laser genetics

[chimp 299]

http://www.lasergenetics.com/

 

 

 

guess what my next toy is

Edited July 1, 2010 by chimp

[garfield 23]

apparently its just a very high powered green light for £350 so not sure if its worth it to be honest i have read a bit into these as the add looked great but i think someone did a review on here about them and they peformed ok i think but for non fac i think maybee a bit overkill

[chimp 299]

price compaired to nightvision i think it is worth a punt.

 

keeping your own scope has its obvious benefits aswell and none of that old bollocks of having a nightvision attachment that sticks out a foot on your eye piece which means you have to have a 2 ft neck.

 

£298 of the dreaded ebay

Edited July 1, 2010 by chimp

[garfield 23]

see ya point but i'm gonna wait to see when they have been around and out in the field a bit if it spooks prey just like a lamp does and then i might try a green filter first but if its proven to be hardly visable to normally lamp shy rabbits then i might be tempted

[chimp 299]

i dont think it is invisible , like you said its a glorified torch but the beam is tight and looking at the vid of it on the stealth/talon it picks out targets well

[Nathan_R 10]

I looked into getting one of these a few weeks ago, but the impression I got from various user reviews was that the rabbits are spooked by it really quickly. Because of that I decided against it in the end, but if you do decide to get one let us know how you get on with it!

[stroller 341]

its a little torch!!

[chimp 299]

lol nearly

[Sweeney-Todd 208]

Hiya Chimp.

 

I also had a look at these, and have an open mind, but not yet convinced.

As said above, if you do add one to your kit, it would be appreciated to hear a hands on review of one from an air rifle hunter.

 

If you could manage some night time in the field pictures too, that would help a lot.

 

Wish you luck with it mate.

 

 

 

 

Bill.

[matt_hooks 188]

apparently its just a very high powered green light for £350

 

Hmmm, it's not particularly "high powered" even. 18mW isn't particularly powerful.

 

I can buy most of the required bits off eBay for less than £50 (including a laser diode giving out nearly 4 times the power). The only tough bit to replicate is the focussing.

 

I feel a project coming on!

[markha 99]

Making a focusing system for a diy laser isnt so bad, any small cheap rifle scope would have suitable lenses in it for use with a laser diode.

 

As for the green wavelength and its visibility, I do remember a youtube clip of a guy spooking a rabbit with a new generation green laser pointer, that sums it up for me. They were originally military designators for pistols and subcompacts and as such are great for CQB and FIBUA, for night time hunting I would save my money and get a decent nv rifle scope as if this green laser was meant to be used for that application the military wouldnt be using £10k nv scopes on their armoury. Its just a company trying to maximise its possible sales areas. Save your money

[matt_hooks 188]

The green lazer is high vis to humans, so b####r all use for forces ops. As for bunny vision, not sure what it's like in the 530nM range. A few sites I've just looked at suggest that actually the rabbits eyesight is MOST sensitive to blue and green, with very limited sensitivity to the red end of the spectrum.

 

That said, in lamp shy rabbits and other creatures, I've often found that a change of filter will allow a short term improvement, so maybe changing to green will allow such an improvement, regardless of visibility?

 

Certainly the green allows for a more efficient delivery of light than the red lasers. Blue laser, being an even shorter wavelength (And hence higher energy) should give even better illumination, though it seems the human eye prefers the green wavelengths.

 

As an option, and another tool in the arsenal I can't see it doing any harm, though attempting to call it "night vision" is a little overstating the case!

 

Mark, I like your thinking! I have an old Nikko Sterling platinum with a slightly broken eyepiece, might try to salvage some parts from that, though come to think of it a 50mm front end might be a bit ott! Getting a straight beam is easy, having the ability to change from narrow to wide is a bit more challenging!

Edited July 2, 2010 by matt_hooks

[farmerkev09 105]

looks the dogs bollocks

 

[olim 28]

has anyone tried this with a night vision scope or monocular, if it works the range must be pretty good and maybe able to compete with the top end ££££ night vision.

 

oli

[lamping rabbit 11]

they look mint ..