Customer Reviews

The Mighty Mini Laser - Portable Laser Show

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I was undecided on whether or not to buy this item after reading many favorable but several very unfavorable reviews of the Pocket Laser Light Show. I figured for the price I would take a chance and I'm glad I did. For the money this thing is awesome! Yes, I guess if someone was expecting a recreation of what they saw at a Floyd concert they will be disappointed but if they are expecting that from a $15 toy they probably won't have the mental capacity to install the batteries correctly anyway.

This thing is so small you can hold it in your hand or carry it in your pocket but it provides a pattern of 10 feet in diameter or more depending on the distance you place it from a wall. The cool thing about it is that you can manually change the pattern to any number of shapes using the two switches and two control wheels. You can also have it stay on one pattern or even set it to automatic and let it just put on a show. Obviously the darker the room the better the effect will be. In a pitch black room you get almost a 3D effect.

I bought one to use in creating a "laser vortex" effect for my Halloween display and it worked great. I had the option of a round or triangular vortex and it was plenty bright.

I think this thing would be a great present for a a child between 6 and 16 or an adult who just loves gadgets (like me).

For the price, this is one of the most amazing little gadgets I've ever gotten my grubby paws on. It has variable speed, pattern and direction controls... or just set it on auto and let it do its thing! For everyone who loved all those Pink Floyd Lasarium shows years ago...

A well designed and made product that works out of the box and will definitely give you its money's worth.

Suggestion: check the additional merchant price and shipping rate choices for a possibly lower overall price.

When this arrived, there was something rattling around in the case, and the light show only showed as VERY faint and fuzzy, only viewable on a relatively close surface (less than a couple of feet). Seems one of the two rotating mirrors had fallen off, and what I was seeing was the reflection off of the adhesive disk. So I opened the case (voiding my warranty, I bet), and simply stuck the mirror back on the adhesive, and it works fine.

So, other than the initial hiccup, feel pretty good about it, and am going to buy another (since its so easy to fix if the same thing happens).

This laser is pretty fun. It is reeally small, though- i.e. it really does fit in your pocket. I like it a lot, but the only thing I could say that's wrong with it is it's not very bright. The room has to be pretty dark for it to be impressive. Also, the actual laser projection isn't very wide unless you move the laser really far away from the wall or ceiling that you're projecting it on. But for the price it's a pretty sweet lil gadget.

In the early 80's, back with tube lasers, a friend and I build a device using this same design with the materials of that era. We spend over $1000 to accomplish what this unit does for near nothing.

Amazing.

Two mirrors mounted so they wobble. the laser aims at the edge of one and it reflects the laser to the edge of the second wobble mirror, this one directs the light out into the world. Each of the two motors has an individual speed control as well as a reversing switch. By altering the speed and direction of the mirrors a near infinite number of pattern combinations are achievable.

This unit also has a program that runs the light through a sequence of speeds and patterns. It has a "sample" button, push it light shows for as long as you're holding the button. On the bottom of the unit is a switch that sets to "Auto" or to "Manual".

The three triple A batteries are the originals and they show no signs of expiring. The kids love this toy and they'll be getting one for Christmas (yes, I'm one of those who is almost finished with my christmas shopping).

For a inexpensive experience in laser light shows, it's hard to recommend this one enough.

This AAA battery-powered laser light show projector is compact (pocket-size), and allows customization with the patterns. It seems to have different speed settings too, or you can use a button for a quick burst of laser light. It's not very powerful, but powerful enough to project cool patterns in a dark or dim room.

Neatly designed, excellent value. I ordered two more. Easy to mod with a brighter green laser and/or higher powered laser module (following online tutorials), but way cool just as it is. Highly recommended.

This little laser show makes an infinite number of cool laser patterns. My nephew uses it to play with his cat. Small simple and very neat. Please note that patterns are fixed and that this unit does NOT react to sound.

This item does what it says it does in the description. It's pretty cool for a small item and the light projected from it is a little brighter than I expected it to be. However the downside of it is that I practically had to break it to get the battery area open. They need to fix this and make it easier to pry it open with a knife or coin by putting a little slot there. But for the cheap price (I paid $12), it's pretty good.