Are <5mw class IIIa green lazors safe like the red ones from the same type?

[immafirihmahlazor2012]

Hello. I have a problem about having a <5mw green lazor from class IIIa.

I have a <5mw red lazor of class IIIa and is safe,and doesn't burn. Will the green one be safe like the red lazor? Or I'll need laser goggles?

 

[ARG]

Hello. I have a problem about having a <5mw green lazor from class IIIa.

I have a <5mw red lazor of class IIIa and is safe,and doesn't burn. Will the green one be safe like the red lazor? Or I'll need laser goggles?

Your <5mW 532nm laser is probably overspec. You should get goggles for any laser over 5mW.

Also, It's laser. Not lazor.

 

[brendon7358]

Most every pen style 5mw green laser is overspec so unless you have an LPM or a pen style from CNI, Laserglow, or one of the other reputable companies that offer true 5mw green lasers I would be cautious. But you should not be pointing even 1mw red laser at peoples faces or doing other dangerous things like that with any laser in the first place.

 

[Fretwrecker94]

Yeah, get some goggles. But even then you shouldn't point it in your eye. Not only do goggles let some light through but all the IR will pass through the goggles and hurt you!