Hi there people! So glad I found this forum after rediscovering how awesome lasers are.
I grew up in the 90s when lasers were really popular at places like bowling alleys/skating rings and I always had some crappy radioshack pen laser with me. After going through high school and college I really kinda forgot about lasers until last year when I bought a generic green laser from Amazon and needless to say I was majorly disappointed and quickly forgot about it again.
This last month I was at my in-laws house with my new puppy and couldnt believe how crazy the dog was going for the red laser they had. Soon as I got home I went searching for quality lasers and found this site, and have since spent hours just randomly reading stuff here. I had no idea of the world outside pet lasers and no-brand junk chinese things.
Right now I am looking for a basic 650nm and 432nm laser to start playing with again and share with my kids because they have never really seen anything outside of the cat laser we have had. Would really love to get maybe 20-50mW so the beam is visible, but nothing too powerful right now.
After that I would like to get a 450nm pointer but it seems like those are still very expensive. I am thinking it might be better and more rewarding to build one from a JAD or even a whole build project if I'm feeling confidant.
I am actually thinking very hard on either buying the 5mW red/green combo from LaserGlow or two separate higher power laser from FastTech. I found both sites by searching the forums and it looks like LaserGlow are a much higher quality product, but I suppose it wont matter as long as they last more than a couple weeks. Any opinion on which route I should take to get started?
I grew up in the 90s when lasers were really popular at places like bowling alleys/skating rings and I always had some crappy radioshack pen laser with me. After going through high school and college I really kinda forgot about lasers until last year when I bought a generic green laser from Amazon and needless to say I was majorly disappointed and quickly forgot about it again.
This last month I was at my in-laws house with my new puppy and couldnt believe how crazy the dog was going for the red laser they had. Soon as I got home I went searching for quality lasers and found this site, and have since spent hours just randomly reading stuff here. I had no idea of the world outside pet lasers and no-brand junk chinese things.
Right now I am looking for a basic 650nm and 432nm laser to start playing with again and share with my kids because they have never really seen anything outside of the cat laser we have had. Would really love to get maybe 20-50mW so the beam is visible, but nothing too powerful right now.
After that I would like to get a 450nm pointer but it seems like those are still very expensive. I am thinking it might be better and more rewarding to build one from a JAD or even a whole build project if I'm feeling confidant.
I am actually thinking very hard on either buying the 5mW red/green combo from LaserGlow or two separate higher power laser from FastTech. I found both sites by searching the forums and it looks like LaserGlow are a much higher quality product, but I suppose it wont matter as long as they last more than a couple weeks. Any opinion on which route I should take to get started?