So I received this really big box yesterday, that was full of really nice laser protection-goggles. All of them look really nice.
My impressions now that I am actually able to evaluate in person, wow, we picked the right ones!! ;D
First, they are much easier to see through than I thought they would be, 13% VLT is fine, I can walk around an average-lighted room without any problem, outside in the sun, they would be just about right. The color that you see through them is a medium-dark tint, I see it mostly as a dark-grey with a greenish-tint, somewhat like brazing-goggles for gas-welding, but not nearly as dark.
I tested some burning with my 200mW-532, this makes such a difference, it almost seamed like my laser was more powerful, because of the better focusing ability these afforded me. Next I fired a 100mW-405nM laser at the lenses, nothing came through
. For those of you who were concerned about them not being specifically certified for 405nM yet, worry no more, they will work great!! You will be able to see your spot on almost any surface, but only the fluorescence-reflection, not the 405nM-light. Again, this allowed for precision-focusing of the laser, more burning. They are listed as OD5 from 190-400, well I can tell you, I could not detect
any of my 100mW-405nM laser making it through the lense! I placed my thermopile behind the lense, zeroed out the meter, turned on the Sonar and guess what the meter said...
O, Keep in mind that this meter reads about 5mW when my hand gets withing a foot of the sensor, just from body-heat!
These will be getting packaged-up today and sent out in the morning.
All I can say is I hope everyone is as happy with these as I am, they are everything that has been promised, thanks everybody! Special thanks to Frothy Chimp for all of the help that he and OEM Laser Systems has provided for this GB, they have really lived up to their reputation.
DH