W. eWatson
Guest
Mon Apr 04, 2011 3:27 pm
I have an old laser point that I probably bought for $25 back in 2000 or
earlier. I haven't used it in years, and found it wouldn't work. It has
two 392 batteries. $5.00 each locally. I found that LR41s are the same,
and tried them. I have about 10 for other purposes. Still didn't work.
That seems odd. Bad laser? I do see a slight gash in the tube 1/2 the
way down. The pointer is about 6" long and doubles as a pen.
I have a feeling that I can get laser pointers now for maybe $10. I'll
know shortly when the stores open.
Comments?
ED
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Tue Apr 05, 2011 12:57 am
"W. eWatson" <wolftracks_at_invalid.com> wrote in message
news:inco1n$kg5$1_at_dont-email.me...
Quote:
I have an old laser point that I probably bought for $25 back in 2000 or
earlier. I haven't used it in years, and found it wouldn't work. It has two
392 batteries. $5.00 each locally. I found that LR41s are the same, and
tried them. I have about 10 for other purposes. Still didn't work. That
seems odd. Bad laser? I do see a slight gash in the tube 1/2 the way down.
The pointer is about 6" long and doubles as a pen.
I have a feeling that I can get laser pointers now for maybe $10. I'll
know shortly when the stores open.
Comments?
How about $5
http://www.meritline.com/newsearch.aspx?SearchTerm=laser+pointer
Don Klipstein
Guest
Tue Apr 05, 2011 2:32 am
In article <inco1n$kg5$1_at_dont-email.me>, W. eWatson wrote:
Quote:
I have an old laser point that I probably bought for $25 back in 2000 or
earlier. I haven't used it in years, and found it wouldn't work. It has
two 392 batteries. $5.00 each locally. I found that LR41s are the same,
and tried them. I have about 10 for other purposes. Still didn't work.
That seems odd. Bad laser? I do see a slight gash in the tube 1/2 the
way down. The pointer is about 6" long and doubles as a pen.
I have a feeling that I can get laser pointers now for maybe $10. I'll
know shortly when the stores open.
Comments?
Get a new one. In the past 8 years, I have gotten laser pointers for
$5 at computer shows, $1 at a small number of dollar stores, and seen them
offered for sale at some hardware stores for about $8 and at Target for
about $10.
If it takes you more than a few or several minutes to get working
batteries or corrosion on contacts cleaned out, then it appears to me that
what you want is a new laser pointer.
--
- Don Klipstein (don_at_misty.com)
Michael Black
Guest
Wed Apr 06, 2011 4:23 pm
On Tue, 5 Apr 2011, Don Klipstein wrote:
Quote:
In article <inco1n$kg5$1_at_dont-email.me>, W. eWatson wrote:
I have an old laser point that I probably bought for $25 back in 2000 or
earlier. I haven't used it in years, and found it wouldn't work. It has
two 392 batteries. $5.00 each locally. I found that LR41s are the same,
and tried them. I have about 10 for other purposes. Still didn't work.
That seems odd. Bad laser? I do see a slight gash in the tube 1/2 the
way down. The pointer is about 6" long and doubles as a pen.
I have a feeling that I can get laser pointers now for maybe $10. I'll
know shortly when the stores open.
Comments?
Get a new one. In the past 8 years, I have gotten laser pointers for
$5 at computer shows, $1 at a small number of dollar stores, and seen them
offered for sale at some hardware stores for about $8 and at Target for
about $10.
I can find them here in Canada for 1.99, sometimes even 99cents. Now
maybe the expensive ones have something of value to offer, but I suspect
for a simple pointer, they don't.
The laser pointers are so cheap that I've bought them as a source of the
batteries for other things. I can't think of much that is 1.99 or 99cents
that comes with three button cells.
Michael
Quote:
If it takes you more than a few or several minutes to get working
batteries or corrosion on contacts cleaned out, then it appears to me that
what you want is a new laser pointer.
--
- Don Klipstein (don_at_misty.com)
