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Bought one of these recently on fleabay, i think most of you will probably have heard of the seller, and straight away i know you're all looking at the link and screaming in horror! Yes I know, I was mugged probably! But - he makes two statements - "guaranteed 300mW unmodified", and "new 2008 model now contains IR filter". So surely if it hasn't a filter, or isn't 300mW, i've got them on an incorrect description dispute haven't i? I did collect personally from him and he metered it in front of me, it showed 331mW. So far i've ascertained the following, on fresh energizer lithiums -
Matches and red balloons - yes, close-up instantly, and about 12ins away takes a sec or two. Doesn't seem to work terribly well any further away than that.
Black balloon at 2 metres - yes, but takes a while.
I've fired the laser through my Barr & Stroud military 532nm goggles and looked at the result with my phone camera, can't see any IR as far as i can tell. Maybe not a reliable test though.
Any comments/thoughts would be helpful!
Matches and red balloons - yes, close-up instantly, and about 12ins away takes a sec or two. Doesn't seem to work terribly well any further away than that.
Black balloon at 2 metres - yes, but takes a while.
I've fired the laser through my Barr & Stroud military 532nm goggles and looked at the result with my phone camera, can't see any IR as far as i can tell. Maybe not a reliable test though.
Any comments/thoughts would be helpful!