Which green laser is better?

Question

http://www.wickedlasers.com/lasers/CORE-67-3.html
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.91

The first one is from Wicked and the other one is from DealExtreme. Which one would you buy?

Answer 1

the Wicked.

you usually get what you pay for

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sf3M-_RUSCM&mode=related&search=

nice

Answer 2

I am suspicious about the low price from dealextreme. I own two green lasers, both of which I use for star shows. One, which I paid $80, has a beam which loses power after 1 second. The best way for my audience to see it is for me to blink it on and off, which is a bother and I am disappointed with it.

The other, paid $50 on ebay, works great. I am wishing for a more powerful one, one that works well even before the sky is very dark and would also work with some light pollution around. The one I want is around $300.

bottom line: go for the dealextreme first but be prepared to toss it and end up buying the wicked one. BTW: most of the dealextreme reviews seemed contrived and very few dealt with using the laser for astronomical purposes.

Answer 3

They both look roughly equivalent in terms of power output for the price.
But whicheverf one you get, be careful with it. That's B.E. careful. A 5 mw laser can do a lot of eye damage in just a few microseconds. Don't believe the b.u.l.l.s.h.i.t. about the IR components being the only ones that can do any damage. There's a lot of eye surgery that gets done at 535 nm with 40 or 50 mw and that includes tissue cutting and stitching. Especially on the retina. Even 5 mw can cause permanent damage.

Doug

Answer 4

dealextreme :]