Try shining the beam on a wall, from only 6 inches or a foot away and see if there is blue laser light. My W10 has very blue light surrounding the hot spot.
Edit: So thinking this reflected laser light bouncing off white walls and into my eyes might not be good, I use the green filter when hunting white walls:)
Very nice review, thanks! I will subscribe to your channel
You’ll find the architectural lighting people posting a lot of denial about the blue light hazard. TL/DR “but it’s Sooooo pretty!”
Problem is that the human visual system is relatively very insensitive to blue and far-blue light, so the lights have to be realllllly bright in that band to get the architects’ desired glow. That means pumping out a whole lot of high energy blue photons that will affect the retina even though people don’t see them.
Same applies to blue and violet laser emission — you may barely see the light, but the blue photons are quite intense chemically when it reaches the retina — strong enough to knock electrons off of molecules, which the ‘warmer’ weaker photons don’t do.
It’s worth thinking about being careful with blue laser sources.
Very impresive video Matt!
thanks
Holy cow! 
I need to build something what beat that 
Saw this come up on my YouTube suggestions before seeing it on the forum. Tells you something about my viewing habits. Excellent video, as always. Thank you Matt.
outstanding video!
the water bounce is mind blowing
I like the clear, not red, diffused shot
makes the light very versatile, IF the diffusion film does not melt…
but geez, the tint is so green! lol
curious…
how HOT is the beam?
will it light a wad of paper on fire at 1 yard?
will it incinerate a varmint at 5 yards?
will it fry your retina if you use it for ceiling bounce?
like, is it dangerous?
At short distance the light is not collimated at all, so you get that very moderate 500-ish lumen spread out from the very large surface area of the complete lens. The filter will not melt and your S2+ will feel hotter.
I read more posts about how dangerous the beam from this light is, but in the end it is just a low power 500 lumen flashlight, the only special thing about it is that the light rays coming out of the lens are very very parallel.
Does anyone know how powerful the laser is? For it to produce 500 lumens, it has to be packing some serious energy. Strip out the phosphor, and it could make for a wicked laser source.
I guess it is a couple of watts blue laser, very dangerous stuff but widely for sale for as low as under 50 dollar as a source for laser engraving machines. No need to demolish your precious W30 for that. In fact the most special part of these LEP lights is the bit of phosfor that makes the white light and that can handle the concentrated laser power without being destructed.
And I like that nice coated lens :heart_eyes:
not for me! $268 toy. interesting, though. But i already have one illegal blue (probably) laser i’m too afraid to turn on!
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If you want a very good laser pointer,I put a link for this. https://www.sanwulasers.com/ .
They make very good ,but of course expensive lasers.I have got from them a 5W blue one.Very strong.And dangerous…
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If you want a very good laser pointer,I put a link for this. https://www.sanwulasers.com/ .
They make very good ,but of course expensive lasers.I have got from them a 5W blue one.Very strong.And dangerous…
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I use green lasers for astronomy, I have a 50mw ,27mw & 17mw, they can be dangerous in the wrong hands.
There will never be an “Osram verison” because this light isn’t using an LED, that’s the whole point of it. A white flat zoomie or traditional thrower can be built right now.
I think Matt’s example with the diffuser material shows that isn’t the case. 400-500 lumens from even a floody beam is very bright at night still.
I’d like to see something on the W10.
I guess you may want to think twice about lighting up someone’s face with that kind of tactical light. What kind of lawsuit am I going to get?
Would make a great weapon light for a night varmint rifle
Just received mine in neutral white. It’s a yellow tint in the daytime but looking forward to testing tonight.
I’ll echo the safety precautions here. Even in the daytime a quick ceiling bounce test was “blinding” - this light is extremely powerful and abundant caution should be used when handling.
Would it? Seems like the spot is too small to find and/or track something.
It seems like a really cool light to play with. But, more of a toy than a useful light.
+1 …. Yep, I’m thinking the same thing. :+1: … At long range it would be especially sweet.