Laser Pointers

I want to get one. My question is should I get a red one or a green one?

And does anyone know who sells them?

Try www.betapointer.com Steve.

This is the one many of us here (that have a pointer) have. Its green too. Works great OUTDOORS!!

Seanie.

I want to get one. My question is should I get a red one or a green one?

5mW Green. A visible red one would need a lot more power and be more expensive. Red ones are just for collimating and putting a red dot on things. Green shows the 'line'

And does anyone know who sells them?

I got mine from betapointer.com, though Eugene had some deal with some people to get them imported.

Does this one look alright? It's a bit cheaper than betapointer.com.

Or this one?

Have one on the way from the US. Ebay link

Total is €54.90 including shipping which isn't bad

hi Steve,

that version you got looks almost the same as the betapointer.com one . . . happy star pointing with it! It's a real neat educational tool for showing the sky to people.

what we do as well is if someone knows where a deep sky object is they can point to the general region of the sky and someone else can then home in on the spot in their finderscope just by following where the beam is pointing to. I once stunned an onlooker when I accidentally "shot down" a shooting star

all the best,

John