Hey yall. I posted in the welcome forum but didn’t want to get too far in depth over there.
Thanksgiving evening I had a few drinks and started thinking about this green laser I had recently lost. I know it’s somewhere in my house I just can’t find it... Anyhow - I got online to replace it and WOW there are a lot of options! I went on to spend a few bucks and ended buying a 1.5w blue and a 200mw green.
I bought the last one from a guy I know who buys bulk and knows nothing about them. The small paper that came with it only claimed it shines 4.8 miles. I used to make my dog chase it and shine it all over my house. Hurt to look at the dot/beam but have never had any problems for last two or three years of usage. We’d go to the park and my dog would run 200 yards back and forth chasing that thing. I was thinking how cool it would be to have one in blue! Little did I know that 1.5w is not even close to safe to use without glasses, which apparently filter out all the blue light, so now I’m not sure I even want this thing if I can let look at it.
My question - would the blue one be safe to shine into the sky without glasses?
Would the green one be safe to shine at the park at night without glasses?
What power would you speculate my old green laser was at?
Thank you all for your time. I did make sure to read all the stickies on forum rules and tips and all of the safety stickies and a few thread debates. I searched a bit too as well so I have a tenuous grasp on these matters at least.
Thanksgiving evening I had a few drinks and started thinking about this green laser I had recently lost. I know it’s somewhere in my house I just can’t find it... Anyhow - I got online to replace it and WOW there are a lot of options! I went on to spend a few bucks and ended buying a 1.5w blue and a 200mw green.
I bought the last one from a guy I know who buys bulk and knows nothing about them. The small paper that came with it only claimed it shines 4.8 miles. I used to make my dog chase it and shine it all over my house. Hurt to look at the dot/beam but have never had any problems for last two or three years of usage. We’d go to the park and my dog would run 200 yards back and forth chasing that thing. I was thinking how cool it would be to have one in blue! Little did I know that 1.5w is not even close to safe to use without glasses, which apparently filter out all the blue light, so now I’m not sure I even want this thing if I can let look at it.
My question - would the blue one be safe to shine into the sky without glasses?
Would the green one be safe to shine at the park at night without glasses?
What power would you speculate my old green laser was at?
Thank you all for your time. I did make sure to read all the stickies on forum rules and tips and all of the safety stickies and a few thread debates. I searched a bit too as well so I have a tenuous grasp on these matters at least.