joeybab3
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Well if he does return, heres some advice/a story from someone rather close to that age range.
I started out the same way, wanting to just have one just to burn things.
Wicked lasers was going to stop selling in the us and was having a sale, and Christmas was 25 days away! I impulse purchased a 1.4W arctic (only previously having owned some 301's and some slightly higher red/greens). Now, as anyone who suffered through that awful several month process of waiting for their lasers to come knows, it got boring fast... I ended up buying a 2.4w from scifi lasers while waiting for the stupid arctic to be shipped. Keep in mind my parents were fully supportive however and knew(to a degree
) what I was buying as well as the dangers. When it came, I used my crappy ultra fire batteries to test it out. Those batteries luckly were under-powered and only gave out about 300mw. At that point I didn't have goggles and seeing how bright it was i was actually afraid to continue using it after reading all the horror stories on here as well... About a week later my arctic showed up and lucky for me had a pair of googles. If you are set on getting something of that power, you NEED to do the following:
1. Absolutely your parents need to be ok with it. If they don't trust you, that usually means they have had issues in the past, prove to them that you are responsible.
2. Make SURE you have a pair of goggles BEFORE you use whatever laser you end up getting.
3. Start slow, if it has a low power setting/safety lense USE IT. don't take it outside or use it when others are around,
4. When you get a feel for the power of it, you can use it outside and admire the beam(Making absolute sure there are no aircraft anywhere near).
5. I know it will be tempting but unless you get another pair of goggles(And even then...) I don't think you should let your friends use it.
Side note: If you're under 18, Just personally at least, i don't put my age on the internet. If you can interact with people at a level where they wouldn't really guess that you're even under 18 then i'd say it might be ok.
Side note 2: The people on this forum might seem a little harsh at first, but they just don't want to see us younger members have to go the rest of our lives without being able to see. They have good intention
Side note 3: To finish my little story here:
At my second high powered blue(The arctic) i began to appreciate the design more than just raw power. The crossover also occured when i got a 405nm one. At this point i'm more sitting in envy of the rarer wavelengths wishing i had the money to get a cool red/higher blue/green
I started out the same way, wanting to just have one just to burn things.
Wicked lasers was going to stop selling in the us and was having a sale, and Christmas was 25 days away! I impulse purchased a 1.4W arctic (only previously having owned some 301's and some slightly higher red/greens). Now, as anyone who suffered through that awful several month process of waiting for their lasers to come knows, it got boring fast... I ended up buying a 2.4w from scifi lasers while waiting for the stupid arctic to be shipped. Keep in mind my parents were fully supportive however and knew(to a degree
) what I was buying as well as the dangers. When it came, I used my crappy ultra fire batteries to test it out. Those batteries luckly were under-powered and only gave out about 300mw. At that point I didn't have goggles and seeing how bright it was i was actually afraid to continue using it after reading all the horror stories on here as well... About a week later my arctic showed up and lucky for me had a pair of googles. If you are set on getting something of that power, you NEED to do the following:1. Absolutely your parents need to be ok with it. If they don't trust you, that usually means they have had issues in the past, prove to them that you are responsible.
2. Make SURE you have a pair of goggles BEFORE you use whatever laser you end up getting.
3. Start slow, if it has a low power setting/safety lense USE IT. don't take it outside or use it when others are around,
4. When you get a feel for the power of it, you can use it outside and admire the beam(Making absolute sure there are no aircraft anywhere near).
5. I know it will be tempting but unless you get another pair of goggles(And even then...) I don't think you should let your friends use it.
Side note: If you're under 18, Just personally at least, i don't put my age on the internet. If you can interact with people at a level where they wouldn't really guess that you're even under 18 then i'd say it might be ok.
Side note 2: The people on this forum might seem a little harsh at first, but they just don't want to see us younger members have to go the rest of our lives without being able to see. They have good intention
Side note 3: To finish my little story here:
At my second high powered blue(The arctic) i began to appreciate the design more than just raw power. The crossover also occured when i got a 405nm one. At this point i'm more sitting in envy of the rarer wavelengths wishing i had the money to get a cool red/higher blue/green
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