Wowser! This 301 is pretty crazy... It doesn't burn or pop anything, but the beam is ridiculous. drawing stuff against the trees in the distance is pretty awesome :) I can't burn anything, but that is ok. I bought a second one from another supplier. I will compare them with infrared thermometer...
Thanks for all the replies.
I tried some new ones and again it was great, dropped off it's 0.1 v pretty fast and that was it! Based on what GSS said, I may try one of these. Also what Cel said... I am thinking it seems clear it needs above 3.2v.
Though the 301 does sound pretty good and I do...
So I bought a <5mW laser from ebay. I did not expect something so amazing, but when I tried some cheap 1.2v Ni-Mh Batteries I has lying around, it proved to be worse than those red lasers they put on everything. A bit of research seemed to suggest a couple of 1.5v AAAs could only be an...