Laser Pointer Extream

[RStar]

Originally Posted by CoasterMatt

As far as I know, if you order these in the US, you won't get it shipped to you. Another board I frequent had a discussion about these several months back.

Yes, that's what I heard. They will only ship them to Iraq and North Korea.

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by CoasterMatt

As far as I know, if you order these in the US, you won't get it shipped to you. Another board I frequent had a discussion about these several months back.

I chatted with their online sales reps, They say shipping to the US is A-OK.

However I don't see any Youtubes vids or other comments of USA'ers setting things ablaze with them so you might be right.

[Gemini Cricket]

Yes, it was red.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Yes, it was red.

Dood, laser colors aren't like "I want a blue popsicle, not a red one." Achieving a blue laser requires ridiculous amounts of power. The difference between your lil' laser red pointer and this laser is the difference between a bb gun and a sniper rifle.

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Dood, laser colors aren't like "I want a blue popsicle, not a red one." Achieving a blue laser requires ridiculous amounts of power. The difference between your lil' laser red pointer and this laser is the difference between a bb gun and a sniper rifle.

Technically it does not take more power to generate a Blue laser, for example you can purchase a 5mw blue pointer that will look all blue and cool without burning out retina. Traditionally we considered blue lasers exotic because the cost to manufacture them was higher. However that's changing as a result of new manufacturing methods and greater demand. The "Blu" in "Blu Ray" is for the blue laser they use.

In fact watt for watt a green laser is perceived as more intense simply due to the fact that our eyes are more sensitive to green.



What makes the Blue Arctic pointer dangerous is the 1w they put behind it. A 1w Green laser pointer would have the same safety issues.

[Betty]

How long before this is the new weapon of gang members?

[Gn2Dlnd]

Originally Posted by Betty

How long before this is the new weapon of gang members?

I'm not so worried about gang members, but of random asswipes sitting in the back of a movie theatre, or hanging out in Downtown Disney at night, or sports events, or anywhere there's a crowd that's easy to disappear into. Imagine the fun a firebug can have with one of these come SoCal fire season.

I'm decidedly anti-this. I'm sure someone, somewhere, is working on their 2nd amendment arguments.

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Gn2Dlnd

I'm not so worried about gang members, but of random asswipes sitting in the back of a movie theatre, or hanging out in Downtown Disney at night, or sports events, or anywhere there's a crowd that's easy to disappear into. Imagine the fun a firebug can have with one of these come SoCal fire season.

I'm decidedly anti-this. I'm sure someone, somewhere, is working on their 2nd amendment arguments.

On the plus side, unlike with a low power pointer, the asswipe with one of these will be VERY easy to spot. The intensely visible beam will point right back at them.

[Strangler Lewis]

Originally Posted by Gn2Dlnd

I'm decidedly anti-this. I'm sure someone, somewhere, is working on their 2nd amendment arguments.

Exactly what I was thinking.

[Strangler Lewis]

Originally Posted by Betty

How long before this is the new weapon of gang members?

Or the subject of litigation under the Second Amendment.