Cheapie red lasers are much more likely to be under 5mW than green pointers.
That's reassuring to hear - thank you.
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The answer is "ONLY ONE WAY"
I recall hearing from someone that it would take at least 10-20 mW to feel heat from a laser on the lips. Yes, it was speculation, and a massive approximation, but it was still an educated guess. Don't forget injuries from red lasers below 5mw are AFAIK non-existent (or practically non-existent) despite the numerous accidental, deliberate (malicious or otherwise), reports of eye contact incidents in the past. If people don't feel it's worth the risk to do something like that, I respect that, but I'd rather do a simple safe test like that than say, risk blinding my dog.
Dafuq did I just read... You sir, Are an idiot.. Pointing a laser at your face? Probably one of the dumbest things I've read someones done
Yes pointing in a safe controlled manner unlike the millions who buy cheap massively overpowered green lasers, and point at their pets, or worse. This isn't a Spyder Krypton, or anything like it - just a cheap apx 1mW (not 1MW) red laser. Amazingly I have the willpower to *not* move the laser from the lips to my eyes. I know, hard to believe isn't it? It's like my hand is trying to have its own way, and knudge up the angle a bit, but somehow I refuse - not sure how I manage that. From my knowledge, this laser is extremely unlikely to be higher than 20mw, and probably lower than 5mw as has been stated above.
Granted, the shut-eye test is a bit more risky, and I think that was maybe a bit OTT in hindsight, but I was careful, and had good reason at the time to believe it was less than 5mw before doing that.
