Photonic Products laser blog

If you are anything like me, you think that laser pointers pretty much begin and end with the dinky little red-light pointers low-level execs buy for twenty bucks at the local electronics store. Oh how wrong I was.

Wicked Lasers is one of the world’s leading makers of laser pointers. Their laser pointers are the real deal. When I first heard about Wicked Lasers, I just thought “cool, a new toy.” My “new toy” arrived in a velvet-lined case. Fancy. The sleek, shiny metal case of the laser is roughly the size of a ballpoint pen and runs off two AAA batteries. Of course, upon receiving a new toy, I just had to play. I waved the laser pointer around a bit, marveling at the intense green beam (but never looking directly into the light).

Then I did my research and realized this was no toy. I have the Elite 125, which is one of the most powerful lasers Wicked Lasers offers.

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