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the aperture protects the lens. the beam is way smaller than the hole in the aperture. Plus, as RA said, it's not a laser diode, it's a solid state laser, so it makes a nicer beam already.
Red is strong, just looks dimmer.
Green is much brighter, but the beam is also generally thinner when "focused to infinity"
hypothetical red and green lasers, both output the same power, both focused to infinity.
green will look brighter than red (green puts out more lumens)
green will burn stuff better than red because of its smaller diameter. Think all that power going into a smaller spot than the red.
That's exactly what I was trying to say