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200mW Red Laser Burns Matches, Pop Balloons, Cut Electrical Tapes!
LASER is an acronym for Light
Amplification by Stimulated Emission of
Radiation. I've always been a great fan of awesome
technology and power. It never take much time for this laser to
impress me in its power/price ratio. Bought this item for almost
half a year now. This is Deal Extreme high power (200mW) Red
Laser!
Things You Should Know:
- What does 200mW means in Laser?
mW is the measurement of miliwatts, which refers to the power
level of the laser beam. Higher value corresponds to brighter
laser.
- Laser wavelength?
Light or photon particles do not travel in a straight line, to be
exact, in wave format. Wavelength, measured in nanometers (nm) is
the distance between each wave. This affects the color of the
light. 400 - 700nm display a color range of violet, blue, green,
yellow, orange and red. Typically, lower wavelength laser product
produces brighter beam with constant power output level.
- Hazardous?
Red laser are a lot less hazardous compared with green ones. This is due to the radiation projected from these lasers. Red laser does not project infrared radiation, while green one does. These radiation are invisible, and does not cause pain to eyes, since they are not visible, but they can make you blind!
- Laser Product Classes?
Here is a table of all classes, it's hazard and product example:
Description
This product comes with a short cotton lanyard, and an
adjustable focus lens. The focus lens is used to adjust the
focus point of the laser, whereby amplifying the power output
to burn matches, pop balloons, etc. It is attached to the laser
using screw thread. The tolerance in the screw joint is quite
high, causes it to become a bit lose when attached. The spring
itself doesn't make the condition any better, but I changed the
spring into a harder one that fixed the problem.
The laser diode is sealed in the laser compartment, to prevent
any unwanted modification, such as removing the safety chip which
can overpower it into a more dangerous laser or simply destroy
it.
There is a clicky switch on the back end of the laser, also screw
lock. Press once to turn on and again to turn it off. In my
opinion, this isn't the best place to place a switch on handheld
laser. It is not convenient enough to hold it by one hand,
whereby you have to keep changing your holding posture to turn it
on and back to holding it again. Normal laser pointers would have
its button attached on the side of the laser, which you can hold
down your thumb to turn it on. On the upside, this configuration
allows you to leave it on without holding it, which you can hold
it with a tripod holder. Something like this.
The middle compartment of the laser is made of coated metal. They seem to be sturdy and won't get deform easily on hard impact. It uses two CR2 batteries which are sold separately.
Want to see the laser in action? Here is a video made by one of the buyers. He managed to pop balloons (he painted the balloon with marker pens because black absorbed laser heat more than transparent body), light matches, and many more. This shows how powerful the laser is!
The middle compartment of the laser is made of coated metal. They seem to be sturdy and won't get deform easily on hard impact. It uses two CR2 batteries which are sold separately.
Want to see the laser in action? Here is a video made by one of the buyers. He managed to pop balloons (he painted the balloon with marker pens because black absorbed laser heat more than transparent body), light matches, and many more. This shows how powerful the laser is!
Some reader at this point must have wonder, what possible use I could get it out of this? Its a boy's thing, we are easily fascinated by powers and technology. Basically this toy is mainly used to impress other people, create a prank by popping parade party balloons, use it to light cigarettes if forgot to bring lighter, and write a blog review about it (just kidding!). These are just toys, not for small children though, because they can be quite dangerous. Never point it directly into the eye, and never stare at the focused beam for a long period of time, this may cause dizziness.
Before buying this items, please be acknowledged that lasers above 1mW are illegal to purchase or shipped in Australia and above 5mW for USA and Netherlands. For those unlisted, please be sure to check with local authority.
Lastly, price comparison. Some famous branded laser products such as WickedLaser.com and DragonLasers.com, sells laser at same output and wavelength, price ranges from USD 99.90 to 319.00! The one from DealExtreme.com? USD 27.09! The price was USD 27.40 when I first bought it. This is hard to get price in the world, and according to many users, they proved to produce rated output.
So go and have a look, as well as read other user's reviews!
High-Power 200mW Red Laser Pen
Panasonic CR2 5-Pack
Tell me what do you think about these lasers in the comment section below!
Date Published: Dec 23, 2010 - 6:51 am
Catch Up With Latest TV Show Online For Free! Sidereel.com
Love watching english series and cartoons? Always have a problem finding where to download or watch these online? Here is the solution to your problem!
What is it?
Sidereel.com is a web platform consist of many users as its main community. You can watch your favorite TV Show, Anime, Drama, Comedy, Cartoon, and anything else that appears on TV! Such as How I Met Your Mother, Glee, Mythbusters, South Parks, Grey's Anatomy, SmallVille, Family Guy, Naruto, the list goes on! Full season episode with names are displayed here so you'll know if you missed anything. They are 100% free to watch, no hidden charges, and no REGISTRATION required! There are also
TV listing showing you the TV show schedule from some of the popular TV channel.
How does it work?
Sidereel.com has been successful due to its community! Communities of Sidereel can edit all the pages in Sidereel add up new links to the latest show and create a new series links. Lets say if you know one of your favorite show streaming link, from Megavideo or Hulu, just go to sidereel and share that with everyone else! So all you have to do, is to go to the main page, search for your favorite TV show, select your desired season and episode, click on "search links", and choose your video links to the show!
You must be thinking, since the site is customizable for the users, there has to be spams and misleading links to advertisement, their own website etc., but fear not! Sidereel administrator and moderator team had done a good job in keeping these out from their site. All the submitted link are prior to approval.
What privileged I got if I'm a registered user?
Before we go into that, let me tell you about the two ways that you can register as their user. The normal "fill in the form" with email confirmation, and "Facebook Connect". Through "Facebook Connect", you are agree upon to share your basic information to Sidereel, and you are good to go. It takes me just two clicks away to register. If you go through the normal sign up fill in the form method, you only required to share your email, time zone, year of birth and country. All you have to worry is possibly Sidereel sending spam to your inbox, so far, I received none. And even if they did, it would be easy to block spam through your email settings. Okay, back to the registered user privilege.
Once your a registered user, you can track your favorite show!
Just Mark your watched episode on the right check box, and every time you come upon your user home page, you will see which TV show is updated with the latest episode and if there is none, they will say that you are updated with the latest show!
Furthermore, after you have tracked a show, any future updates on when the next episode is airing will be listed in the show calender, also included in your user home page.
Another plus! You can get the latest show episode update through your email, by checking the settings here, so you will never miss a show! Sidereel will send you daily notification of the show that you've tracked.
Despite of these, I could get a good use of personal twitter update on a specific show, however they don't have it here. Perhaps this future update suggestion could further improve the service.
What else can you do?
If you feel like a contributing, feel free to submit any online streaming link that you know of, and its not been submitted yet. Mark and report any broken link that you came upon.
Purchase episode downloads. Since you get all the free entertainment from these shows, doesn't hurt if you could give some back by buying them. Show writers and actors entertain you for their living, so tips them by buying the episodes through Amazon and ITunes link. Free online streaming links are MegaVideo, CBS (not available in Malaysia), DailyMotion, and many others.
Wait, is this site legal?
Yes. Sidereel is 100% legal, since it is not hosting any of the videos in the website, but being a bridge linking all the streaming video sites to theirs. However, this website is not available to residents in US, UK, Australia, New Zealand, and most of the western Europe.
Turn down
From what I had seen so far, some of the old series episodes (dated from year 2005) lack of reliable source link, you may not be able to watch some of the very old episodes. Also, there are not many anime listed here (only 28 so far). Only those popular ones, such as Death Note, Detective Conan, and Pokemon. Guess they need more Asian's contributors.
Bottom line
- The site is easy to navigate. Simple easy to understand interface.
- Website is very clean and free of annoying advertisements.
- Video tour guide in homepage, you'll understand the whole feature provided through this video.
- Easy to register through Facebook. (Note: If you want to delete your Sidereel account, simply delete the Sidereel application through your Facebook application setting.
- Full range of ranks and reviews on current hottest series.
So what are you waiting for? Try it out at Sidereel.com!
What is your favorite TV show, or if you have other alternatives to catch the latest series episode, tell me in the comment section below! Thanks!
Date Published: Dec 20, 2010 - 9:46 pm
Water Sport Lover's Must Have! Trendz 20-Liter Dry Bag Review.
Dry bag is basically a bag that keeps
your gadgets and electronic equipment safely from getting wet.
They are good company if you are worrying of taking your
electronic equipment along with you, digital camera especially,
while going for white water rafting, boat trip, fishing trip,
kayak, etc. However, all dry bags aren't cheap, and so far I
haven't seen any cheap manufacturer in the market. A typical
20-Liter dry bag price can vary from 60 to 120 Ringgit (19
to 38 USD), depends on the brand.
I've recently won a bid for this particular item, Trendz 20-Litre
Dry Bag. Other sizes available in the market ranges from a small
1-Liter pouch (For small digital camera or handphones) to a
30-Liter duffel bag, travelling purposes.
The picture on right roughly shows how it looks like and it's
size. The bag comes with a detachable adjustable sling where
it can be attached to the D ring located on top and bottom of the
dry bag. Or you can customize yourself using a Carabiner clip to
attach it on your luggage, etc. Theres four D ring on top of
the bag (two on the buckle clip and another two on the
rubber padded strap handle) and only one at the bottom. There is
a buckle clip on
top of the bag which is used to seal the bag. I'll go more detail into that later.
top of the bag which is used to seal the bag. I'll go more detail into that later.
The joints are all combination of sew and glue. There is no part
whereby the two separate layers looks peeled or improper
finishing, and they don't look like tearing off anytime soon,
everything looks very sturdy. The waterproof material (yellow) is
made of deformable thick canvas, that feels like it is going to
last for years. I'm not sure if it will get deteriorate after
long exposure to sunlight though. By the way, by means of thick
that I had described here, it is about the thickness of 10 sheet
of papers stacked together.
Other than using the sling to carry the bag, it also has a rubber
padded strap located on top of the bag for one hand carry. The
quality made is superb and it feels comfortable. The strap is
nicely, cross sewed twice on each side of the black rubber like
material underneath, and glued on the yellow canvas. The D rings
provided here allows you to secure it onto a boat, to another
bag, or just hang another gadgets onto it. Feels like it can
handle a lot of weight without a problem.
Now, comes to the part where I'll tell you how this bag seals for
waterproof at its opening.
Just in case if you can't read the words, it says:
1) Flip flap over stiffener 3 times.
2) Close buckle.
On one side of the opening, it has some flexible hard plastic
bar, which they called stiffener. As the top of the bag is rolled
down, air is trapped inside this bag, which creates pressure.
This pressure force will tighten the canvas around the stiffener
as it rolls down, which creates seal. Multiple folds will ensure
the seal is done nice and tight. Picture below shows when its
open and closed.
This dry bag is classified as Class-3 in Waterproof Store System
Class, which defined as:
Class 3 – Waterproof so tight it floats or can handle quick submersions.The product could be permeated by water in any of the following applications: prolonged submersion, submersions greater than 3 feet in depth, high water pressure applications.
Although it is submersible, but don't go and take this bag to go
for 15 feet dive, it is not meant to function in that condition.
However, it can handle quick submersions, whereby it is suppose
to float after short submerse. Another important point is never
fully pack your items in this bag, leave some air space so that
it can float on if it is accidentally dropped. You don't want to
see this thing sink all the way to the bottom if it drops into
river or sea.
So that is basically it! I can't wait to use mine in my future
island trips, There are other brands available, such as
HyperGear, AquaPac, NRS, ProPack and many more as well as
different color to choose from. I chose yellow because it is
quite visible from a distance, just in case if any emergency
encountered.
If you want to know how I got mine, just contact me! I'm not selling it, but perhaps I can
show you some of the local options as well as international.
So, which one do you have? Are you going to buy one? Tell me your
experience using it!
Leave it in the comment section below. Thanks!
Date Published: Dec 19, 2010 - 7:54 am
Top 5 Google Chrome Best Extensions!
The following post is for Google Chrome users only.
I am sure most of you did not explore deep into your Google Chrome. Google Chrome extensions are some of the plugin that can greatly enhance your browsing experience! The extensions that I am going to go through below are some that i use regularly. Let's get started!
Dev: regisgaughan.com
Always a hassle to view facebook photos one per page, and need to return to album view all the pictures in thumbnails again so you can explore? Now you don't have to go through that with this chrome extension.
Just mouse over the
picture that you want to view on its original size! Some of the settings include the view fading time, opacity, delays and enable captions of the zoomed picture! This works anywhere! In photo album, profile, status and update page as long as it is in Facebook.
By the way, the picture shown here is one of my favorite singer from Singapore, Jeric Tan!
Speed DialDev: josorek
Tired of letting chrome to set your favorite page automatically, and sometimes it end up with something that you don't like? and you have to visit that specific page often enough to get it listed in the initial page tabs? With this extension, you are able to replace the old default chrome tab with your own choice of tab you want.
Customizable link, picture that represent that tab, number of rows and columns makes this a great shortcut for those who want to access to site without trying to find that tiny icon on the pesky bookmark tab or type the address on the address bar. This extension opens up a list of your favorite website every time you hit new tab.
The only missing feature that i dislike about this plugin is, the recently closed tabs button which the default chrome has. One click to re-open all the tabs that had closed in previous use.
Dev: chromedbird.com
This has to be the next best thing out there. Your own twitter pop up in your browser!
You can compose and read your tweets here, embed picture through tinypic, and shorten your url all in this small extension!
Another plus, there will be instant notification where the bird turns red with a number on it, whenever you get new tweets from who you follow! This saves you the trouble to constantly visit the twitter page to seek for updates.
Dev: chromeadblock.com
Bored of pop up advertisements? This extension block advertisements for you from any site that you are visiting.
It comes with the option whereby you can exclude some sites to allow advertisement to be shown.
When ads is disabled from one site, it means that specific site won't be able to earn profits from serving advertisement to you. So consider a mutual benefit before you decide block ads from a certain site. It is only meant to block sites that serve excessive annoying advertisements!
Dev: greinr.com
Sometimes, you may not want others to know what are you browsing currently. It won't be a problem at your own home, but in public places, such as airport, cafes, work, etc. All the confidential information and privacy invasion can be prevented with this extension. Panic button hides all the tabs with just press of a button. This helps you to protect your privacy, confidentiality whenever you are leaving your computer, or when someone approach you while you are working on something.
You can set a password to protect it from anyone opening back your tab, as well as custom panic hotkey so you can hide your tab faster.
All of these extension icons will be displayed in your top right corner of your browser after installation and they are free! However, you may donate to these developers if you think that they had done a great job in enhancing your browsing experience.
You can access your chrome extension installed list and settings here, and many other popular chrome extension here. Explore other extensions for yourself and leave me in the comment section below and tell me which one suits you best!
Date Published: Dec 17, 2010 - 8:33 pm
Free Shipping Shopping Site at DealExtreme!
Good day to all of you readers!
I must admit, i am now officially an online shopping addict. The
freedom of shop for every single item and browsing them quickly
by flick and click of mouse buttons, without even getting tired
like what we usually do in a shopping mall, or wasting petrol
fuel to go some particular shop is just overwhelming.
For this post, I am going to introduce you one of the best
shopping site available online.
Deal Extreme is a web based shop which situated at Hong Kong, a
free port. Which means that they are able to send out goods out
from their place without the need of paying taxes. What is even
more attractive about this site is, they ship all your items
through regular air mail or
registered air mail free of charge world wide!
registered air mail free of charge world wide!
They even provide item per page selection, as large as 100 items
per page! So you don't have to keep clicking that annoying tiny
numbers below the page to scroll to next one list.
Twenty thousand isn't a small number. To easy out users to find
what they want, they have a simple search box. All the searches
result with automatically sorted by categories so you know where
to find it exactly. There is also advance search option which
allows you to search a specific category and price range,
however, this advance search button only reveals itself after a
simple search. It's annoying, I would prefer if they put up a
button for it on the navigation bar above.
They have great community in this website. Users that bought the
items will post up their personal reviews, pictures and videos on
that item. They get rewarded with DX points for that. You may
post up questions in the Q&A section below each item and any
admin or users that had bought the items will answer
you promptly. Helpful answers and approved reviews are gets
DX points. 10 DX points can be exchanged for 1 USD as a shopping
coupon. A minimum of 100 DX points needed to redeem a coupon. You
also can get DX points through shopping. Every 10 USD purchase
will be rewarded with 1 DX points. Find out more about DX points
here.
All the prices for products listed here in deal extreme can be
considered as the lowest, and they keep updating it from time to
time. If there are prices which is cheaper for the same product
in any other online shop, you may report this to deal extreme. By
reading the content they show below, you can see how well they
keep their market competitive.
So far i had bought a few items off the shelf, and one pending
because I had won 15 USD from a facebook game event. Here are
some of the item I've bought. (I can say I'm addicted to the
extend that I buy things I do not need!)
So go check out the site, they have good navigation bar, easy to
browse items, good description, pictures of the item from
different angles, and many more.
The only downside is = It uses PayPal for payment, and item
arrive on average of two weeks time.
Check it out at DealExtreme.
Date Published: Dec 09, 2010 - 9:33 pm
Fenix E01 Mini Flashlight, no, Tiny!
I bought this item through online sales, as a gift for my dad. He likes small stuffs, and he use flashlights in his work to see hidden small tag number on large engines and equipments, so i thought it would be a great idea to buy him this as a gift!
Fenix is a reputable China company that design and manufacture high quality flashlights that tally with world standards. This particular model is their smallest product so far, the Fenix E01.
Its casing is made out from aircraft grade aluminum, weight only 14 grams (without the battery) and the Nichia white GS LED shoots out a tiny 10 lumens out from this small flashlight. Even better? It is waterproof!
Fenix E01 also comes with a spare o-ring anda steel key-chain ring, which can be handy if the used o-ring wear out, and you can replace them right away.
The exact size of Fenix E01 is 7.1cm in length and 1.4cm in diameter. How small is that? Get yourself a ruler, and yes, it is that small, just like my skinny little finger.
This flash light is too small for a clicky switch,
therefore, Fenix designed this flashlight to have a twist-open
switch, which can be turned on by simply turning the front cap.
Typically, a cheap flashlight with this type of switch mechanism
tend to turn on accidentally by itself, because of bad
manufacturing accuracy and tolerance. A little tap or press on the
cap and you'll realize your flashlight battery depleted even before
you know it. A whole different story for Fenix E01, its build
quality is superb! My dad had used this over a year now, and so
far, this flashlight is satisfyingly functioning well.However, I find it funny that it doesn't have a protective glass cover, yet it still manage to meet the IPX-8 standard, which is a standard for waterproof product - able to submerged in 1 meter water for 30 minutes. Surprisingly versatile for outdoor use, whether you are going out for a river side camping, working on a wet environment, out in the dark when it is raining, Fenix E01 will not fail you.
The end cap is a three spoke flat surface, which enable it to stand like a candle (which you can turn on the flashlight and leave it stand vertically on a flat surface to illuminate a room with white ceiling), but i don't think 10 lumens for Fenix E01 is good enough to read a book if its used in this way, however, for emergency uses, it is okay just to have a small room dimly lit up.
In addition, one of the spoke has a hole in it, which you can put the included steel key-chain ring. Attach it to a lanyard, key, or hand phone makes Fenix E01 a handy gift for everyone.
Another great feature of Fenix E01 is the regulated circuit located at the light cap. This circuit enable to provide12 hours sun mode, and 13 hours moon mode, which means constant brightness for 12 hours, and slowly dim to nothing for the next 13 hours. However, I find that the "moon-mode" doesn't really seems useful to me. But 12 hours for a single AAA battery is good enough for my dad to get his job done without worrying of replacing the battery in awhile.
The useful range for this 10 lumen beam is only two meter.
Further than that, you will see a fade away purple beam resulted
from the dispersed white beam. This flashlight is definitely
for normal reading use only. If you are trying to get out from
the forest using this flashlight, just forget about it.
Fenix E01 is manufactured in different color, mine is olive
color.
Its fairly cheap, considering the quality and versatility. A great gift for your love one, and a useful thing to hang around your key-chain!
Fenix E01 Lens is one of my lens about this product, but in Squidoo community. Check it out if you are interested!
If you don't know what is Squidoo, check out this blog post.
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