Recent content by Noctis

It's really nice to see that some of us preach civility while displaying the emotional maturity of a 10-year old. It's amusing that you accuse me of not listening, but so far nobody in the 4 pages of throwing eggs at me ever noticed that I only entertained the idea of using lasers in this...

Could just be bad electrical contact with the battery. Does your SPRING make contact with the POSITIVE end of the battery(smaller metal contact) like mine does?

Hmm, it all sounds a bit too technical for me. However, the gist of it sounds like it means that while it is suggested that flashing lights SHOULD disorient people, the evidence says otherwise. But on the other hand, the mass majority of the disorientation effect will only show up under ideal...

Flashbang? An artificial flashbang?

Found a Streamlight on eBay at 120 lumens. Hopefully that will do the job nicely.

After looking at the flashlights on DealExtreme, I can tell you that there seems to be a LOT of trashlights in there. A lot of the cheapies seem to rely heavily on battery power to bring out the beam power. Unless I missed something, they don't seem to sort their flashlights by power output...

That was my concern as well, as I can't very well shine that Wicked Lasers Torch at someone's eyes(if it burns paper at close range, it'll burn the eyes for sure). Not to mention it won't fit in your pocket, and certain price issues. I'm also not sure about the power output needed to blind...

I'm not going out of my way to try and kill them, or else I'd be sitting outside of my yard with my bug zapper. I just don't want them in my house.

I merely want to point out that I stopped reading this thread 2 pages ago, so I'm a little confused as to why people are still dissing me and my little gecko infestation. Not that I wouldn't say no to a little "burn this crap to keep the geckos out of your house" idea, but since no one made...

Hopefully, as the military already does this to slow down vehicles that refuse to stop, I won't be completely crucified for this... When I used the collimator optic on my Nova X125, the beam quickly spread out into a large circle once it was past its focal point(about an inch from the...

I too got my laser on Thursday. It seems to be exactly as advertised. And if I read the data sheet correctly, the actual power output is about 45 mW, which is above the advertised 20mW. Seems like the site is turning itself around now.

Again, that sounds like special circumstances. I doubt your average person is a wax sculpture or we'd all be one. Perhaps it's simply a case of different points of view, but I find it strange that anybody stretches out so much consideration for mere insects. And yet, try speak to an adult...

The geckos I'm speaking of are of the pest variety, about the size of a large cockroach. I highly doubt they can eat other roaches. I don't make a habit of torturing animals. I did that enough as a kid, and I feel like smacking myself for it when I look back on it now. Laser safety isn't...

Well, I could simply be a freak of nature, but I thought that the RATIONAL response to someone being patronizing wouldn't be a positive one. I may not be friendly, but I don't cross over into the territory of "asshole" without provocation. With regards to my brother, we're not talking about a...

Since you're so fond of pointing things out: Please repeat the following words 500 times: (that's a colon, not a comma, punctuation is important too) My brother, my brother, my brother. I've been trying to impress upon him the dangers of the laser when the moron pointed it at my mom's head(not...