Laser Star
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 at
11:14 am
Laser Star
Average Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5
- Moving Sky-Show Extraordinaire This staggeringly vivid night-sky projector features green, laser-beamed moving stars and cloud cover and, according to Paul (our in-house astro-galactic display maven), “adjustable-intensity nebula.
- If that means you can lie supine and happily stare at it for a few hours, we agree, particularly if you cue up the Dark Side of the Moon album at the same time. Or skip the Pink Floyd, and use it to lull the children to sleep.
- Not an astronomically accurate sky, of course, but you’re definitely not going to care. The unit is approx 11″ tall on a 9-1/2″ x 8-3/8″ oval base and plugs in via a wall adapter.
- The manufacturer suggests a maximum 4-hour duty cycle, white or light walls and a very dark room. Has mounting slots on the base.
Product Description
With this Laser Star kids can wish upon lots of stars when they transform an ordinary bedroom into their own private star-filled universe. Two built-in precision glass lenses, plus a green laser and holographic technology create thousands of stars and an amazing light show. The coolest most amazing light shows you will see anywhere. Laser Star creates thousand of stars with or without cloud formations. AC adapter is included. Simple to use, just plug it in. It inclu… More >>
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This thing is awesome. Green laser light scattered all over the ceiling (or where ever you shine it.) The projector also puts an eerie blue cloud on the surface as well. There are no ‘real’ star constellations in this product but the simulation of stars and clouds is unreal. This isn’t an educational tool at all – just a fun light show.
Rating: 5 / 5
Terrific product. The Chinese made Laser Stars projector was derived from a $3000 projector made in the USA. I had the laser in the bedroom and it was set to turn on for 1.5 hrs every night. The manufacturer cautions against leaving it on for more than 6 hrs. They should change that recommendation as the laser failed after 40 nights of use in our bedroom. It comes with a 45 day warranty. Buyers should contact the seller to confirm the return policy before purchasing.
Rating: 2 / 5
If it is an educational star projector you want, this one is not for you. There are no real constellations or stars. However, if you are looking for something to make it seem like you are under a sky with thousands of stars moving around in random but smooth motions and with a great ambient blue ‘cloud cover’ light (that can be turned up, down or off) this is just what you are looking for. The stars move at different speeds in relatively random patterns, they are very clear and of several different sizes and it can fill the whole ceiling of almost any room. Exactly what I was looking for!
Rating: 5 / 5
I purchased mine from another store. Each unit sat untouched on the dresser and were not handled aside from off/on switch. Both the first unit and replacement unit broke within 2-3 weeks. Fan becomes loud and have to knock on it to quite it down until it eventually just stays in a loud whirring mode. Second unit began loud whirring and green laser/stars stopped functioning altogether (even with the love tap). I have opted not to take my chances again! It WAS beautiful, though…daughter loved it at bedtime, you could stare at it for hours and never quite see the same pattern. Very dreamy! But even at $150 (I paid $180) with such a VERY poor track record, I don’t recommend it!
Rating: 2 / 5
This is the best light effect (for a normal price range) I’ve come across. It’s approx 100x better than the “laserpod”.
It covers a lot of wall/ceiling space — the beam spread is almost exactly a 90 degree wide cone (not 180 degrees) – so if you put it in a corner on the floor and aim it at 45 degrees up, the circular star field will have one edge on the ceiling directly above and the bottom edge just above floor level and you’ll have stars on the majority of two walls & your ceiling.
..another way to look at it — if you point it straight up at your 10 foot high ceiling up, the circular star field will stretch 20 feet across your ceiling…
This does, in general, give a great impression of being random stars swirling about. Obviously, this is meant for a dark or very dim room. A well lit room kill the effect completely. In a dark room it really does fill a lot of wall/ceiling space
It seems well built (though it warns only use it 4 hours at a time so I imagine there is an overheating issue with the green laser). I’m using it in a cool well ventilated area & it doesn’t seem to create much heat at all.
It’s louder than I expected (loud fan if you’re in a quiet room – about the level of a louder computer fan – but in a party atmosphere or with music you’ll never notice it)
Criticism:
The brightest “star” is in the exact center of the field & it doesn’t move at all …around it are 8 more stars that create a distinct 3×3 square grid… This square grid rotates slowly/steadily… This does take away from the random effect (it doesn’t kill the effect but it may be an issue for some).
That’s really the end of the review… some more random thoughts about it below…
videos I’ve seen on youtube of this product are horrible – regular video cameras probably have a hard time with this.
I believe this is a cheap version (rip off?) of a “BlissLight” — but the BlissLight starts at around a grand & is more for real light shows in large rooms.
There are additional lights in the 3×3 grid pattern but they are dim & aren’t an issue …Additionally, there are also a number of other (not exactly random but close enough) points scattered around the edges but these don’t take away at all — in fact the outside stationary lights actually add to the effect. (the nearby stars zoom by while the distant stars never move)
The blue nebula is alright (pretty cool but it doesn’t spread out enough)
Rating: 4 / 5