Could anyone tell me what Laser this could be?

[Paradoxianism]

Hello!

About a year or two back I bought my first Green Laser, had fun with it and pretty much left it in the closet after a while.
Recently I have become more and more interested again and would like to buy a new one. However, that is not why I am here. The reason I'm here is to ask if any of you could possibly identify my laser, because I would like to remember te place I bought it, and it's actual power output.
The laser states that it's power output is <200mW, I'm not much with this, it could be 10mW if it's 'lower than 200mW'. I hope you can help me!

Pictures:

Thanks in advance,
- Paradox

 

[webdev77]

I have never seen that specific laser before, but it will be near 200mW. I'm guessing it's probably around 175mW-195mW. It might be over 200mW if you are lucky.

 

[InfinitusEquitas]

I haven't seen that specific host, but it looks like a slight variation on a host that was used by o-like:

http://laserpointerforums.com/f52/o-like-405nm-400mw-blu-ray-61265.html

It's fairly generic though... so could be from anywhere.

Some good companies to get a laser from; jetlasers, laseglow, optotronics, survivalaser, cajunlasers, lazerer, laserbtb, lasever, o-like, rayfoss.

I have never seen that specific laser before, but it will be near 200mW. I'm guessing it's probably around 175mW-195mW. It might be over 200mW if you are lucky.

What pray tell are you basing your guess on?

 

[danefex]

If you're trying to remember where you got it from to get another one, there are dozens of chinese websites that sell <200mw green lasers that look like that. Many of them use the same host with slightly different internals & call them different names. The box looks a little like the ones wicked lasers uses & the host looks like an extended o-like host - but again, several websites probably have very similar or identical lasers like that one. They're probably even available in a variety of colors also by now compared to 2 years ago.

Have you inspected this thing very closely on the inside as well as the exterior for any tiny engravings, or a serial number of any sort?

 

[HippyHop]

I have never seen that specific laser before, but it will be near 200mW. I'm guessing it's probably around 175mW-195mW. It might be over 200mW if you are lucky.

You've never seen the laser before but you can guess its output without even a beam shot? You must work for Wicked Lasers. :crackup:

 

[Paradoxianism]

The main reason I ask is because I am concerned whether the power output is actually correct. When I stood roughly 20 metres away and my friend shined it straight up in the air, the beam was not too visible for me at all, however when standing behind it the beam is fairly visible /rather visible.

I never cared too much about it but since my interest in higher-powered lasers is growing I'd like to know what to expect. Another thing I was wondering is how people make pictures of their beams, I've tried this, but it just doesn't work out (And no, they're no crappy cameras.)
If I were to upload a picture of the beam, I think it'd be possible to tell me if it comes anywhere close to 200mW, right?

 

[InfinitusEquitas]

1. Laser Power Meter - LPM.

2. Long Exposure, and/or fog/smog/dust in the air.

 

[r1Bro]

Will it burn at all? Smoke stuff?

 

[Paradoxianism]

Will it burn at all? Smoke stuff?

It does, I slowly engraved words on an old keyboard (Black).

 

[InfinitusEquitas]

Probably in the 80-120mW range than. Impossible to say how much of that is IR though.

 

[webdev77]

You've never seen the laser before but you can guess its output without even a beam shot? You must work for Wicked Lasers. :crackup:

Very funny guys. OP stated the label says <200mW so 170mW-190mW or somewhere around there is a reasonable guess for a laser that is likely shipped from China. I clearly said that I'm guessing.

 

[Soren]

Very funny guys. OP stated the label says <200mW so 170mW-190mW or somewhere around there is a reasonable guess for a laser that is likely shipped from China. I clearly said that I'm guessing.

What it says on the label ≠ What it outputs

 

[InfinitusEquitas]

Very funny guys. OP stated the label says <200mW so 170mW-190mW or somewhere around there is a reasonable guess for a laser that is likely shipped from China. I clearly said that I'm guessing.

It's really not. Generic chinese labels are rarely worth the paper they are printed on.