kinds of bad to you :p
 
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Lazy Laser said:
I'm guessing you're talking about power alone and not regarding the brightness

For example 1W of IR will only seem as bright as a standard 5mW 650nm but it will do all kinds of bad to you :p
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I assumed he meant the brightness of certain wavelengths to the eye. I think that's what he's talking about so I think you're right.
 
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Green will have a nicer beam and dot.

But a 1W is around 100$, while a 300mW green is over 180$
 
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