laser differences

[Badger663]

On 8/30/2019 at 11:11 AM, bockerSV said:

Hey guys, so I am a product manager at LaserMax, might be able to provide some input here.

 

Like what was said up above, 5mW is the cut off that the FDA puts on commercially sold lasers. This is the threshold that they consider "eye safe". Basically it is not enough energy that it can do damage within the time your eye naturally takes to blink.

 

Green lasers will be your best bet, the human eye sees the color green better than other colors in the light spectrum, so all things being equal the green will be much more visible than red.

 

Some of those laser pointers you see advertised a great amount over the maximum output the FDA seem to be snuck past customs or something like that, because the FDA really does tightly regulate lasers. 

 

One of the real issues with those is, they aren't just putting off visible energy that can damage your eyes, but IR energy that can damage your eyes, which you can't see. So you literally could and probably are dosing yourself without ever knowing it.

 

A healthy fear of direct energy isn't a bad thing. Here's an article that goes into some of the dangers of lasers, if you're interested:

https://www.gentec-eo.com/blog/dangers-of-laser-pointers

So would there be any difference between your green laser and the Holosun? I tried my Holosun for the first time this week in bright daylight. It took me forever to line the laser up on the starting popper but eventually worked out. I thought these would be much more visible 15 yards and in in daylight.

[Badger663]

On 9/10/2019 at 1:29 PM, stick said:

Good luck seeing a laser at 100 yards with anything you'll put on a PCC.  I live in Florida and I can see my laser up to 40 yards on bright sunny days.

Which laser is it? I can't see mine at all in bright daylight.

[stick]

2 hours ago, Badger663 said:

Which laser is it? I can't see mine at all in bright daylight.

It's an Ebay special from China.  They dont have the same limitations we do.

[Startingover]

I feel like the laser only has a few specific uses.

It's not for every day use, but if you can add it to the program, it will help.

[impact]

I use the holosun too. Indoor is where it can help quite a bit, but outdoors you lose the dot very quickly. It's however very well built, easy to zero and holds zero pretty well too! It can also be used as a tool for demonstrations, video analysis and for training/drypractice to build certain indexing skills. Like point shooting or shouldering the gun while keeping the barrel pointed at a target and things of that nature. It's not a must have. Just a tool.

Also be very aware of using magnifying optics when lasers are around, since they basically also magnify the intensity of the laser for your eye. Kinda like looking at the sun through binoculars, which is very stupid thing to do, obviously.