Yet again, 473 vs 594...

[Chicxulub]

I've read and read about this, but I can't seem to find a clear answer.

In my collection, all I want is a bunch of indoor, dark room laser pointers for my own nerdly pleasures, and I would like them to all be roughly the same power output. I am very limited in options for my yellow, so it'll have to be a Rigel style 2mw.

In order to have roughly the same brightness from a 473, would I have to go with the aqu-2 or aqu-5 power level?

Any comparisons with a 473 of 2 and 5mw power levels with a 635 such as an Atlasnova would be greatly useful as well.

Hopefully someone has some practical experience with this, I'm about to buy and want to make the right decision.

 

[Cyparagon]

The atlasnova pointers only output 3mW. The 2mW model 473 will most closely match the brightness.

 

[RA_pierce]

The Aquarius 5 would probably be best. A yellow 5mW is supposedly very close to the brightness of 532nm at 5mW.

 

[scopeguy20]

Do you want the same mw(s) of output power, or beams with comparable visibility?

 

[Chicxulub]

Do you want the same mw(s) of output power, or beams with comparable visibility?

Not really the visibility of the beam, but the dot. Semantics I know, but it's important to me.

It's cool though, I've decided I'm going to get the Aqu5 in your GB.

 

[scopeguy20]

Thanks quadcam! I will send you a free 1 mw 532 nm pen as well as the surprize gift, I noticed it on your wishlist. Talk to Daedal for a 405 nm, he put together mine and it works great!