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I just want a good green laser pointer to use during presentations.
I don't want to pop balloons. I don't want to start fires. I don't want to blind airplane pilots. I don't want to do anything but point at slides on a screen. And I like the green ones since they're so much more visible than red.
That should be simple. I have a drawerful of rejected green laser pointers to prove that it's not.
I *do* want quality construction. My bags get kicked around a bit; this has to deal with that. Doesn't have to be waterproof, or tested to nine gravities, but it can't be a fragile piece of laboratory gear.
I *do* want it to be approximately as reliable as gravity -- press the button, get a green dot. In the middle of a presentation, I don't want to be shaking the pointer, wondering why it went to sleep.
I *do* want a stable beam... doesn't have to be that bright, but it has to be consistent, not wandering dim to bright and back.
I *do* want the button to be arranged so that it's not accidentally activated in my briefcase, draining the batteries. A lockout switch of some sort would be ideal.
And, ideally, I'd like it to run on AA batteries, because I carry those for other gear. AAA would be acceptable. Less common batteries are only acceptable if it meets all the other criteria above.
I have two Wicked Lasers (both failed), a 'lasershk.com' (unstable, unreliable beam), and three other no-names (two from Amazon, one from a retail store). NONE of them meet what I would call the barebones requirements of ruggedness, reliability, and consistent beam strength.
I'm willing to spend a reasonable amount of money for a quality pointer, but I can't FIND one. Suggestions, please? Thanks!
I don't want to pop balloons. I don't want to start fires. I don't want to blind airplane pilots. I don't want to do anything but point at slides on a screen. And I like the green ones since they're so much more visible than red.
That should be simple. I have a drawerful of rejected green laser pointers to prove that it's not.
I *do* want quality construction. My bags get kicked around a bit; this has to deal with that. Doesn't have to be waterproof, or tested to nine gravities, but it can't be a fragile piece of laboratory gear.
I *do* want it to be approximately as reliable as gravity -- press the button, get a green dot. In the middle of a presentation, I don't want to be shaking the pointer, wondering why it went to sleep.
I *do* want a stable beam... doesn't have to be that bright, but it has to be consistent, not wandering dim to bright and back.
I *do* want the button to be arranged so that it's not accidentally activated in my briefcase, draining the batteries. A lockout switch of some sort would be ideal.
And, ideally, I'd like it to run on AA batteries, because I carry those for other gear. AAA would be acceptable. Less common batteries are only acceptable if it meets all the other criteria above.
I have two Wicked Lasers (both failed), a 'lasershk.com' (unstable, unreliable beam), and three other no-names (two from Amazon, one from a retail store). NONE of them meet what I would call the barebones requirements of ruggedness, reliability, and consistent beam strength.
I'm willing to spend a reasonable amount of money for a quality pointer, but I can't FIND one. Suggestions, please? Thanks!
