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wow that is so sweet man! I'm really looking forward to some beamshots. That thing deserves a video!

LOL .. i LOVE that it says "responsible peron on record"

That sucker is beautiful. Definitely craftsmanship.

It didn't happen with out a beam shot I want to see one !!!

That is a very nice laser!

No wonder you got a safe for it, costs as much as a car. Oh yeah, this thread is worthless without beamshots.

lol @ everything under paragraph 5

I need to start saving up for one of these! Lol j/k
I would love to get one of these in the near future though..

That thing is huge man, looks like some new ultra high-tech billy-club for law enforcement with a built-in Laser!!! When your done beating them you can fry em!!!


Your one lucky man, can't wait to see some beam shots!!!

It should not be too hard to take a beam shot with that unit! Just lay it on a stable suitable surface, I use a towel on a table sometimes, and in the dark, click a pic of the beam, you may need a cheep camera tripod, but in this pic i just rested the camera on a surface, (a car hood):
That is my Spyder I PRO, (about 260 mW), shooting near a full moon with a Cannon coolpix 7600 in auto exposure w/ flash turned off.

That must suck some serious juice, what batteries do they use?

....why do they state it as being a class 3b, its a class IV innit?

NICE!

Wouldn't that mean that this particular unit isn't FDA approved, as I believe that the labels have to be accurate?

I don't suppose it REALLy matters, but you bought a FDA approved laser, you expect it to be a FDA approved laser

That thing does ROCK man!!! I'm just wondering how the hell did that monster get thru customs???

That's not just something you can slap a 5mW sticker on and get away with it, it looks like one of them freakin German Hand Grenades from WW2!!!


This!





Paul

This is a Class 4 laser, not Class 3B...

^^^ That was my exact thought when I read that paper Lase-doctor received with his Laser.

There is no way that thing is in same class as my 200mW I ordered!

really a weapon))

About the documentation and sticker: Until a short time ago there really was no such thing as a Class IV Hercules, so all of our documentation and labeling shows Class IIIb. I've been trying to update everything so that >500 mW Hercs are labeled properly as Class IV but I can't check every product on every order so I think this one just slipped through the cracks with the normal Hercules documentation. If it's a problem I can certainly reprint the instructions and get you a Class IV sticker, but really Class IIIb and Class IV lasers should all be treated the same (ie. they're dangerous) so to the end user I'm hoping it doesn't make a big difference. Where laze_doctor lives, as far as Customs is concerned, none of these are at all compliant so there's little difference, but we are trying to make sure that the new Class IV Hercs are labeled appropriately. Future shipments should be clearly marked as Class IV.

Thanks for the review, BTW! The pictures look good and we really got a kick out of your laser safe. I think that's the first time I've seen that!

I will have to second that.
I too have an X10DR. It is SWEET! I actually just posted a video in the multimedia section of it in action.

Class IV green + beam expander is the best you can get for visibility in a portable unit.
I hope you're enjoying your Herc. We don't see many of those around here.

Nice unit laserglow has some sweet units
and Justin rocks

I have an X10DR for my Herc and I can vouch for how awesome it is. You get incredible beam visibility outside at night and you can focus the beam to a fine point on a building miles away or unfocus it for a badass green spotlight. I had mine out on a foggy night a few weeks ago and it produced a brilliant pillar of green light shooting high into the sky.

I don't even use the X10DR for burning. It's purely for the beam effects.

why not for burning? it is a nice trick use a beam expander to murn things over 10/15 meters.... not?

Does it have an ascension number for FDA compliance?
That label is incorrect.


These are clearly class IV lasers. Be careful what you point it at!
It WILL wreck an LCD HDTV screen in seconds even from across the room!
It's fun to put pyrodex in a jar, set it on a fence post and light it off from a safe distance! Lesser powers cannot do that!
You know when it's powerful when you can light cigars as quickly as a Zippo or shine it brown paper bags and they start sparking and glowing! Just a little breeze and you got a fire! Be careful!

FDA is very serious about this!

http://www.fda.gov/Radiation-Emittin.../ucm116534.htm

Just be careful and try perhaps a teaspoon at first. You may need a helper fuse until you get the hang of it. Just keep a safe distance away (at least 30 feet outdoors). You will need a mic stand to hold the laser as it's impossible to hold steady in your hand! After it blows the cloud of smoke will be very bright with the laser and light up a large area.

If you have access to fiber optic cable you can pump it through that and place the end of the line right at the pyrodex. It's pretty much instantaneous. (~5W used here )