Recent content by lupusarcanus

No lasers >5mw -- I am worried about eye safety. :san:

I went out and invested in some NiMH rechargeable batteries... The battery life has more than doubled vs. the regular cheap batteries. Also, the beam seems strong right up until the battery dies, whereas the cheap ones seemed to start out strong and then slowly dim until they died, which really...

So am I safe buying this one? Optotronics Product Details Or is there a specific one you'd recommend?

I was going to buy one, but before I bought one I realized I was quite careless with my 5mw laser and postponed buying one because I have somewhat bad eyes already and want to avoid making them worse. I like to shine the laser pointer at various highly reflective surfaces to see the interesting...

Fair enough, thanks. I did some extended research into my laser and found a laser that looks exactly the same as mine, but it is twice as powerful. 10 mW 5in1 Green Star Laser Pointer Pen (Back-Open) The specs say: 45 seconds ON, 15 seconds OFF Not quite sure how to interpret that... Does...

OK, done. OK, I read this. But the Amazon page doesn't mention Duty Cycle. How do I know what my lasers Duty Cycle is? It never seems to get warm to the touch. Any particular reason? Thanks, and once again pardon my ignorance

Just bought my first 'high power' laser today: Amazon.com: Bynovel 5 mW 532 nm Green 2in1 Laser Pointer with Constellation Cap Mini Stage Light: Electronics It's really cool, I absolutely love it. However, I have some issues with it: - Battery life is horrible. Maybe 15 minutes continuous use...