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Hello Laser Pointer Forums!
This is my first post as I have only recently gotten into the idea of lasers. I have owned multiple cheap 1-5mW reds in the past and I have decided to upgrade to something more powerful. After doing some research, I found high power blue lasers to be of interest but I know that making a huge jump from cheap reds to 1w blues would be a bad idea. So my question is, what would be a good laser to practice with before buying a 445nm death star? Preferably, I would like to be spending under $30 for a starter. Would something like a 20mW green do? Or should I aim for a lower power 405nm violet being closer to in the spectrum to blue? Thanks in advance! :yh:
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This is my first post as I have only recently gotten into the idea of lasers. I have owned multiple cheap 1-5mW reds in the past and I have decided to upgrade to something more powerful. After doing some research, I found high power blue lasers to be of interest but I know that making a huge jump from cheap reds to 1w blues would be a bad idea. So my question is, what would be a good laser to practice with before buying a 445nm death star? Preferably, I would like to be spending under $30 for a starter. Would something like a 20mW green do? Or should I aim for a lower power 405nm violet being closer to in the spectrum to blue? Thanks in advance! :yh:
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