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Surprisingly hard to find 555, 573nm goggles

octal

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I'm soon going to have 488, 520, 555, 573. The short stuff is easy to find goggles for, but 573 is surprisingly hard. I've found a few but they tend to only be on the much more expensive side -- is that just because it's mostly not diode lasers in that range, and people are price insensitive, or is there some medical or industrial use for that specific 570-590 range which drives up the price, or am I just not searching correctly?
 
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555 is right at the edge for these, but they cover 573.
 

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Yeah, I bought (oh, I can't do links)
those: 190-400 560-640
also: 190-540 + 800-2000

I'll probably get Cascade lseg-bg3 for $230 or so although I'm not sure what frame style is best. They are purple and cover 512-680 OD6+ and 518-677 OD7+ and seem like the appropriate thing for yellow/green.
 

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$$ ouch. But of course, what are your eyes worth?
 

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Yeah, now I don't feel as bad about the laser outsert faceplate for my gas masks being $229 more than the clear/smoke/yellow outserts.
 
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OD6 and OD7 seem like overkill for these wavelengths. What power laser are you thinking of getting? Doubt seriously it approaches even a watt.
 

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Only 50mW! But I didn't find anything else explicitly rated in those wavelengths. I guess the curve is what matters, not the table of specific values.
 




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