Very high powered lasers

[WatchDragon]

Is there any reason, say the lab lasers on dragon lasers, most of them are in mW, even though they are 1200mW or more?

 

[Aseras]

you usually refer to mw until you get into double digit watts.

what sounds cooler, 1 watt or 1000 mw? It's marketing.

 

[styropyro]

Even though 1.2w and 1200mW is the same thing, it *does* sound like a beaset when you say "on THOUSAND two HUNDRED milliwatts" ;D

 

[stevetexas]

Apart from a great marketing gimick, it does help standardize the units so people without any background in lasers can compare them...

 

[marianne]

yay, i'll now make my orange/apple juice sound cooler by referring to it's carton as a one thousand millilitre carton!!!

 

[yew.sir-name]

yay, i'll now make my orange/apple juice sound cooler by referring to it's carton as a one thousand millilitre carton!!!

.oO(the things i would do with a litre of laser)