Laser Pointer Extream - Page 3

Moonliner · 06-17-2010, 06:51 AM

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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.

Moonliner · 06-17-2010, 07:03 AM

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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 · 06-17-2010, 07:27 AM

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

CoasterMatt · 06-17-2010, 10:41 AM

I tried to find the statement on their site saying that they no longer ship the most powerful models to the US, but apparently my IP (at home, no less) is banned from their forums now.

Moonliner · 06-17-2010, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by CoasterMatt

I tried to find the statement on their site saying that they no longer ship the most powerful models to the US, but apparently my IP (at home, no less) is banned from their forums now.

Weird. I can see the forums. In short what they say is Wicked Lasers will not ship NON COMPLAINT lasers to the US. The Arctic is compliant. So it can be shipped.

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Originally Posted by Random dude on Wicked Forum

15mW+ are banned in the US if they do not contain a locking mechanism or hard power off switch of some type. To have an unlocked higher powered laser just rolling around is not a good idea, and WL did post they will not ship non-compliant lasers to the US. Thus the release of the minilock. None of this is fact of course, I'm not a lawyer or anything, but to the best of my knowledge this is correct. And thank you again WL for making the only portable, high powered, US compliant laser that doesn't require you looking like a re-re with a key dangling all willy nilly.

Also of note from reading the forum on their site, no one has one yet. It looks like it hit their site around June 6th and there is still no confirmation of one being shipped.

Kevy Baby · 06-17-2010, 01:39 PM

What's a "re-re"?

Kevy Baby · 06-17-2010, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

What's a "re-re"?

Here, let me Google that for me.

Moonliner · 06-30-2010, 12:53 PM

So far we are all still safe from blue lasers of death, but perhaps not for long. Wicked Lasers forums are rumoring a ship date of next week.

To hold you over until then, here is a video of the Arctic III in action.

Gn2Dlnd · 06-30-2010, 01:03 PM

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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 · 06-30-2010, 01:17 PM

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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.

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Moonliner 8/30/14 - Disneyland -10k or Bust. Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 9,022	So far we are all still safe from blue lasers of death, but perhaps not for long. Wicked Lasers forums are rumoring a ship date of next week. To hold you over until then, here is a video of the Arctic III in action.
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