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Way back in the early days when I got a green laser > 5mW I wanted some goggles. As an inexpensive solution, it was suggested to buy some Tool King laser enhancing goggles--enhancing because they make red light easier to see for alignment, etc. Being red-passing, they block green exceptionally well, almost too well, with 5mW lasers looking like faint dots, and 80mW lasers just dim dots.
So I was looking at some of those Wicked Laser Shades, and they really don't look like anything more than these red-enhancing goggles, even down to the very style of the goggles. So that leads me to wonder: why bother paying > $30 for such goggles when you can get them for around $20 from sites like these? Tool King doesn't sell such goggles anymore, but they're sold elsewhere for around the same price. Sure, they're not "certified" but I can't imagine those ones from Wicked being "certified" either.
So I was looking at some of those Wicked Laser Shades, and they really don't look like anything more than these red-enhancing goggles, even down to the very style of the goggles. So that leads me to wonder: why bother paying > $30 for such goggles when you can get them for around $20 from sites like these? Tool King doesn't sell such goggles anymore, but they're sold elsewhere for around the same price. Sure, they're not "certified" but I can't imagine those ones from Wicked being "certified" either.