I don't want you to talk Mr. Shrimp, I want you to die.
Yes. I wrote a mini-review on it in the media section.
Grabbed my 2+W 445nm Skylasers PL-445 and throw some stuff into the beam for you all. Filming while burning makes it more challenging for me since it is impossible to see the beam through my OD5+ glasses but at least I can sort of see it on my phone's screen. I still use my long tweezers for the match sequences because I am always afraid of putting my fingers in the beam, never did it yet and don't want to! Anyway got to set a paper towel roll on fire, slice electrical tape like butter, easily set white paper on fire and then some instant match lights ending with me cutting the head off a match without igniting it, which was a little tricky since I could barely see the beam on my phone! :beer:
It's always fun isn't it.
p.s. I used to use the dark amber safety glasses, but the bright amber ones from survival lasers, they are eagle pair give me much better visibility with great protection, od +4 good for viewing up to a 10 watt spot, and 50% visible light transmission, they are a real upgrade to the darker glasses and have worked well for me, and I use them a lot. THESE GLASSES
I haven't burned anything with it in quite awhile, just been using it for photography lately. To address your P.S. I have some OD4+ that have great visibility too like those but the dot is still uncomfortably bright when burning with this, so I stay with the OD5+ but I can see my beam while videoing on the phone so it works out, I was stupid though I forgot to turn my screen brightness all the way up which would have been a lot better lol.
Sure the beam in the air is ok to look at, but when most people are burning they are doing so up close and need to be wearing laser safety glasses, if you have a beam set up in a foggy/smoky room safely that's ok to view the beam in most cases.
Now when we have 25 watt beams and thick fog the glow in front of our faces may exceed maximum safe exposure, but that's not what I was saying.
The point is this: I wear my safety glasses while burning, so I don't get to see the beam until the video, do you understand what I meant now?
To make my thought even more transparent, I enjoy seeing the beam do it's work, and that I can only watch later on recorded video.
I think the camera is just more durable than our retinas. Looking at the dot of a powerful laser up close might be comparable to staring into the sun. With that said, you can still burn holes in the photoreceptor of your camera if you ever shine the laser directly into your camera.
