Hello all- new to the forum. found you by way of google while seeking info on a laser I just purchased.
so- I'm a "medical equipment technologist / metrologist" - just a fancy name for a guy who fixes hospital lab equipment like ftir spectrometers, osmometers and all the stuff you find in hospital labs.
I'm from NH but travel to asia & europe a lot to service equipment in other hosp labs.
So, here I am, back in kowloon hong kong for 3 weeks (headquarters for wicked lasers ) and had some time to waste shopping around in the hk streets. I came across an electronics store selling tons of "high-powered" laser pointers- 1000mw - 20,000mw. Blue, green, purple, red... all the colors.
the prices were 1/3 of wicked laser prices- so I figured I'd finally spring for a blue laser. I bought a 12,000mw blue laser (or so they say) for $100 us dollars and I'm wondering how true the label is? I'm guessing it's not even 1/3 that, but it is an impressive laser.
hit the switch and it emits a super intense thin blue beam straight into space. it'll light a cigarette from 10" distance and it'll burn white paper in a few seconds. it instantly put a hole in my black cell phone cover- and the batteries were only minimally charged. it comes with an assortment of lens, ultra-fire rechargeable batteries, a charger and safety goggles. here's the posted specs:
450 nm wl
12,000 mw power
facula diameter 6m-10mm
operating voltage 7.4 vdc
the laser pointer is about 1" diameter and about 7" long.
there's really no brand name- just a small oval sticker that says "RUNFA 14.10" made in china. I was told by the sales clerk 14.10 is the manufacture date "october 2014" but who knows. I figured I spend almost that on weekly coffee to and from work
I'll probably toss the packaging here, so I can get it back home without raising any eyebrows :shhh:
It was a really cool store- tons of laser devices and all kinds of neat laser gadgets. they also actually had a 20,000 mw laser pointer- but I'm calling BS on that.
I'd love to figure out a way to measure the power of this laser- I'll do some research through the forums here...
so- I'm a "medical equipment technologist / metrologist" - just a fancy name for a guy who fixes hospital lab equipment like ftir spectrometers, osmometers and all the stuff you find in hospital labs.
I'm from NH but travel to asia & europe a lot to service equipment in other hosp labs.
So, here I am, back in kowloon hong kong for 3 weeks (headquarters for wicked lasers ) and had some time to waste shopping around in the hk streets. I came across an electronics store selling tons of "high-powered" laser pointers- 1000mw - 20,000mw. Blue, green, purple, red... all the colors.
the prices were 1/3 of wicked laser prices- so I figured I'd finally spring for a blue laser. I bought a 12,000mw blue laser (or so they say) for $100 us dollars and I'm wondering how true the label is? I'm guessing it's not even 1/3 that, but it is an impressive laser.
hit the switch and it emits a super intense thin blue beam straight into space. it'll light a cigarette from 10" distance and it'll burn white paper in a few seconds. it instantly put a hole in my black cell phone cover- and the batteries were only minimally charged. it comes with an assortment of lens, ultra-fire rechargeable batteries, a charger and safety goggles. here's the posted specs:
450 nm wl
12,000 mw power
facula diameter 6m-10mm
operating voltage 7.4 vdc
the laser pointer is about 1" diameter and about 7" long.
there's really no brand name- just a small oval sticker that says "RUNFA 14.10" made in china. I was told by the sales clerk 14.10 is the manufacture date "october 2014" but who knows. I figured I spend almost that on weekly coffee to and from work
I'll probably toss the packaging here, so I can get it back home without raising any eyebrows :shhh:
It was a really cool store- tons of laser devices and all kinds of neat laser gadgets. they also actually had a 20,000 mw laser pointer- but I'm calling BS on that.
I'd love to figure out a way to measure the power of this laser- I'll do some research through the forums here...