Laser Pointer No Longer Works

[W. eWatson]

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]

"W. eWatson" <wolftracks@invalid.com> wrote in message
news:inco1n$kg5$1@dont-email.me...

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]

In article <inco1n$kg5$1@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.

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@misty.com)

 

[Michael Black]

On Tue, 5 Apr 2011, Don Klipstein wrote:

In article <inco1n$kg5$1@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

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@misty.com)