Buy Laser Pointers - Laser Reviews, eBay Disasters, and Online Pointer Shopping Success

Laser pointers are high-tech tools and if you are shopping to buy one there are a lot of different things you will want to keep in mind, not only to protect your technological investment, but yourself as well. Many lasers that are available today have high output powers and will require a certain level of laser safety to handle properly because you are dealing with dense light radiation.

Now, we all know how practical and useful lasers can be, so if you are wondering where can I buy laser pointers? all you need is an internet connection and a little bit of tech savvy insider information to make the most of your dollar. Now we're most likely not looking to 1$ buy wholesale lasers, we're going to want something that is going to last a while and whose diode will really be professional grade. So when you are browsing the internet be sure you are using a reputable laser retailer.

I would stay away from buying lasers on eBay all together. From my own experience, and the horror stories i've read about, the lasers people purchased from eBay were nothing more than cheap green pointers not even worth using. You are really getting hurt in the long run, even if you save a few pennies here and now. What's the point of shopping for a laser pointer, putting in your own time and research, to throw it all away to some kid in his basement with an eBay account selling his used lasers? If you want the best, or even just something worth holding on to, we have to turn towards the broader horizon that is the internet as a whole. There are a good number of qualified laser suppliers who can provide many different varieties of laser pointers and modules that will last you years to come.

But before you take the step to get your laser, make sure you have an idea of what you are looking for. What sort of applications will the pointer be intended for? How much bright power are you looking to shine? What color frequency should the laser beam be? All questions we need to have answered before we start looking, unless we are simply a laser hobbyists looking to add to our collection of course.

So when you have an idea of what type of pointer you are looking to buy, its time to get out there and find who has the best quality product for the lowest price. You can always find a laser review on the pointer you are shopping for, but many times these are not un-biased reviews. More often than not that company has "reviewed" the item themselves, if you know what I mean. None the less, they will provide some good info about the laser itself if nothing else, so its still a good idea to browse.

When you've found a laser source who sounds reputable and has some positive customer ratings, then you may be ready to buy a laser pointer. Remember that like any other good, you get what you paid for, the cheapest price isn't always the best deal. High power lasers are a little more expensive for good reason, this is medical and military grade technology that we are able to buy freely. Do not under estimate the power of any laser pointer and don't buy laser pointers for your children!

bio: James is an avid laser pointer enthusiast and urges anyone shopping to buy laser pointers to do the proper research. He has been working with laser tools for over 15 years and has designed various laser accessories. He will only buy laser pointers from professional certified laser providers, his distributor of choice is Big Lasers.

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Buying Green Laser Pointers 532nm Tech Tips and Reviews

There is a huge variety of laser pointers available online today that anyone can buy with real ease. But the fact that there are literally thousands upon thousands of green laser models to choose from can make it rather difficult to determine which is the best value for your pointers sale.

Here are a few tech tips and review points to keep in mind whenever you are considering buying a green laser pointer.

1. How much output power are you looking for in your green laser?

The typical low power pointer produces a green light frequency at 532nm through 5mW and is the most commonly used laser light tool. However, recent development in laser diode technology and stability have allowed for the creation of highly powerful lasers from 15mW through 500mW, all in hand held form. There are even green lasers that can burn plastic, light matches, pop balloons, and be seen visibly for more than 50 miles. So, knowing how much output power your particular application requires can be vital to determining which green laser you should buy.

2. What conditions will you be using the laser pointer under?

For example, will there be weather to worry about, or do you plan on buying a green laser for astronomy purposes through a clear night sky? Whatever your application may be, there may be some need for safety measures to be incorporated into the laser devices themselves. Such as basic water proofing, or a collimating lense cap that allows you to pinpoint the beam to become wider or thinner. Also, if shock protection is needed for high speed or mobile laser use, then other model specifications will need to be taken into account like improved solid casings and internal diode shock protection.

3. What is the price range you are willing to spend to buy your green laser pointer?

This can make a huge difference in what type of laser you purchase and the quality of the diode that you are considering to buy. Because a laser may have an incredibly low price, of $20 or less, does not mean that the device is a high quality laser instrument. In fact, with high precision tools such as lasers the lower the price more often the poorer the quality. A good price range for a 5mW is between $49.99 and $74.99, while other more powerful lasers can range from $100-$1000 or more. Doing a little bit of research into the quality of any laser and how that relates to the price can save you a load of cash and headaches from a poor quality sale.

4. How often will you use the laser and what type of life time are you expecting?

Because different lasers produce different output powers and use different power sources, not to mention the differences in green diode quality, there can be some huge differences in the expected lifetime of certain laser pointers. A typical cheap laser pointer will burn out in less than 100-500 hours of use, while, a high quality pointer will have a life expectancy of 5000+ hours as a standard, usually with a standard 3-6 month warranty.

Clearly the differences in laser pointer quality and the companies that provide them requires anyone considering buying a green laser pointer to do a little bit of research into what they are really looking to get a good deal on. As with other high tech luxury items, especially ones used for tactical military, scientific, and even medical uses can really require some better specifications than your typical cheap laser key chain bound to break in hours.

So be sure to look into a few reputable reviews of laser pointer models or find a genuinely reputable company that offers not only a wide variety of lasers, but at a reasonable cost with the highest quality design standards in mind. This may take a bit of looking, a few simple Google searches can usually get the job done, be sure to note price, mW (output power), and lifetime + warranty whenever planning to buy green lasers.

Don't let the appeal of a low price or good looking picture get the best of you, quality cannot be replaced by good looks. You want a laser pointer that produces spectacularly visual green laser beam with great stability and quality collimation, the less refraction and the clearer the beam the better the quality of the laser you want to buy. Checking some videos or testimonials can make all the difference between an educated purchase and sale thrown out to the wind.

James is an avid green laser enthusiast and has been using green laser pointers for personal and professional applications for more than 10 years. His preferred source to buy green lasers is reputable Biglasers.com with the world's largest high quality laser and laser pointer selection.

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Google Overhauls Place Pages, Emphasizes Reviews & Kills Citations

N.S., July 22nd, 2011 at 8:31 am ET:

Wow, this article is truly overwhelming, I used to work for a local search company, most of local businesses in the U.S are supported by Google maps and many of the tactics to promote these businesses are mentioned briefly in this article, i cant even imagine the impact it will have on the local SEO industry, i know for a fact that many business are obligated under a yearly contract with local directories such as Yelp , YP and more (its not cheap to have a paid campaign with these local directories)… part of the strategy of these businesses is just to gain more web pages, citations and reviews from these directories to their Google places listings…and now it will all be gone? this is shocking.
on top of everything, Google are planning to do more changes….this is very interesting!
Thank you Matt for this excellent post!

Jill Whalen, July 22nd, 2011 at 9:42 am ET:

As I just emailed back to the Localeze sales rep who keeps pestering me, it looks like their biz model has been nuked.

To which I say, nice job Google! I was kind of shocked that they were featuring their info so prominently.

Paul Mumford, July 22nd, 2011 at 9:43 am ET:

Citations have been removed from the Places page, but it doesn’t mean they’ve stopped using it internally for ranking purposes does it?

Shawn, July 22nd, 2011 at 10:47 am ET:

I’m with Paul on this one. If they begin to ignore 3rd party citations and reviews, their ability to verify the validity of business information as well as determine “prominence” becomes severely weakened. My guess is this change is primarily cosmetic and not algorithmic.

Matt Chantry, July 22nd, 2011 at 11:00 am ET:

We spotted this early yesterday afternoon and got a quick blog post out to our readers here: http://www.screenpilot.com/blog/2011/07/google-kills-95-of-your-hotel-reviews-what-does-it-mean-for-seo/

But SEL have done a great job of digging further into this news. I do disagree with Paul though. We looked at page rankings of some of our clients before the change and after and there is a slight difference to the algorithm. Nothing major mind, but certainly a change.

Michael Dorausch, July 22nd, 2011 at 11:06 am ET:
Premium member since 01/2009

I got my first notification of these changes when my phone started ringing mid yesterday. Several small business owners called, emailed, and tweeted throughout the day asking if I knew why their reviews had “disappeared”.

I have mixed feelings on the change but all we can do is adapt and continue moving forward. Certainly kills a significant amount of questionable business models, and that I see as a good thing.

Sam Beamond, July 22nd, 2011 at 11:25 am ET:

Great stuff here. I encourage my clients to use the reviews piece of their places page to build their reputation and help optimize the places page. Now they will find it easier to direct their customers. looking forward to what more changes are made to Google Places.

Matt Chantry, July 22nd, 2011 at 12:22 pm ET:

Also think that the influence of Google+ on googles decision for this isn’t being mentioned much. Their long running fight with TripAdvisor might be the main reason but Google+ was probably the straw that broke the camels back so to speak.

DK, July 22nd, 2011 at 12:33 pm ET:

Wow what a game changer! I believe they will continue to use the 3rd party reviews for ranking even though they dont feature them so prominently. Many sites in places have very few Google reviews.

Why is Google not allowing for a “Places Badge” html code that can be cut and pasted to your website in order to direct your customers directly to your Places page? Most customers who use the services of a company would never be able to find their places page in order to write them a review. Peculiar how Google does not make this easy.

Also, why is it that if you “boost” a places page, your sponsored link has an impactful 5 stars (if you have any 5 star ratings) over on the right side of that ppc ad ***** and then the places page link (this is really great and makes you stand out from the other ppc ads) but if you set up a legit PPC account and link the account to your places page via “Ad Extension” you get no such luck. Strange that you would be rewarded for using the basic product. Google reps have told me- “huh…that is interesting, not sure why it does that. Ill ask about that.”

Matt McGee, July 22nd, 2011 at 12:38 pm ET:
Premium member since 01/2009

Matt – curious to hear more about what you’re thinking there. How would Google+ have anything to do with local Place Page aesthetics?

Jill – also love to hear why you think Localeze’s biz model is nuked? They offer a valuable service that helps local businesses make sure their listings have consistent NAP data across local sites/directories. The need for consistent NAP data hasn’t changed. What were they trying to sell you — something different? (I may not be familiar with all of their product offerings.)

Nick Stamoulis, July 22nd, 2011 at 12:43 pm ET:
Premium member since 06/2009

Glad to hear that these changes took place. I am curious to see if people will leave many reviews and how this might be integrated with Google+.

Nadim Hossain, July 22nd, 2011 at 12:52 pm ET:

Google did the right thing by pulling the reviews that Yelp didn’t want borrowed. Customer reviews are highly relevant to consumers, and therefore highly valuable for SEO. For Google to take that content without permission to syndicate seems wrong (reviews that show up in Google Shopping are syndicated with retailers’ permission, for example). That said, for consumers’ benefit, I think such content *should* be syndicated openly as widely as possible. This ensures that users have access to helpful information at the point of decision-making.The underlying story, I believe, is that Google is evolving from Search to Social, and we’re seeing some growth pains in figuring out the rules. I write more about Google’s transformation here: http://blogs.powerreviews.?com/2011/06/01/google-1-la?unch-what-google%E2%80%99s?-social-reinvention-means-?for-facebook/.

Matt Chantry, July 22nd, 2011 at 12:55 pm ET:

Matt – Well its google accounts that are now making all the “relevant” reviews. Its just my belief that G want everyone on the web to run everything through google and the timing of this so soon after the launch of Google + makes me think it ties in. I wouldn’t be surprised to see +1's having a large say on review pages soon as well.

Matt Chantry, July 22nd, 2011 at 12:57 pm ET:

RobertKCole on TNoonz actually does a much better job of phrasing it all than me!

http://www.tnooz.com/2011/07/22/news/google-kills-web-reviews-for-hotels-on-maps-and-places/

Mary Bowling, July 22nd, 2011 at 1:33 pm ET:

IMO, the bully on the local playground appears to be flexing its muscles again, Matt!

Claudio Schapsis, July 22nd, 2011 at 2:48 pm ET:

The question is if they fixed the opening hours HUGE bug – pending for over a year…

Check the complains trail here: http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Places/thread?fid=5f673deb5906b7ff0004a785e1336441&hl=en

Brian, July 22nd, 2011 at 4:40 pm ET:

This is an interesting development. I’m sure one our clients at HomeStars aren’t going to be too happy about. In an niche vertical like ours, home services, our clients build reviews slowly, and our reviews are curated to ensure validity and transactions. With Google reviews, there is much more minimal validity testing and if companies get a fake review, it’s tough, tough tough to get it off. It’s also much easier on Google to post the fake positive reviews and game the system. With an algorithmic system, the solution is algorithmic. With curated content, it’s much tougher to game.
Either way, I don’t think google wins. They don’t display the broadest, most relevant content, which is, and should be their end game.

O.M., July 22nd, 2011 at 5:17 pm ET:

I really think this change will place an even greater importance on SEO and the quality of the links and ratings associated with each business listing. With greater influence placed in the hands of reviewers, it will be important to link businesses with high quality sites that will thus provide high quality reviewers.

Jim Jersild, July 22nd, 2011 at 10:51 pm ET:

The most confusing part about this change is that my description and all my addition details are now gone as well, not just the reviews. I am not sure how that helps the “user experience” since the user is left guessing what my business is about.

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