Recent content by LaySir

Bump for price drop!

Re: Optotronics Premium +30mW (verified 37mW)Green Laser Sorry, just added - as I was making the thread, I went to edit the title, and as my hand moved from the keyboard to my mouse, my palm hit the Enter key on the numpad.

Used only once for about 5 minutes (adhering to the duty cycle) to impress my (now-ex) girlfriend. She was impressed, but then got all scared when I told her the real dangers of lasers and didn't want me to use it again. :D Anyway I've been buying a lot of toys and things lately and so am...

Better to be safe than sorry, don't you think? :)

Gorgeous shots, I'm jealous.

Ha, too cool, congrats!

Not numbers per se, but hype and prevalence in pop culture is sort of what I had in mind.

Here's one example I was able to find (4:25 in), FWIW:

I picked the 90s because it just seems like both from what I remember and in watching and reading back on things, that's when the traditional pointers seemed the most "in" and cool/hip for the general public. It's interesting to look back on old wrestling episodes and clips from the 90s. Very...

Am I right in thinking it was sometime in the 90s?

Thanks for both the negs and plusses guys. :D;)

Hehe - my interest in laser pointers comes and goes. For whatever reason, the memory of my first experience with a laser pointer came back to me and I remembered this forum and thought it would be interesting to hear others' first memories.

Mine was at about age 7. My neighbor and friend had just come back from the beach with a small keychain button cell red laser pointer that came with a ton of different caps. I thought it was the coolest thing ever. After that I begged my parents to get me one of my own, it took a few years...

While I do think green lasers are cooler due to the added complexity in the design, the fact that they're brighter, and you can see the beam much more easily... my personal favorite between the two is still red. Not only do I find the red color more pleasing to my eye, I think there's also some...

Is there any risk of this resulting in an appreciably lower lifespan of the laser if using a quality lithium (Energizer/Duracell)?