His friend was recently in Thailand and got it for him. It is marked as 550mw, and is a green laser. If that helps, I'm naive in terms of lasers (but know enough to understand they are clearly not toys)
My idiot friend was pointing a 550mw green laser at my chest today, and I looked up. The beam never made contact with my eye, but I saw the green light emanating from the pointer. It lasted probably almost a second before I reacted and looked away.
I immediately wanted to punch him. He was...