VIDEOS OF THE S3 SPYDER ARCTIC G2 LASER
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Videos of the Wicked Lasers Spyder 3 Arctic G2 445nm 1W Blue Diode Laser (1).
Last updated 02-27-12




''Cross'' optic for the Wicked Lasers Spyder 3 series shown "malfunctioning" -- it now appears as though this optic was optimised for use on S3 lasers with a larger beam diameter at aperture.

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Video of the Wicked Lasers Spyder 3 Arctic G2 445nm (actually measured spectrographically at ~440nm) 1W Blue Diode Laser vs. three balloons.
Guess who wins...




...if you guessed "the balloons" then ¡¡¡HUSOOS CRISTO EN UNA MULETA!!!
The laser wins this one...well, mostly.
The purple balloon remains unpopped because the colorant (dye) used to make the purple reflects enough of the blue laser radiation (versus absorbing it and subsequently converting much of it to heat) to avoid balloon destruction.

The only sound you should hear is the explosive decompression of two balloons.

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Here are a pair of videos that the manufacturer requested:



Here's how to get "high power" mode to function properly in the Wicked Lasers Spyder S3 445nm Arctic blue diode laser.

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If your S3 Arctic Spyder laser is not going into high power or staying in high power, or if your S3 Arctic Spyder is acting strange, try this.

Take a small piece of aluminum foil about one half by one and a half inches. Fold it in half so it is now one quarter by one and a half inches long.

Take off the end cap, lay the foil across the positive tip of the battery and make sure the foil is touching the threads on the inside of the laser as you put the end cap back on.

Be sure to not get the foil in between the threads of the cap and laser as you screw on the cap as it can jam up the threads and ruin the laser.

The Smart Switch™ should be lit now. Click the end power switch on and off several times. The Smart Switch™ should always stay on now with the aluminum foil in place.

Now use the laser, if it works okay now, the problem is with the end cap.

Remember to take the aluminum foil out of the laser when you are done using it, otherwise it will slowly drain the battery over a period of time. Be sure to tilt the laser's back end downward as you take the end cap off so there is no chance of the aluminum foil getting up inside the laser past the battery.

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Please be advised that my voice sucks in these videos because I had some rather serious brain surgery in late-2002.
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Video on YourTube showing the operational modes of the Arctic G2.
The flashing is *MUCH MORE* even and consistent in reality; digital cameras have a rough time accurately capturing flashing light sources because of how the shutter works.

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Video on YourTube showing this laser irradiating & burning the vanes of (and subsequently destroying) a Crooke's radiometer.
This radiometer no longer functions properly because it suffered internal damage from this laser!
I guess you could call this laser a “radiometer destructor” now!!!

Medical P/C Argon Laser Safety Goggles were used in front of the camera's lens to allow you to see the vanes of the radiometer incandescing (burning) while being irradiated. Those are the bright yellow flashes you see; the laser's blue radiation is almost completely attenuated by them!!!

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There doesn't appear to be sufficient damage to the vanes themselves to destroy the radiometer...best guess here is that when the black material incandesced (burned), it outgassed, queering the near-vacuum and/or the gas fill of the "bulb". If the pressure inside the "bulb" increased, that would indeed cause the radiometer to malfunction in the manner described on its web page.




Video on YourTube showing this laser irradiating & melting some black electrical tape. Note the large amount of rather noxious smoke issuing from the tape as it is burning.

Medical P/C Argon Laser Safety Goggles were used in front of the camera's lens to allow you to see the tape going down the tube.

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Video on YourTube showing the Arctic irradiating and subsequently destroying the Arctic 445nm LaserShades that were furnished with it.

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This video shows the Wicked Lasers Spyder 3 Arctic G2 Blue Diode Laser in "use".
Note the laser safety goggles I have on (which should ***ALWAYS*** be used when handling any CDRH Class IIIb or Class IV laser!); these aren't the LaserShades that are furnished with the Arctic because I ended up destroying them with this very laser.

***VERY IMPORTANT!!!***
This video was shot in the confines of my own home, not outdoors or in any other location where somebody else might become accidentally irradiated!!!

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Video on YourTube showing the Arctic being waved around a bit at night in moderate fog.

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[Video removed by request of the manufacturer]

This second video on YourTube shows not one, but TWO (2) of these lasers (this one plus this one) failing to pop popcorn; though a lot of smoke was generated, the kernel did not pop. As with the first test, I had to shut the test down before the fire alarm went off.

The image is tinted orange because I held laser safety glasses over the camera's lens to minimise image blooming (they slipped a few times; as evidenced by the image becoming dramatically brighter and with a lot of blue visible in it).

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Video clip on YourTube showing what an airline pilot or copilot might see if you attempted to hose down the approaching aircraft with a laser pointer from a mile or two out.

Taken with a Canon Powershot G3 Digital Camera.

Three laser wavelengths were used here:
532nm green.
440nm royal blue.
405nm violet
(the person being irradiated would see this as a deep violet color; not bluish as this video indicates. This is because digital cameras have a tough go of it at wavelengths this short).

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Same thing as above; shot with the Polaroid x530 Digital Camera this time.







A video of this laser attempting to nock the Syma S107G R/C Coaxial Helicopter out of the air.
You can guess who wins...if you guessed "the laser" then WRONG SOONG! WRONG SOONG!!...er...uh...I mean, "You guessed incorrectly!"
Even with over 700mW of laser radiation at ~440nm in the royal blue part of the spectrum falling directly onto the heli's sensor, nothing at all untoward happened to it!
In the first part of the video, the "burning" (positive) lens was used on the laser to widen its beam; the lens was not used in the second part after nothing exciting happened. And even without the lens, nothing exciting happened. :-/

That music you might hear is the song "The Call of Ktulu" by Metallica. This heli is not sound-sensitive; the audio may safely be ignored or even muted if it pisses you off.


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A video of this laser attempting to nock the Havok Heli out of the air.
You can guess who wins...if you guessed "the laser" then WRONG SOONG! WRONG SOONG!!! {from the Star Trek: TNG episode "Brothers}...er...uh...I mean, "You guessed incorrectly!"
Even with over 700mW of laser radiation at ~440nm in the royal blue part of the spectrum falling directly onto the heli's sensor, nothing at all untoward happened to it!
In the first part of the video, the "burning" (positive) lens was used on the laser to widen its beam; the lens was not used in the second part after nothing exciting happened. And even without the lens, nothing exciting happened. :-/

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I cannot provide any of these videos in other formats, so please do not ask.







This is played just like the "Name That Sound" game on AFV (America's Funniest Home Videos).

This video allows you to hear (and later shows) how the laser's "high power lens" (well, "window" actually, because it does not focus or modify the light in any manner) fell out of the lens holder.

Please turn your speakers or earphones on, because the point of this video is the SOUND. :-)

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The following video is very similar to the one I published yesterday, but I reshot the first and third segments -- the third with better lighting courtesy of the iKAN iLED 100 Video Light.



This is played just like the "Name That Sound" game on AFV (America's Funniest Home Videos).

This video allows you to hear (and later shows) how the laser's "high power lens" (well, "window" actually, because it does not focus or modify the light in any manner) fell out of the lens holder.

Please turn your speakers or earphones on, because the point of this video is the SOUND. :-)

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This is played just like the "Name That Sound" game on AFV (America's Funniest Home Videos).
THIS WILL BE THE LAST VIDEO OF THIS TYPE!!!

This video allows you to hear (and later shows) how the Wicked Lasers Spyder 3 Arctic G2 Blue Diode Laser's "high power lens" (well, "window" actually, because it does not focus or modify the light in any manner) fell out of the lens holder.

Please turn your speakers or earphones on, because the point of this video is the SOUND. :-)

This is similar to the other "Name That Sound" video I put on YouTube on 10-15-10 (or "15 Oct 2010" if you prefer), but the lens fell onto the floor and subsequently got sucked up the vacuum cleaner while I was in another part of the house doing something and my sister took it upon herself to vacuum without telling anybody. :-(

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I know that many of you like to see lasers burn and destroy...so without further adoo:
This video shows the Wicked Lasers Spyder 3 Arctic 445nm 1W Blue Diode Laser burning the red window of a Trixar™ (a red-filtered piece of plastic in a paper & plastic frame, found in a box of Triks...er...uh...TRIX cereal a number of years ago).

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This video shows the Wicked Lasers Spyder 3 Arctic 445nm 1W Blue Diode Laser with the "Galaxy Effect" lens (actually, a holographic optic; not a "lens" in the truest sense of the word).

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This video shows both of my Wicked Lasers Spyder 3 Arctic 445nm 1W Blue Diode Lasers shooting into snowfall.
Video taken at 8:04pm PDT on 01-11-11 (or "11 Jan. 2011" or even "Jan. Double Sticks, Twenty Double Sticks" if you prefer.

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***VERY IMPORTANT!!!***
I made absolutely, positively, 100% certain that no aircraft of any type were in the vicinity when this video was made!!!










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