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goggle mystery

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let me see. having trouble deciding on a couple pair of goggles. :-/

i am looking at getting some goggles for the blu-ray (~150mw) green (~120mw)  and red (+200mw) and that's it.
dont need them for bigger wattage lasers, etc. if i ever get a lase over 300 mw i will gladly spring for stronger glasses.


my concerns are can i get one pair of glasses that work for blu-ray and green? i have heard that orange works for both spectrums of bluray and green.

and what about IR? i have read that lasers IR filters may not be that good so dont i want my goggles to protect against IR as well?

and what about the OD and VLT? i want enough to block out harmful effects but i want to be able to see out of them too.
so if the od is too high doesnt that block out vision.
from the forums i have read, OD 3-4 is workable, but a higher OD is like wearing a real dark pair of shades?

so a pair of red goggles like these appear to work for bluray and green but do they protect against IR?
http://store.oemlasersystems.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=8_10_72&products_id=420

and these are supposed to be for green lase, but would they work for bluray, but again what about IR?
http://www.wickedlasers.com/lasers/Green_532nm_LaserShades-48-11.html

and then there is pair of multi-wavelength which looks like it work for the bluray/green and get the IR?
but they dont appear to work for red.
http://www.laser2go.com/MW.htm

i would welcome suggestions for which goggles would suffice without overkill for my app.

thanks.
lf
 





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red is in the 650 nm range,
bluray are 405 range.
those multiwavelength glasses dont cover red. but most everything else
 
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Yea I need goggles too. I didn't want to spend over $60 total to cover everything (blu-ray, IR, red, and green), but it looks like it would cost more like $80-$90+. I was looking at the multi-wave, and I may buy that (I saw it before reading this post), but I would like more input from other members first. I haven't built my blu-ray and red yet, but I plan on building it as soon as I get the diodes themselves (just ordered a day or two ago). What would you laser experts suggest, cause I didn't plan on getting goggles at all before, but now I am getting a little nervous and feel like I should. I don't have too much money though, but if you all think its a good investment and that your eyesight is important, what goggles would you think are the best value?
 




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