Are lasers safe?

Off-Topic / Lounge
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Are lasers safe?

Hi, I have a double blue 150 mw laser (150 mw each) … other DJs tell me its safe 2 aim into my crowd; and I’ve been to plenty of events where this is happening … but is this something I can do safely as the DJ in charge of lighting fx??

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Green lasers are the most dangerous, as our eyes take in mostly green light (not mine, I’m colour blind). Blue is next in line, search google, there’s lots of info about lasers around.
I would be careful though, why do you think every space movie the badguy uses a laser hahaha

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150mw lasers are dangerous and have enough heat to burn a person’s skin when focus for about 5 seconds at a distance of 10 feet. 100mw lasers can pop balloons and light a cigarette.

Just be careful that you don’t harm anyone with it especially direct to the eye.

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I did google it … there’s mostly divergent opinions; so I wanted to know what DJs think and how they di it (almost every club I go to has the laser pointed at the dance floor)

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Thanx, but when the beams are always moving and broken up into fan effects, are they safe; is that how DJs get away with aiming them at the dance floor or at a DJ Tiesto concert I went to there were tons of high powered lasers (much more than my measly 150mw) scanning the audience?