Blr243 wrote:Curious People wanting to look into the ends of torches that show no visible light reminds me of something I did when I was a kid. I was told and warned never to stick anything into powerpoints and that the electricity within was extremely dangerous and often fatal ..so as soon as I had some time alone unsupervised I was sticking cutlery in there to find out for myself I did not get a shock but I remember a flash and black burn marks on the outside of the point. Fortunately these days we have plastic inserts to prevent entry of foreign objects and earth leakage safety devices . I’m fifty and in the construction industry. Never had a proper boot. One shock can end it all ....probably feels like a land cruiser hitting you at 100 kph
ramshackle wrote:Told.you.so.
We can only speculate at his reasons for sending this letter, but my number one reason would be simple - he's trying to cover his bum in case Trading Standards try to prosecute people selling PARDs because they exceed the power limits RECOMMENDED by Public Health England in this document https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... ety-advice
ramshackle wrote:↑ This fella has waaaaaaaay too much time on his hands.
xDom wrote:The boys over on the UK forum ( same forum Ram got chucked off from ) have their thoughts on the matter.
https://nightvisionforumuk.com/viewtopic.php?t=21267
xDom wrote:I would describe this letter as one more competition attempt to sabotage Pard sale.. Drew's lab is unfortunatelly spreading false claims made by Thomas Jack's since their sale is effected by Pard products to a point that they don't have any other answer but false claims.. In the end 60/70 % of Pard users buy stronger ir based on same vcsel laser named Sirius xtl or Pbir laser or Solaris cause Pard one is weaker.. so situation is very clear here. Pard NV007 and NV008 are registered and patented in EU and have CE and ROHS certificate so that is way more solid then Thomas Jacks "indipendent testing".. Pard units are safe to use same as any other nv units with fact that they offer excellent value for money what can't be said for some of competition that is trying to make some advantage in this cheap way..
Cheers
Because the PARDs have been so successful, sales of Pulsar and Yukon NV kit have been declining steeply, and it's hurting TJs profits.
They don't like that, and they think the competition from PARD is unfair because the IR illuminator in the PARDs is of a class that Public Health England recommend should not be sold to the public.
Note the words RECOMMEND and SHOULD - there's nothing mandatory about it.
In addition, the Public Health England Guidance was based on visible laser pointers of the types beloved by the idiots who shine them at aircraft coming into land.
There are already laws in place to punish people who do stupid stuff like that.
The IR illuminators in the PARDs are not like laser pointers, the IR produced by the PARDs spreads out like a normal beam from a torch - it simply cannot be made to be as narrow as that produced by a laser pointer.
The fact that the IR from the PARD spreads out makes it much, much less dangerous than a laser.
It is more dangerous than an LED, but the risk of eye damage from a PARD illuminator is far lower than with a conventional IR laser, such as an N1000.
I have spent several weeks working my way through the technical standards for both lasers and LED based illuminators and developing measuring techniques that can be applied to the PARDs and other commercially available illuminators, both laser and LED based.
Hopefully, in the coming weeks I'll be able to post the results of these measurements and compare them with the recommended exposure limits so that people can judge for themselves if they think the the risks posed by different types and models of IR illuminators are acceptable to them
Cheers
Bruce
ramshackle wrote:[Meanwhile, buyer beware. I actually have a NV007 in my possession for review, so I'll have more to say soon (perhaps not here).
xDom wrote:"...Above you've quoted "Bruce", who is basically a PARD employee, ."
How do you know this?
xDom wrote:so, all the guys on that forum that defend the Pard are in their pocket?
ramshackle wrote:xDom wrote:"...Above you've quoted "Bruce", who is basically a PARD employee, ."
How do you know this?
Itis pretty obvious that he's in their pocket. He admits to receiving free kit from them, and you'll find him popping up all over the internet to defend them and promote their products, and he make videos promoting them, writes User Manuals for the Pard products, knows stuff about the patents and trademarks that we don't know ....
I think we can safely assume some sort of relationship between Mr Bruce and PARD.
ramshackle wrote:[
So we shall await developments. Meanwhile, buyer beware. I actually have a NV007 in my possession for review, so I'll have more to say soon (perhaps not here).
ramshackle wrote:xDom wrote:so, all the guys on that forum that defend the Pard are in their pocket?
WTF? Did you not read what I wrote? How many guys have that profile?
bigpete wrote:Stix,if you're serious,you can look at mine in person
Stix wrote:bigpete wrote:Stix,if you're serious,you can look at mine in person
Well i was serious...serious about this clowns intentions... (old Ramo the doctor... )
Something like that would go just dandy on the light shy bunnies in the mallee...they get jumpy & start to bolt at 200, but i can drive to within 40-50 with no lights on...
so let me know if it ever works its way over there...