Laser Pod LaserPod- New Space Age Lava Lamp

by Laserpod

Product Details

• ASIN: B0007QCZG4
• Item model number: LPA-0401
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #88,453 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

LaserPod is one of the most innovative lighting products since the lava-lamp in the sixties. Ingeniously simple in its principle of operation, the LaserPod actually uses super advanced technology to generate the purest light known to man. LaserPod produces safe intense light energy useing 3 electronic lasers and 3 high power ultraviolet LEDs. This light is then projected through a rotating hand-cut Swarovski Crystal and optical lens to generate random patterns of multicolored Nebula like light. The output can only be described as awe inspiring. It may make you fell like your on the Star Trek movie set or your floating through space. For the best LaserPod experience it should be activated in near or complete darkness so the subtler more meditative and organic light beams will be seen, these are quite extraordinary and are unique to LaserPod. You can even interact with LaserPod by placing on top of it anything optical. Glass, crystal, clear plastics or even your nerdy friend's inch thick eye glasses will produce the most profoundly beautiful effects that will continually evolve in time. The changing patterns, colors and textures that are projected are simultaneously alien yet soothing. Do you want the ultimate LaserPod experience? Use a stage type smoke machine and watch the laser beams as they move and cut through the smoke filling the room even more. Caution: This could simulate a near out of body experience.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Certainly a conversation piece, December 17, 2005

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Caitlyn Byrne - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Laser Pod LaserPod- New Space Age Lava Lamp (Electronics)

The basic premise of the Laserpod is simple. Take some LED lights, some lasers, and project them in roughly the same direction. That direction can be limited with included diffusers and domes, but in my opinion using any of the aforementioned items ruins the simple majesty that just letting it run on the ceiling produces.
Technical: The unit consists of three high brightness LEDS (Blue, Aqua, and Purple/UV (yes naysayers, there really are three colors there)), and three diode lasers. It then shines all 6 lights onto a rotating faceted crystal (the crystal breaks everything up into lots of little light shards, and because its rotating, those light shards are also rotating)

I have my Laserpod on top of my TV, which is about 5 feet from the ceiling. At that position, it broadcasts most of its light onto a circle with a radius of 4 feet, and in total darkness, then the effects can be seen out to a radius of about 10 feet.

The rate of rotation is not so fast as to be annoying, but not to slow as to appear still. I would term it "just right" for a pleasant effect.

In truth, I have spent a couple of evenings on my couch, with the stereo on, and the lights off, watching the light show the Laserpod puts on.

Also, as a benefit, it "doubles" as a night light for me, at night hunting for a midnight snack, it is bright enough that the light cast allows me to navigate my treachourous living room.

Operations wise, it is completely silent more then 6 inches from the unit. The housing is very sturdy, and it can run on AA batteries if you want to transport it.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars mediocre & over priced, December 4, 2007

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E. Campbell (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Laser Pod LaserPod- New Space Age Lava Lamp (Electronics)

A lot dimmer than any advertising photos would imply. Additionally, the various cover/shells are pretty mediocre as well...

Any positive reviews at sites like engadget are questionable at best (yes, if someone gave me this stuff for free I'd probably give it a better review as well -- especially knowing that good reviews lead companies to send me even more free stuff to review;-)

In a lit room, very little is visible on the walls/ceilings -- there are about 10-15 small points of light that have a rather dull pattern of movement -- the interesting patterns are made up of tiny refractions but these points of light are very dim & are not visible in a lit room.

I'd suggest waiting a while -- I'm sure someone else will come out with a far superior product as LEDs&lasers are becoming brighter & cheaper.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Stick with the lava light, January 31, 2007

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Eric Johnson (Bakersfield, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Laser Pod LaserPod- New Space Age Lava Lamp (Electronics)

Without the glass diffuser in place, the Laserpod casts a handful of slowly moving, red-laser dots on the ceiling. Yawn. The blue LED doesn't do anything for me either. With the glass diffuser in place it is capable of displaying the kinds of unusual patterns that they show in their adds. It's a step in the right direction but the range is very limited, even in a darkened room, and the figures are not as sharp and bright as they show. Figure about 5 feet as the maximum projection distance. Also keep in mind that the Laserpod is designed to cast projected images on the ceiling, so unless you're fond of looking up a lot, this is a significant inconvenience.

They also include two domed tops which you can use with the Laserpod. These are designed to be looked at; they do not cast an image on the wall or ceiling. The only value I can see in the Laserpod is running it with the glass difusser and one of the two domes in place; it's designed so that both the diffuser and one of the domes can be in place at once. The smaller dome generates the most interesting images, but then you don't have much to look at because it is so small. The taller domed top isn't quite as interesting, but because it's larger you get more to look at, and when I use my laserpod, that's what I keep on it.

Overall, the tried and true Lava Light is more interesting and mesmerizing. If you want something more modern, I suggest either Laser Stars or Laser Vibe. Laser Vibe will generate peculiar patterns which dance to your music and is far more interesting than the Laser Pod. Laser Stars is much more spectacular and hypnotic.