Green Laser Pointer 532nm 5mW

[MakMan]

Hi Andrew
Have to agree with Geoff on this one as I have the exact same experience with my e-bay cheapy.
Like you, I thought I would take a punt due to the low price but unless you have very dark skies you probably wont use it much due to the rapid dimming of the laser beam. It's absolutely useless in light polluted skies
I guess the old saying "you get for you pay for" rings true with these cheap laser pointers. Try Googling "green laser fades", as I did after the event, and check out the results.
From my experience I would pay a little more and get one locally
Best of luck

[ashley.gale]

I bought a 10mW from a stall when I was in Bangkok in October. It took alot of searching to find someone who sold a green laser but after alot of work I managed to find someone.

Mine does not drop down in power like everone else is talking about and it only cost me about $60

I got a business card and was thinking of getting some sent over to sell, but they are not returning emails

[darksky1770]

hi.
i have a new Wicked laser a 35mw and wow it's the best, makes pointing my scope a brease but i have to be carefull where i point it, i operates just as advertised mine cost me $175 au but they do a 10mw for less than $100

[Glenn Dawes]

Originally Posted by darksky1770

hi.
i have a new Wicked laser a 35mw and wow it's the best, makes pointing my scope a brease but i have to be carefull where i point it, i operates just as advertised mine cost me $175 au but they do a 10mw for less than $100

Hi Darksky,

You're the only person I know that when they observe people from 50Km away know it (official exaggeration). Not to mention their loss of dark adaption.
Just don't bring those aliens down on us!

Regards

Glenn

[darksky1770]

lol, thanks Glen i think, i know it's overkill but who out there hasn't wanted a kick ass laser to play with.All i need are some ill tempered sea bass.
Oh and well the closest person to where im at is about 10km away, have to let them know somehow when to come look at the stars
It's ok for dark adapted eyes as long as i are careful how i use it ,ie:don't let anything get in the path of the beam the reflection from it is amazing, so yeah i use it with caution! But since it's a mometary switch it is only on while im pointing to a new object.

[stephenmcnelley]

Recieved the 10 mW unit from bintel a few days ago and it works very nicely. Comparing it to a 5mW unit a fellow astro dork has, the only detectable difference might be in the thickness of the beam, not penetration of the diode laser beam itself.
Still, you would want to be extremely careful where you point these things, the 10mW unit will put a point of green light on any solid object up to 1.5 Km away in the dark.
Use with a lot of caution me now thinks..
But astro people i reckon have a good measure of sense.

[993mario (George)]

I bought a laser from minniinthebox 2 weeks ago and it was not allowed here and you guys are saying you have 10mw and 20mw so how did you get them??

[gb_astro]

Originally Posted by 993mario

I bought a laser from minniinthebox 2 weeks ago and it was not allowed here and you guys are saying you have 10mw and 20mw so how did you get them??

Well that was six years ago.

gb.

[Merlin66 (Ken)]

The Laser pointers law changed in Nov 2011.
They (>1mW) are now illegal in most states. You need a permit to import, store and use them.