Recent content by MapsAndLegends

Yes, 502 was a typo. I meant to type 520. :)

I ended up getting the 300mw 502nm from laserpointerstore, and it is awesome!

Hey, I've been away from here for a while, thought I'd pop in and ask for advice. I'm not super knowledgeable or anything, just a guy who's maybe bought more ebay lasers than is good for him a few years back. :) So my fun-to-play-with laser has been a Thor blue laser, of approximately 1.2...

20 watts! Yikes!

I just got an ebay gift coupon and want to use it to buy a Thor M2 blue laser from ebay. I haven't messed with laser pointers in a while and I feel like grabbing a new one. Especially since I've misplaced my existing bright blue pointer. I'm seeing several listings with model numbers like...

Hey folks. I haven't bought a laser in a couple years now -- I was last messing around with them just pre-pandemic. I was thinking about maybe getting myself a nice one from Sanwu or something, but I don't know what the state of the world is with respect to shipping. Am I gonna see it in my...

I honestly didn't know that 445/450 wasn't a "Blu-Ray" is all :)

Yeah, I am sure that if I took the money I've spent gambling on cheap ebay lasers and just bought a decent one from a forum member or reputable dealer, I'd probably be happier. But the cheap ones tempt me as impulse purchases!!!

I suspect I'm too cheap to get into yellow lasers. I barely found a blue I wanted to pay for. ;)

Oh, just as an update... I did buy the pen style 450nm. It's beautiful. The seller, uf910, has a couple other items of less common frequencies (635 and 515nm), which is interesting, as well as some infrared ones (I don't see the attraction of a laser pointer you can't see, but whatevs)...

Well, I got a note from ebay saying there were "problems with the seller's account". The item has supposedly been shipped (yeah right, I have no tracking information) and I'm supposed to wait a couple weeks till I'm sure it hasn't shown up and then file a report with ebay saying it didn't show...

Hey, it doesn't say 90000 milliwatts, it says 90000 meters, which is also silly, but ebay sellers make crazy distance claims all the time :) If it's really blue 450nm that'd be neat-o though.

I went and bought it, worst case I'm out $14 :)

Hey y'all. Does this look too good to be true? 450nm and focusable for $14?? oh crap, I can't post the link cause I haven't posted enough/I'm too new a user. Well, it's an ebay listing with the title "HOT! focusable high power 90000m blue laser pointers 450nm burning match/paper" from an...

Thanks you, I appreciate the advice! I was talking about the Gatling style, yes. I guess I will avoid them. I'm also seeing some with this kind of form factor, longer and black and torch like, are those basically the same as the Gatling...