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Bear with me please.
I work for a state agency looking into the use of lasers as a bird deterrent. I have researched this, and it is a fairly new concept. There are a few bird deterring particular lasers, but they range in price from $500 to $10.5K! We would like to test a smaller more handheld version at a lower price before committing to such expenses (keeping in mind of course that these may not work as well, but if we see any form of deterrence we will assume the more expensive products will work).
Question 1: Many of the laser products seem to come from outside the states. This is difficult to get a purchase order for given we are a state agency. Is there any place to purchase lasers in the US?
Question 2: Most of the research has pointed to the green, 532nm, laser as being the most effective. It seems the 5mW laser is the only legal purchasable laser? Is that correct? If not, I noticed that LaserPointerPro.com can go up to 10,000mW, but their prices seem awfully low for laser pointers higher than the 5mW range, making me question whether this is a valid place to order from (not to mention it doesn't say where the laser is being shipped from).
Question 3: We would be mostly working during the day, so we would need a laser powerful enough to see a decent spot (not necessarily the beam) on the ground at distances up to 100 yards max (but most would be about 50 yards or less). We may try this both early morning/late evening, or midday, so what would the power necessary to do that?
Question 4: Are there any lasers/attachments we could use which would allow us to adjust the beam/spot width? It seems the more expensive bird specific lasers use a wide beam, and I fear we may not receive any response from a spot too small.
Think that is all the questions I have today, but if there are any other questions you think I should be asking, please feel free to inform me. And thank you all in advance.
I work for a state agency looking into the use of lasers as a bird deterrent. I have researched this, and it is a fairly new concept. There are a few bird deterring particular lasers, but they range in price from $500 to $10.5K! We would like to test a smaller more handheld version at a lower price before committing to such expenses (keeping in mind of course that these may not work as well, but if we see any form of deterrence we will assume the more expensive products will work).
Question 1: Many of the laser products seem to come from outside the states. This is difficult to get a purchase order for given we are a state agency. Is there any place to purchase lasers in the US?
Question 2: Most of the research has pointed to the green, 532nm, laser as being the most effective. It seems the 5mW laser is the only legal purchasable laser? Is that correct? If not, I noticed that LaserPointerPro.com can go up to 10,000mW, but their prices seem awfully low for laser pointers higher than the 5mW range, making me question whether this is a valid place to order from (not to mention it doesn't say where the laser is being shipped from).
Question 3: We would be mostly working during the day, so we would need a laser powerful enough to see a decent spot (not necessarily the beam) on the ground at distances up to 100 yards max (but most would be about 50 yards or less). We may try this both early morning/late evening, or midday, so what would the power necessary to do that?
Question 4: Are there any lasers/attachments we could use which would allow us to adjust the beam/spot width? It seems the more expensive bird specific lasers use a wide beam, and I fear we may not receive any response from a spot too small.
Think that is all the questions I have today, but if there are any other questions you think I should be asking, please feel free to inform me. And thank you all in advance.
