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No joke, here is my 100mw making short work of punching holes thru solar-eclipse glasses:Glad I got my 200mw lasers while I could.
(truth)
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So, way back when they first came out, I bought a gen 1 Wicked Lasers Arctic (845nm blue) 1W laser. It's pretty sick - it'll ignite stuff from 12+ feet away. Now you made me wonder where the heck I stashed that thing. Maybe that's what I'll do tomorrow morning...try to find it in my pile o' clutter.No joke, here is my 100mw making short work of punching holes thru solar-eclipse glasses:
https://www.thektog.org/threads/powerful-green-laser-for-competition-use.268105/post-2409728
(I'm Blake over there because Super got banned
Yes, they moved quickly to make it illegal for any American to sell one greater than 5mw to anyone who isn't licensed, to protect our idiots from harming themselves or each other.
A cluster of them in a mirrored, neon filled tube could set people on fire and cause serious burns! NEAT! wanna be flies on the wall at an ANTIFAgs rally? LOLYes, they moved quickly to make it illegal for any American to sell one greater than 5mw to anyone who isn't licensed, to protect our idiots from harming themselves or each other.
However, it is legal for anyone to own/possess, or use one responsibly.
(yes, you can still buy them from China)
Sorry, forgive the thread derail.
Edit: Ok, a funny. Here's a shipping update I received on one that I ordered:
"More good news:
亚特兰大乔治亚州网络配送中心，离开了美国邮政区域目标设备，您的项目我们亚特兰大 GA 网络配送中心目的地设施在 2017 年 7 月 20 日在离开 4:20 下午。"
Translation
Atlanta Georgia Network Distribution Center, leaving the U.S. Postal Regional Destination Device, your project our Atlanta GA Network Distribution Center destination facility on July 20, 2017 departs at 4:20 p.m.
