What product do you want to see?

Hello, I would like your opinion, what are you looking for when buying a laser? What would you most like to see? What's the most popular buy today?





Sorry for the odd questions, I have started up my laser business and i would just like to know what you all are looking for.





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My first concern is prices. If I cant afford the price, forget about buying it, even if there is exellent customer service. The next thing is honesty. I don't like laser sites that show the laser looking like a lightsaber, when it is only a 5mw. The other thing I like is plenty of info of the laser. What are it's capabilities? Can it burn stuff? Is it safe? Those are just a few. I'm gonna email ya.

I'd like to see lasers with these wave lengths 556 and 589. As you know CNI along with Melles Griot and others produce lasers that output at or near these wavelengths. An lens system were the lenses can be swapped by the end user at their discretion with new lenses. lenses that are AR coated for the specific wavelength of the laser. A beam that is on axis, centered. Tripod mount.

Some interesting things here, So it would be good to offer exotic lasers?

Example

594nm Yellow/orange laser, 5mw - reasonable price of course

650nm Red laser, 200mW - Reasonable Price of course





Is there any interest for pen style lasers? I would not like to offer anything with without FDA accession # though...

wondergimp said:

1- My first concern is prices. If I cant afford the price, forget about buying it 2-exellent customer service.
3-The next thing is honesty. I don't like laser sites that show the laser looking like a lightsaber, when it is only a 5mw.
4-The other thing I like is plenty of info of the laser.
5-it's capabilities?

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I m with wondergimp,
(* indicate my silly preference)

1- PRICE is the big factor. Ever wonder why "almost" everyone have fenix L1p
2- excellent customer service ensure quality of the products
3*- I ll take a Lightsaber please more power! more, more!
4- since this is CPF specification and info are very much appreciated
5*-Very high visibility beam, able to pop ballons and cut stuff.

6*-Laser in pen form factors look the same with all other companies, so what would make yours so special? IMHO, a well designed product that function perfectly is a keeper
7*-Practicallity would be good to see as how the product performs. Water-resistance, tough and rugged for millitary, S&R or ocassional outdoor camping use. Mountable on telescope for star gazing.

ps- I m sounding like my boss

Agreed with you KBlaserman,
Safety should always be first before anything.

Would love to see some unusual colors - affordable (if there's such a thing...) blue, violet, yellow, with sufficient power to make a visible beam in resonably humid or lightly smoky conditions.

Cheers,
Erling

That's why I suggested 556nm it has the highest apparent visibility and 589 would be sufficiently different in color to look attractive while still having an apparent brightness close to 532nm. I retrofitted a 5mw laser in to a new brass housing to run on AA batteries, keeps the pointer a max output longer obviously. In short A bigger power supply is better.

I wanna see a hand held laser you can shoot people with.. but that's just me..

Too much sci-fi in my younger days...

I'd like to see more green lasers powered by AA cells instead of the usual AAA format. Perhaps a side-by-side configuration to shorten the overall length would be another plus.

lowbat, that does sound nice, it would last longer and have a more rugged feel to them..

I would like to see a easy modified green ala Leadlight with a 123 power source

I want to be able to see the beam in the outside night air, and be able to run it for a around 10 minutes at a time.

Some reasonably priced accessories for actually doing something with these high-powered lasers.
For example, small front-silvered mirrors attached to an aimable (pitch-yaw?) mount, a stable tripod/tabletop mount for the laser itself. Remote turn-on capability so as not to disturb the alignment, perhaps a small motorized x-y scanner for making designs. Beam-splitters, right angle crystals, perhaps even some type of aerosol visibility enhancer for lower powered units (no smoke, bleh..)
I think there is a market for visual accessories that hasn't been addressed.

How about something like Marvin the Martian's super-duper-exterminator-ray-gun that he tried to use on Bugs!

Sounds like good ideas to me, ill do some searching and maybe ill find some optic goodies





Keep the ideas coming, lol I like the last one...





You want to know what I want...



I would like to see a laser that has a replaceable front glass plate, I hate the spray effect, however I have experimented with this and found that it can sometimes be dangerous, if the glass isn't of good quality it can project the beam at different angles.

I'd like to see the first portable violet lasers. The mains-powered ones look VERY nice. But a portable unit is of interest to me. The colour is really quite stunning (see reference pic)

I especially like that they anodized it violet..
I will check on that for you, i really doubt that there are portable modules out yet but if there is any they will be pretty expensive.

I'd like to see some affordable green lasers that have an adjustable output from say 3mw-50mw. That way I can have a nice bright visible beam outside at night, and also be able to dial down the power and use the pointer inside for presentations and such without blinding people from the reflection of the dot. The only lasers that I have seen with adjustable output are from optotronics.com and cost somewhere around $800. That puts them a little over my price range.