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Ones i've been to definitely used a low-power red as an aiming laser (i.e. not actually triggering a hit) - but the arenas were fairly dark, with fog to highlight the beams. Might be worth getting a couple of airsoft guns instead if you're wanting to play it outside and actually see the visible...

No, you are right. In a situation where other people who aren't aware of the dangers potentially have unsupervised access, it's better to restrict it. I don't worry here as I live alone and if there are any guests in my flat, I simply won't let them fool around unsafely given I'm there - but if...

On this, a laser's pretty inert without it's batteries, so if you're concerned and don't want to lock it all out of reach, store the laser and batteries separately. Gun safe's good too though :) I live in a small-medium town, but when I've walked to the open countryside hills a mile or two away...

One idea - if you set a few matches in the tinder then hit them with the laser, that'd work. I suggest if you are going to get a laser you get appropriate safety goggles if you ever use it indoors. Outdoors is relatively safe for eyes, as there's little in nature that's mirror reflective, but if...

Welcome! Hope you enjoy your stay and can find/get answers to any questions you have :) If you've tried to find an answer to a question you've got, and had no luck - ask away :) Start a thread in the appropriate place and you'll get people weighing in with their answers. As for the unlucky...

Welcome :) Hope you enjoy your stay.

By all means get a laser for the cool factor - It's the reason I scramble to when I'm asked about mine - but regardless how powerful you want to go for - you're not going to get a satisfactory result from a laser pointer in your application. Beam Expanders widen the beam, causing it to diverge...

Other good places to buy quality lasers are Sanwu and JetLasers - Other reputable (and disreputable) companies can be found in this thread. Buying from forum members is also good - take a look in the Buy/Sell section for what might be available. If you're planning to stick around and join the...

A super clean build - Love the focus ring and how it fits between the sink and the body of the host completely covering the Copper, very nice :)

Firstly, if you're thinking of using it around other people, or using it yourself without appropriate eye-protection (laser safety goggles probably don't look right on your costume :P), You should stick to lasers <5mW in power. This is known as class 3R and will not cause eye damage before...

I'm not all too sure that a 3W laser would ignite diesel soaked wood/leaves etc. You'd have to hold it very steady (tripod steady) on a single point for some time to get enough heat to build up to ignite that. Diesel is hard to set alight without a naked flame as is - it's not a particularly...

No - don't worry, as you said you're learning the ropes, so it's absolutely fine. Please don't be put off from posting! If you can, take a read through the Sticky threads as it'll give you some background on the forum & laser related activities that you may find helpful.

I'm glad you enjoy your collection! If you can in future threads, use the "edit" button at the bottom of each of your comments to add replies inline, and you can also reply to as many comments as you like in a single reply by highlighting the text and clicking reply near the text you just...

It's very unlikely that you'd be able to get a wide spread out <1mW laser to be detected under non-ideal conditions at that distance without a pretty sensitive detector. You also need to consider ambient light - if you're not somehow encoding the laser with a signal, but just using it as on/off...

Is the Sanwu RGB with all the glowing tritium vials on your profile in your collection or just there to lust after - Lucky person you are if it's the former! Hope you enjoy your stay :)

I would imagine that most laser tag systems use visible or infra-red laser diodes in their units. Visible lasers under 1mW (Marked out as Class 2/II). Class 2 lasers are considered eye safe unless the user deliberately stares down into the beam (so safe for short-duration exposures needed to...

Welcome :) Enjoy your stay & keep safe.