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I own a few portable hand held lasers (laser pointers) ranging in power from < 5mW to < 200mW.
When they are not in use I generally take out the batteries and store them in a soft padded case. If I am going to keep one stored for a long time I will occasionally take it out of the case and fire it up for a minute or so rather than let it sit unused indefinitely. But I always store them in a soft padded case to avoid the bad experience I had one time in which I dropped a DPSS green laser and wound up knocking things way out of alignment.
If I am going somewhere and I decide to take a laser with me (although most often I leave the at home) I generally wrap it in a plastic envelope or, at the very least cover the output end of the laser to keep dust and particles, water, etc. off of the lens. All too often I have put laser pointers in my pocket only to turn them on later and find the lens speckled with dust and in need of a cleaning.
Any other ideas or recommendations with regards to storing lasers from prolonged periods, i.e protecting them from excessive heat, cold, humidity, etc.
When they are not in use I generally take out the batteries and store them in a soft padded case. If I am going to keep one stored for a long time I will occasionally take it out of the case and fire it up for a minute or so rather than let it sit unused indefinitely. But I always store them in a soft padded case to avoid the bad experience I had one time in which I dropped a DPSS green laser and wound up knocking things way out of alignment.
If I am going somewhere and I decide to take a laser with me (although most often I leave the at home) I generally wrap it in a plastic envelope or, at the very least cover the output end of the laser to keep dust and particles, water, etc. off of the lens. All too often I have put laser pointers in my pocket only to turn them on later and find the lens speckled with dust and in need of a cleaning.
Any other ideas or recommendations with regards to storing lasers from prolonged periods, i.e protecting them from excessive heat, cold, humidity, etc.
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