>1w handheld Green laser wanted

[daisystar]

Hi All,

Can anyone point me to where I could buy a >1w green or in fact any colour handheld laser pointer please?

Thanks
Daisy

 

[Encap]

Safety comes first, especially if you have no knowledge of lasers or laser safety and are asking about 1W or greater output powern lasers. Permanent eye damage can occur/happen in less than the blink reflex time or 0.25 seconds . Don't be an accident looking for a place to happen.

See Laser Hazard Chart here: https://www.lasersafetyfacts.com/resources/FAA---visible-laser-hazard-calcs-for-LSF-v02.png

See also best laser safety web site here: https://www.laserpointersafety.com/

For any laser over with an output >5mW you will need laser glasses/goggle to protect your eyes from damage.
You can get good quality laser goggles here: https://www.survivallaser.com/Safety_Goggles/cat556089_826120.aspx

See what happened to one member in less than 1 second w/o laser glasses from a 1W blue laser here: https://laserpointerforums.com/threads/hit-in-eye-with-1000mw-445nm-blue-laser.69469/

The above having been said, for excellent quality hand held lasers sold by the manufacturer not 1001 resellers of junk lasers see: Sanwu Lasers https://www.sanwulasers.com/ and JetLasers https://www.jetlasers.org/index.php

 

[daisystar]

Thanks very much for the reply. I am aware of the safety implications but appreciate you having to point them out. I was hoping to find a supplier in the UK so if you know of any, please let me know.

 

[Encap]

You are probably out of luck and not going to find any being sold from within the UK to customers within the UK,
To much trouble for very little profit/no money to be made with thousands of Chinese resellers on the internet offering at low prices and free shipping.

Have not seen or heard of any resellers of of high power hand hald lasers in UK in last 10 years and none are manufactured in UK + EU wide limit is 1mW or less.

People in UK who want them buy from overseas sellers and import them.
Doubt there are going to be any for sale in UK over 1mW or less.
Bottom line: A laser from Sanwu or JetLasers gets to anywhere in the UK in 3 to 6 days via DHL wothout any problems so, you are not going to find any sold within the UK

Additionally advice of the UK authorities and Public Health England is as follows:
"PHE advises that the sale of laser products to the general public for use as laser pointers should be restricted to Class 1 or Class 2 devices which should be classified in accordance with the requirements of the current British Standard and should be sold with sufficient accompanying information to enable the user to operate the product in a safe manner. Toys should be Class 1 or of such low output that they do not need to be classified.

PHE advice to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) for Trading Standards authorities is that if consumer products containing lasers are restricted to Class 1 or Class 2, eye injuries are unlikely to occur. Class 1M, Class 2M and Class 3R laser products may be acceptable for use by consumers where the manufacturer has concluded that the accessible laser beam is necessary for the intended application and has assessed that the risk of eye injury is very low.

Trading Standards Authorities may use their existing powers under the General Product Safety Regulations 2005[footnote 4] to remove laser products intended for consumers of Class 3B and Class 4 (as defined in the British Standard) from the general market. However, it is recognised that consumers also purchase products direct via the Internet and while on overseas holidays, which is difficult to control."

See: https://www.gov.uk/government/publi...n-safety-advice/laser-radiation-safety-advice

See also 2018 GOV.UK news: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-to-clamp-down-on-unsafe-lasers

See UK LPF member CurtisOliver's write up about UK regulations here: https://laserpointerforums.com/threads/new-laser-laws-uk-20th-december-2017.102055/#post-1510290

 

[gazer101]

Worst comes to worst you could buy a "replacement" laser diode for a projector, a cheap "flashlight" (laser) host kit, and then assemble a laser yourself

But if you don't fear customs China is best for prebuilts imo

 

[CurtisOliver]

Encap quoted nicely key parts of my UK laser laws write up that explain why you won’t find high power lasers unless you import. So I won’t repeat it all. Read the thread if you have time. The only Class IV products I know of in the UK that are sold are ones intended for education or business settings. You won’t find Class IV handhelds here.

 

[Lifetime17]

Hi,
As Gazer said you can order a 520nm diode , driver and lens from DTR and have a host shipped to you . Then all you do is solder two wires together with heat shrink tubing and slide in the laser module. This way you wont need to worry about customs. Or Jet lasers or Sanwu will ship but the customs might seize your package.
last but most important is a pair of safety glasses for the particular wave length and use the build in a correct manner.
Rich

 

[hakzaw1]

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UK- parts- have treated me well.
but take a look--hak
UPDATE
Our time and help once again gets dissed. No good deed goes unpunished.
another 'hit and run'.
last visit was only a few days after joining..
She should know that ATM - we are done helping--end of story. I put some time into a nice PM--my time wasted.

sorry Daisy--- I call them like I see them.
Not even checking in to see the posts!!??? that takes very little effort..
BYE Felicia