I might be WAY out of line here, but I'll say something, for whatever it is worth..;
You've got yourself a high power laser and a not so trustworthy piece of eye protection. You want to fire your laser, but might not feel safe in doing so, due to your questionable eye protection. Fear not, you can still fire that laser if you take proper precautions, as follows.
1)... Block off any chance of seeing the output of the laser by putting a tube (toilet paper roll, maybe) around the front of the laser. You do NOT want to be able to see the laser light coming out from the diode. That would be very bad!
2)... Likewise, use a tube, of some sort of terminating 'blinder' to trap any possible reflected light at the 'receiving' end where your laser beam hits. A well designed 'beam dump' wouldn't be a bad idea, either. Whatever the case may be... You do NOT want to see the beam hitting its target and reflecting light, either! Very bad, also!
It's safe to look at the beam, itself. You just don't want to see where that beam is coming from, nor see its light being reflected from whatever it is hitting. If you are using a bench type of power supply, to run the laser diode, you can wear your questionable glasses to properly 'aim' the laser, at very low power. Once properly aimed... "go for 'Throttle-Up'" and then look at the cool looking beam, provided you have added humidity, smoke, or something that will make the beam very visible. If you do not have a variable source of power, and you are either full on, or totally off... I can't help you. You'll need to purchase well known and well proven eye protection.
