Testing

The Pulsar series have very low divergence meaning the beam will not spread out very much (about 5mm per 10metres according to specifications). To start off the testing I will tell you the output readings I got from this model and they are as follows: -

Minimum output power: 105mW
Maximum output power: 112mW
Average output power: 115mW

As you can see from the above results this Pulsar is very stable and outputs as expected.

The next test involved visibility at night. The beam was tested in dark conditions outside, looking over a park to see how far the beam could go and also how visible it was. Unfortunately, our eyes are not as sensitive to red light as to green light. This means the beam is barely visible even at high powers such as this. Also, the dot is a lot harder to track because our eyes simply don’t see the dot as well. However, the dot of the Pulsar could be seen from about 1-1.5miles away.



Now we move on to the burning power of the Pulsar. The Pulsar easily pops a balloon from around 0 – 3m, bare in mind the balloon must be coloured in black marker to where your going to aim it. It also creates holes in black bin liner. Unfortunately it does not light a match unless an external lens is used to focus the beam even further…but then again we can do that with sunlight, so it isn’t as fun.