OhGizmo Review Preview: Dragonlasers 250mW Hulk
By Evan Ackerman
Boy was I excited when a box from Dragonlasers showed up at my door yesterday. I don’t mind telling you that I giggled like a little girl as I opened up the box to reveal a 250mW (!) green laser. I’ll be, um, experimenting with it over the next week or so, and I thought I’d ask you guys if there’s anything in particular you’d like to see. No, I’m not going to do anything dangerous, expensive, illegal, or immoral. And yes, I’ll be wearing eye protection.
Just to get you started, 250mW has a visible range on the order of 100 miles (halfway to the ISS) and is easily capable of burning or melting anything that’s non-reflective. We’ve reviewed high powered lasers in the past (here and here), but the Hulk is the most powerful thus far.
Post suggestions in the comments, and I’ll see what I can do.
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Is this more powerfull than the wicked lasers?
At any rate, I would suggest trying to ignite fireworks with it from a distance. LEts see some videos!
Posted 7:25 am on October 4th, 2007you should try:
Posted 7:28 am on October 4th, 2007-cutting through a trash bag
-lighting a match
-popping a balloon
-lighting a cigarette
-frying an egg
-set up several mirrors and see if you can make the beam go in a z pattern
Setup a shadow box diorama similar to an evil genius lab with the laser aimed at a green army man strapped to a table. You know like all the cliché spy movies. Then cut him in half!
Posted 8:29 am on October 4th, 2007See if it burns through your skin.
Posted 9:12 am on October 4th, 2007Take a few famous old gadgets and find out which ones are resistant to the hulk.
Posted 10:16 am on October 4th, 2007The Hercules-400 on Laserglow.com has a sustained 400-425mW output.
Posted 12:59 pm on October 4th, 2007Nick- I’ll try all that stuff except the cigarette one… And rather than doing an egg, I may try to make a brulee.
Earthworm- Army man. Good idea.
Alex- It does. Ow. Oops, that was under the ‘dangerous’ category, wasn’t it?
Posted 4:08 pm on October 4th, 2007use it in a rube goldberg machine or eathworms idea.
Posted 4:09 pm on October 4th, 2007Since theres so much USB stuff try cutting through a USB outlet. and see if you can get through the metal bars of a master lock
Posted 7:09 pm on October 4th, 2007Wow, thats pretty hardcore. In wich case, all of the above.
Posted 6:04 am on October 5th, 2007how about shining it into the night sky tonight towards n orth47degrees 31′1 and West 52 45′5. So I can see it. I’m at an altitude of 84.3
Posted 2:25 pm on October 6th, 2007Marshmallows. For the love of God, Marshmallows.
Posted 10:34 pm on October 6th, 2007Marshmallows are now on the list. As far as metal, it’s not going to slice ‘n dice, but I will use a temperature gun to see if it’ll heat things up. Up in the sky is one of those potentially dangerous things; I’ll do it, but cautiously.
Posted 12:20 am on October 7th, 2007I fail to see how pointing the beam up the sky can be dangerous.
Posted 1:25 pm on October 9th, 2007I’d like to see how visible it is in broad daylight, especially from a distance.
Posted 11:20 am on October 11th, 2007>>I fail to see how pointing the beam up the sky can be dangerous.
Posted 8:55 pm on October 11th, 2007Hopefully, you’re not on the airliner when the laser shines in through the window.
Posted 8:56 pm on October 11th, 2007Shine it at a bottle of soda and see if it heats up enough to explode…
Posted 11:16 pm on October 18th, 2007Does anyone here know for a fact IF the Hercules 400 is even legal to posess in the USA by non military or non law enforcement personel ? Sounds like a much deserving controlled device to me. Can you imagine shelling out $2500-$3500 and then getting busted for mere possession ?
Posted 9:18 am on November 19th, 2007I did some checking, this laser is manufactured by a laser company in China and is sold by a lot of other laser resellers out there and this particular model is available from another reseller at a cheaper price, Dragonlasers sells it for $800 while Techlasers ( http://www.techlasers.com ) sells it at $600 and there they call it a Crossfire 250mW…that’s a big $200 difference…I wonder if there’s anyone else selling it cheaper.
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Posted 6:36 am on January 22nd, 2008Very interesting, i did more checking last week end including reading up on laser forums and found out why Techlasers is so cheap. They normally sell lasers that are below specification, they have no after sale service and some of their lasers are cheap replicas. No wonder they are so cheap.
Unless you want to waste your money, stay away from Techlasers.
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