Any science bods out there to confirm this is marketing tosh or not?
clicky

Great bit of advertising there, Sky!

"It will blind permanently and instantly and set fire quickly to skin and other body parts." 😯

Pretty horrendous – can't be long till one of them is used to blind someone in the street or pointed at a car and damages someone retinas.

A guy at work builds laser projectors as a hobby (£15k each, so not a cheap one) and if you turn off the raster function and just point the laser as a spot at the wall, it burns through wood pretty quick, so yep a 1W laser will set fire to things and burn a hold through your head (if left long enough).

So it's maybe more dangerous than some guns but doesn't need a license. Excellent.

I'd like one just for shooting down balloons that people let go, and burning holes in tins and bottles that get chucked in rivers and sinking them.

angry commuter van crasher mcd's drive through video poster boy should get one to use as a jousting lance

Want!

Ideal for remote lighting of the BBQ 😀

Does it come with a helmet mount for night rides?

a split-second laser light in a plane cockpit (…) can be disastrous".

I wonder if this means the end of air power ? If multimillion pound aircraft can be brought down with a cheap doohickey it alters the balance.

The threat of the use of these bought about the end of the 3rd Heathrow runway don't you know – power to the people.

If it is really a 1W beam (rather than 1W power consumption), then yes, it's very dangerous and will blind instantly, as well as burn stuff generally.

it's very dangerous and will blind instantly, as well as burn stuff generally.

surely this will become a serious weapon ? It's better to blind an enemy than to kill them because they become an instant liability, and ideal for sniping as if the beam is well collimated it'll be invisible from most angles and make no noise to identify the source.

technical specs

http://www.wickedlasers.com/lasers/Spyder_III_Pro_Arctic_Series-96-37.html

From the site selling it..

this laser possesses the most burning capabilities of any portable laser in existence. That's why it's also the most dangerous laser ever created.

Warning: Extremely dangerous is an understatement to 1W of laser power. At close range, this Class 4 beam will cause immediate and irreversable retinal damage. Use with extreme caution and use only when wearing proper safety goggles with an O.D. of 3+ is required and 4.4+ for longer exposures.

Expect Mr. Bond to die, for only $200.