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I decided to buy the combo pack as well after reading the OP's review. I didn't own any lasers before this purchase. Well, besides cheapo $2 red keychain pointers. They're definitely very cool and not what I'm used to at all.
The green one is very, very bright and it almost hurts my eyes to look at the spot for more than just a glance. And I can see the beam fairly well in a dark room (I'm sure this is no novelty to 99% of you guys, but it is to me!). The beam also seems to be very tight.
The violet one isn't as bright, which is just to be expected when comparing violet and green of similar powers. It's very interesting though, how it causes things to fluoresce which makes the dot look different on different materials; I have glow-in-the-dark stars on my ceiling so it's fun to point it at them and watch the afterglow. I can also see the beam of this one in the dark, but very faintly. Like some people in this thread have already mentioned, since it's close to UV, it's hard to focus on the dot so it looks totally different when you look at it through a camera or when you look at it with the naked eye. Mine doesn't have any visible artifacts to the dot, even when you look at it with the naked eye, but the beam diameter seems to be huge. That might just be a result of not being able to focus on it though.
I was hoping to get SOME sort of burning ability out of one of the two lasers; maybe stinging bare skin or getting a tiny puff of smoke out of a piece of leather or electrical tape, but neither one exhibits this behavior. For the price though, I think they're excellent lasers. Now then, on to more exotic lasers.
The green one is very, very bright and it almost hurts my eyes to look at the spot for more than just a glance. And I can see the beam fairly well in a dark room (I'm sure this is no novelty to 99% of you guys, but it is to me!). The beam also seems to be very tight.
The violet one isn't as bright, which is just to be expected when comparing violet and green of similar powers. It's very interesting though, how it causes things to fluoresce which makes the dot look different on different materials; I have glow-in-the-dark stars on my ceiling so it's fun to point it at them and watch the afterglow. I can also see the beam of this one in the dark, but very faintly. Like some people in this thread have already mentioned, since it's close to UV, it's hard to focus on the dot so it looks totally different when you look at it through a camera or when you look at it with the naked eye. Mine doesn't have any visible artifacts to the dot, even when you look at it with the naked eye, but the beam diameter seems to be huge. That might just be a result of not being able to focus on it though.
I was hoping to get SOME sort of burning ability out of one of the two lasers; maybe stinging bare skin or getting a tiny puff of smoke out of a piece of leather or electrical tape, but neither one exhibits this behavior. For the price though, I think they're excellent lasers. Now then, on to more exotic lasers.
