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Old November 2nd, 2015, 12:31   #512
ThunderCactus
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It's as easy as buying a laser power meter and checking them.
It's really not difficult to find and buy large quantities of 0.3 to 1mW laser modules.
At a retail price of like $45, I'd be highly suspect of their supply infrastructure; they might be getting their laser modules from a different source every week.
But class 1 IR modules aren't actually that expensive in bulk. Especially if your housing is made of plastic, has the cheapest windage adjustment ever, and isn't built to take the recoil of a .22.
I'd never trust a stock chinese "class 1" laser without testing them all individually, but in the rare case they are actually all coming in at 0.3-0.5mW, then that's both very good and very bad I guess?
Downside of course is everyone will want a $40 shitbox laser and will probably be flailing it around at night.
Upside I guess is nobody with gen1 NV will be able to use them, and some gen2 has trouble seeing class 1 IR as well? I guess that's good?
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