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How much power would I need to pop balloons?
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Depends on the balloon. If it's a dark red or black balloon, it should pop with 60-70mW focused, and 100mW unfocused.
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How dangerous is 100mW?
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Anything above 30mW will hurt your eyes at close range, and taking a direct hit from anything above 5mW will cause eye damage. But that won't even matter if you're wearing goggles, and it's REALLY not recommended to burn/pop anything without goggles.
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how many mW laser is this Portable Blue Laser from Wicked Lasers - Spyder III Pro Arctic Series ? (green version)
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The Fusion S-3 is 100mW's @ 532nm AFAIK
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With inconsistent companies like WL, you can never really know. You could get a good one, you could get a bad one. There's a good chance it will be underspec, and if it is don't expect any help from the company.
Try This site. This has some good stuff for laser marking.
Green lasers for laser marking:
High Repetition Rate, Short Pulse Laser Marking Systems - Q-Mark Osprey
High Energy, Short Pulse Laser Marking Systems - Q-Mark Harrier
http://www.quantronixlasers.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=245&Itemid=95
High Power Laser Marking Systems - Q-Mark Hawk
http://www.quantronixlasers.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=294&Itemid=94
Green lasers for laser marking:
High Repetition Rate, Short Pulse Laser Marking Systems - Q-Mark Osprey
High Energy, Short Pulse Laser Marking Systems - Q-Mark Harrier
http://www.quantronixlasers.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=245&Itemid=95
High Power Laser Marking Systems - Q-Mark Hawk
http://www.quantronixlasers.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=294&Itemid=94
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Have you owned any of those products, or do you know someone who has? I'm not as knowledgeable when comes to lab units, but I've never heard of the before.
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So i wanted a decent 100mw laser for cheap, and this is the best i could find off the recomended sites www.rayfoss.com anyone have bought this and can give some feedback?
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I would not recommend that laser, almost completely because of the battery source. With three AAA batteries, that laser will be below 100mW in no time. I got a 100mW from Rayfoss, and it was measured at 125mW average, 140mW peak.
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wait you recommend it?
even though the output will be less than 100m, or am i reading this wrong lol.
even though the output will be less than 100m, or am i reading this wrong lol.
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Sorry, typo. I should have read back over that. I wouldn't recommend it.
