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Originally Posted by Deltastone
I spent some time with one and I'm willing to say that it's a defocused laser. It also focuses right back down to a dot that is brighter than the normal IR dot on the unit.
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PEQ-15, PEQ-2, and other ATPIAL Illuminators are eye safe out past 27 meters in training mode, within 27 meters there is an ocular hazard risk. It's still a Class 3A, and requires direct contact with the eye for over two minutes to cause serious damage to the retina.
So, using the dbal's illuminator, focused. could be causing eye damage to your target. Defocused is going to be safer (depending on the range)
I just wouldn't chance it to be honest.
Just save up the money and buy the eye safe lightsabers
Then you don't need to worry about melting someone's retinas. lol
Edit, forgot to mention:
I remember at Shallow Lake 2, I was beamed in the face. I thought it was a designator, but a defocused beam would make much more sense considering I was able to see the focal point of the device. User obviously wasn't aiming at my face, but it probably ended up there since I hit the dirt and went prone. I was wearing my nods and thus my eyes were nice and protected, and of course my natural reaction was to look away.
There was no damage done to anything, so its all good. At that range I doubt it would have done anything, especially considering it was quite defocused.
This is pretty much what you're dealing with.
