If you haven't noticed the web is being flooded with powerful laser pointers and this is no coincidence. Rarely is military grade technology allowed to be stowed upon us, the general public. The only problem then lies in which of the thousands of lasers out there do I add to my personal collection?

You'll need to decide what you are looking for: color frequency, beam output power, hand held, external power source, waterproof laser casing, yada yada yada. The list goes on and on of little laser accessories you can nit pick for weeks if you want. So I suggest sticking with tools that are well known and laser providers who know what owning a laser is really about.

We've all dealt with the miserable $5 red laser pointer keychain, you know what i'm talking about. The laser that came with all of those nifty little interchangeable caps with different pictures (even a silhouette of a woman if my child hood memory is correct), and how 10 minutes after you started using it the diode kicked out on you and all the caps seemed to be lost or broken. Yeah, luckily for us science has really come a long way in the past 10 or 15 years.

Anyone can now get their own high power portable laser or even a dpss laser module if they want. The freedom of choice with laser goods has finally arrived, there are so many different color frequencies and outputs to select its really like being a kid in a candy store. I try to stick practical when I choose a laser and you should to.

There is a lot of buzz around the newly released Spyder II series green and blue lasers, and for good reason. They are the worlds most powerful hand held laser pointers, can be used underwater (forget the rain, we're talking 200m submergible), and the Telsa cooling allows for continuous use. These lasers are definitely the Rolls-Royce of laser pointers and are worth every single penny.They are only offered by two online laser retailers, including ThinkLasers.com