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After doing some reading the last month or so decided to buy a 445nm 1.2w from o-like and it shipped earlier today. I also picked up 2 protected AW18650 2900mAh batteries and the subsequent charger from Lighthound. I plan on putting together a vortex tunnel with a smoke machine and fan motor for some cool FX. If anyone has done this before and has some pointers I'd be glad to hear them. I'll be sure to get some pics posted once everything is up and running.

Oh and before anyone says it, I've got some VR28 black iridium polarized sunglasses which I believe to be suitable.
 





what ??

from the oakley site, Our PLUTONITE® lens material blocks 100% of all UVA, UVB and UVC, and even stops harmful blue light up to 400nm

this is 445nm, also .. wtf?? i SERIOUSLY doubt those sunnies will do anything

not being an asshole but do you know how much power 1.2W is ? good luck fucking up your eyes buddy



the o-like laser is good :)
 
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S2Kkid said:
Oh and before anyone says it, I've got some VR28 black iridium polarized sunglasses which I believe to be suitable.
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What makes you believe that???

Your whole post sings stupidity. Do yourself a favor and do some reading here before you blind yourself, or god forgive someone else. You bought a high power laser, not a toy. Do some research.
 
Yeah... you should do some (read: A LOT OF) reading before buying a 1.2 Watt laser.

Sunglasses do this wonderful thing to your pupils called "DILATING THEM". This makes them let in more light. You're most likely going to have your retinas giving off smoke by the end of a short while of play.

It's been discussed many, many times and sunglasses don't work, 3D glasses don't work, welding goggles don't work... ALTERNATIVES DON'T WORK!!! BUY SAFETY GOGGLES!!!

I know you're probably a cheap bastard... we all are at the beginning, but this hobby isn't for those on a low budget. You can't cut corners when you're playing with something that can blow your eyes out faster than you can blink.
 
This is how we feel, and how you'll react when the laser light fries your eyes:

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W0W go get your self some goggles, your lucky you posted this here IMO since if you didnt you'd probably blind yourself... you cant cut corners with this hobby....

and if you would like a link im pretty sure ANYONE would offer you one and you can buy laser goggles for around 15 dollars....
 
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In addition to everything that has been said, even with proper goggles, 1.2 watts of laser power for an effect like that is insane if there is any way that the beam comes in contact with any people or animals.
 
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If I were you I would listen to the people trying to help you. Personally I would not trust my eyes to something that "might" work. Buy some certified glasses first... THEN you can test your glasses. They are your only eyes so if you ruin them you don't get another set unlike glasses. This is why there are specific glasses for specific wavelengths. They are your eyes so if you choose to risk going blind then we cannot stop you. But by all means at least get some that will actually BLOCK 445 light!
 
Polarized shades work sooooooo well at stopping high powered lasers (text sucks at expressing sarcasm dont it..)

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Heres your choice:

Buy the certified laser goggles appropraite for the wavelenth (445nm).

Or....

Enjoy PERMANENT BLINDNESS. (and when it happens, it will happen in a fraction of a second, 0.025th of a second to be percise.) you won't know what hit you until you lost your vision.
you have no idea to what kind of power you are dealing with.

Its a great hobby and all, but whats the point if you can't see anything anymore?
 
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Radiant Electronics - Home sell them cheap. MarioMaster and Spyrorocks are users in this forum and measure them before they go out (as far as i'm aware). Message them if you want more information.

On the other hand, guys, i'm fairly sure this guy was just here to giggle at our responses to his thread. I doubt anyone is stupid enough to know of our tendency to tell people to wear goggles, but not know that substitutes don't work.
 
polarized glasse do work a little. but they still dont get the laser into the safe range... i just did a test with my 135mw blu-ray... i put some expesive sunglasses that are 100% uv blocking and they took it down to 25mw... a lot lower but nowhere near safe.

for a 1 watt laser you need a high od rating. research what an od (optical density) is then you will be on your way to understanding...

good luck
michael.
 
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