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[MarkS]

Everything found on the internet is the truth! Everyone knows that.

Of course. How could I forget. Well, screw that then! How dare Sparkfun try to sell me a dangerous and illegal product?! :naughty:

[Dave Mueller]

At one point in my college physics class, we were studying electromagnetic radiation. Part of the class demonstration used 10 GHz Gunnplexers for showing polarization etc. They were small units, probably a few mW with a short horn attached. After class, we were invited to check out the equipment. Looking directly into the horn, on the back of the waveguide interior, was a label that said "Warning: Do not look directly into waveguide".

[jremington]

Hmmm, that is vaguely like the warning I sometimes see on the airline safety card in the seat pocket: "If you are seated in an exit row, and cannot read these instructions..."

[MarkS]

The sad thing is that, even if he is correct and this product is both dangerous and illegal, he has lost all credibility.

[Thalass]

To be fair, I bought what I thought was a 1mW laser from another website, and it was confiscated by Australian customs because it was actually 1.1mw or something ridiculous like that - and I was put on some kind of black list. All because of those morons that point lasers at aircraft.

That said: I doubt people buying things from Sparkfun are that kind of idiot