Hi, I'm Daewoo, totally new to lasers, I want to buy a fun, powerful laser but no idea what's best. I'm hoping someone can point me the right way or make a few recommendations.
I was looking at Wicked Laser's Krypton and Arctic, the prices are good and their products seem well made, but I've read alot of very negative things like shipping takes months, product breaks only after a few minutes, poor customer service and some CC companies consider it a scam.
I'm really interested in the Arctic 1W laser, it seems to be powerful enough for what i want to use it for, at a good price, uses the right batteries (Lithium 18650). Batteries are an issue for me, I don't like things that use up alot of batteries, it produces alot of toxic/hazardous waste and batteries cost alot of money. CR123 is ok but they're very pricey, I prefer the 18650 cells because my flashlights use them and I've got a large pile of them, perhaps 70-100, and 6 chargers. they have alot of capacity, recharges quickly, and of the most part are free because i salvage them out of laptop power packs.
I want a laser that is powerful enough to zap flies, roaches and ants, and able to shoo birds away (as a less-than-lethal alternative), is capable of burning things for fun, like lighting matches or lighting off fireworks 25m away, popping balloons, could be used as an emergency fire starter, works well with night vision devices (currently have a crappy 5X monocular), possible less-than-lethal weapon for self protection against predatory animals and home invaders, and could be mounted on my long range precision rifle for long range night/low light shooting.
I figured the Arctic 1W would probably meet all of those needs, but saw alot of problems with their customer service, shipping, and quality control, wondering if there's any alternatives.
thanks for reading.
I was looking at Wicked Laser's Krypton and Arctic, the prices are good and their products seem well made, but I've read alot of very negative things like shipping takes months, product breaks only after a few minutes, poor customer service and some CC companies consider it a scam.
I'm really interested in the Arctic 1W laser, it seems to be powerful enough for what i want to use it for, at a good price, uses the right batteries (Lithium 18650). Batteries are an issue for me, I don't like things that use up alot of batteries, it produces alot of toxic/hazardous waste and batteries cost alot of money. CR123 is ok but they're very pricey, I prefer the 18650 cells because my flashlights use them and I've got a large pile of them, perhaps 70-100, and 6 chargers. they have alot of capacity, recharges quickly, and of the most part are free because i salvage them out of laptop power packs.
I want a laser that is powerful enough to zap flies, roaches and ants, and able to shoo birds away (as a less-than-lethal alternative), is capable of burning things for fun, like lighting matches or lighting off fireworks 25m away, popping balloons, could be used as an emergency fire starter, works well with night vision devices (currently have a crappy 5X monocular), possible less-than-lethal weapon for self protection against predatory animals and home invaders, and could be mounted on my long range precision rifle for long range night/low light shooting.
I figured the Arctic 1W would probably meet all of those needs, but saw alot of problems with their customer service, shipping, and quality control, wondering if there's any alternatives.
thanks for reading.
