(I am another guy.)
However, on topic, yeah, I would think that, if he actually got hit in the eyes, you would have heard something....
Now, I have a bit of question....
I used to be a stupid kid, right? Like when I was ten. I would take those Walmart red pointers and just shine 'em in my eyes for seconds at a time. I am talking directly into them, from a couple of inches away.
Yet, after about 5 minutes after I would do this (I did this a lot as a kid), my vision would be perfectly clear.
Reasons?
Hey man, yeah....how are you. :yh: Heard something like a "pop"? Well not too sure, that's what I read too. heh heh...
I guess 1 important point is that, a lot also depends on how well focused the lasers are. As you know, a non-focusable laser with a not so well collimated beam of about 100mW may not even light a match for nuts. But a 50mW focused to a hairline better than that 100mW one may light it.
Its like torchlights. A 800 lumen XM-L may well throw less distance (less lux at a given range) than a 250 lumen XR-E, just due to the hotspot size. A hot spot at twice the diameter has 4X the area. Or take that as 4X the power.
1mW vs 4mW.
I guess that could be part of the reason? Just this reason is quite substantial as you see in terms of power difference.