So does a $3 paint pen.
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What kind of idiot would buy a pen for 60 bucks though?
Oh..
I like the editor in chief of 404 just hovering menacingly in the background of that picture
But seriously, every pair of these glasses should be treated with disgust and hostility by people who see them.
Here’s a negative $400 fix. Don’t buy the shit in the first place.
They're selling them for $400?! If everyone buys a pair but never uses them they'll go bankrupt in a second. No way they're making money at that price.
Looks like between $379 and $499. Although last generation can be had for $224, and there's an outlier at $799 as well.
There's a $60 mod to fix that
The fact that this is labelled as a "flashlight" and the product listing doesn't tell you anywhere that it's actually a laser is shady as fuck. The seller is probably trying to dodge safety regulations.
There's a review on the same product from a different seller that has a close-up of the label:
~~This is a 50W laser, which is pretty dangerous.~~ Just looking at the reflection spot where the laser hits something could damage your eyes, and never mind looking directly into the beam. If you're going to use something like this you should be wearing properly tested safety glasses rated for that frequency, not the cheapos that come with it.
Edit: that safety label is definitely wrong. Class III lasers are between 5 and 500 mW, so this is probably 500mW and not 50000mW, which makes a lot more sense because you'd never fit that in an object this size.
The fact that the safety label is wrong makes this thing even worse.
As an avid watcher of styropyro, any labeling on that device is pretty much useless. Considering it burns shit, it's at least 1W, if not higher. Amazon and eBay lasers are notorious for being orders of magnitude more powerful than they are advertised, which is why I picked this one lol. If it costs more than $30, it's probably capable of blinding anyone not careful with it.
Hooray, it is of indeterminate wattage.
In the context of economies of scale, I think it's possible that a lot of these laser pointers are made with surplus Blu-ray diodes, which have obviously been produced in mass quantities. It would explain why they can be had so cheaply.
500mw will not burn stuff, not easily, and not without a focusing lens
Shit, that looks cool just to have LMAO
Judging by the single review, it's well over the <5mw classification for safe use. Considering that it reportedly burns black objects, it's at least 1W, which means even reflections could be permanently blinding nearly instantly :).
Would fry the cameras in these glasses just as fast. Would not use as a laser pointer for cats.
Yeah, try to fry that camera from 5m+ distance then enjoy the lawsuit for blinding that person...
Ok maybe not so good for meta glasses....but...now hear me out....flock cameras >:)
What lawsuit? They can't identify me
That still makes you an asshole. At the end of the day you permanently blinded someone because... they used tech you dislike.
You are taking this far too seriously, friend.