Recent content by Jasonlis

Yeah I've seen that. It's not my first laser. I actually have several years of experience with them, just not in that power range.

I will. Thank you for all the help!

Thank you, that's exactly what I needed to know. I wrote that when I was half asleep last night and messed up a little bit. It's a 445nm laser not 455. The laser is supposed to come with glasses and I have no idea what kind thy are, but I have an eagle eye pair that I got for my infrered laser...

I just bought a 3.4W 455nm laser and expect it to arrive Monday. I'm not new to the hobby by any means but I've never owned a laser that's been anywhere near that power. I already have the glasses I'll need but my question is, at that power, is he dot that you see even through the glasses...

It's been a few years so it's hard to remember but if I remember correctly, it was somewhere around the $80 range. At first glance it looks like a generic laser pointer but is built much sturdier than a generic pointer. It has a small blue light that lights up when you press the power button, it...

Yikes. Fair enough. After using the laser without glasses I had always been afraid that I may have gotten hit with a reflection or damaged my eyes by looking directly at the dot but not notice it until some time later.

See, that's really my question. Would you be immediately aware of damage caused from an infrared laser? You both mentioned they work in the same way a visible laser would by focusing on the retina so I would assume so, but with a visible laser, I would expect that if you got hit in the eye...

Several years ago I decided to buy a blue laser and did some shopping around. I finly decided on one and made the order. I'm still not sure if they miss advertised the laser or if they sent me the wrong one, but what showed up was a 400mw 808-980nm IR laser pointer. At the time I was not as...