Laser Pointer Extream

[Moonliner]

Now here is a Fathers Day gift idea sure to outshine them all!

A 1W Blue laser pointer from Wickedlasers.com



Perhaps you've seen how a green laser pointer can pop a balloon a few feet away? This guy can do it from the house across the street.

It comes with warnings like:

• Can causes INSTANT blindness
• Set skin on fire
• Blind a pilot 24 Miles away
• Just looking at the blue beam (pointed away from you) causes green color blindness

Wicked indeed and yours for less than $200. Given that even the beam seen reflected off a wall can cause permanent eye damage, I have to wonder if more stringent purchasing rules might be a good idea.

[Chernabog]

Yes, but do they come pre-mounted to sharks, or are the sharks sold separately?

(Yeesh, these things should be sold only to those with a license)

[Moonliner]

I started that post thinking, man this is so freaking cool!

Then as I added the links I started reading the warnings in more detail and my viewpoint shifted.

These things really are the first commercially available laser weapons, and the company is dressing them up to look like toy light sabers.

$200 each is not enough of a barrier to entry, I would sell these like handguns at the very least.

[Capt Jack]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

$200 each is not enough of a barrier to entry, I would sell these like handguns at the very least.

I must agree. I see zero sense in making such a thing so readily available to the first feckless wanker with $200 burning a hole in his pocket.


(mine should arrive in 10-14 business days )



j/k

[Kevy Baby]

I would classify this under "just because you can doesn't mean you should"

[Ghoulish Delight]

On the plus side, said feckless-wanker is more likely to add a literal pocket-hole to that figurative one long before managing to injure anyone else.

[Alex]

What are the intended legitimate uses for one of these?

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Alex

What are the intended legitimate uses for one of these?

I suppose I could come up with some technical uses but they'd all be contrived.

The primary use for more powerful laser pointers is to put dots on things that are far away. Using a standard green laser pointer I was able place a visible "dot" on the tippy top of the Empire State building from two blocks away. This blue one is a few thousand percent more powerful.

[3894]

Originally Posted by Alex

What are the intended legitimate uses for one of these?

Potato peeler. Burns the peels right off but you have to stand 200 ft. away and wear protective goggles.

[Mousey Girl]

Originally Posted by 3894

Potato peeler. Burns the peels right off but you have to stand 200 ft. away and wear protective goggles.

And it can cook it at the same time!