Emax red laser pointer with on/off switch

No more holding the button down

The difference between this pointer and a standard one is the switch. Rather than a momentary button that only fires while your thumb is on it, this model latches: press once for on, press again for off. Anyone who has tried to hold a beam steady on a single figure in a spreadsheet for two minutes knows why that matters, and knows what a wobbling dot looks like from the back of a room.

For meetings that run long

This is the red pointer to buy if you present regularly. Office meetings, board reviews, site briefings and training sessions all involve returning to the same diagram repeatedly, and a constant-on beam lets you gesture at it, talk, and pick up your notes without the dot vanishing every time you shift your grip. Red is well suited to this work because it is the conventional presenting colour indoors, where the beam only has to cross a room rather than a field.

Red rather than green

Choosing red over green here is usually about the audience and the setting. In a small meeting room with people sitting close to the screen, a red dot is comfortable to look at for long periods. It is also the cheaper wavelength to run, and if the pointer lives in a shared meeting room and occasionally goes missing, that is a consideration worth having.

Power

Two AAA batteries are supplied. As the beam can be left running, switch it off between slides rather than leaving it on for a whole session.

Specifications

• Laser colour: red
• Wavelength: 650nm
• Switch type: latching on/off
• Power source: 2x AAA batteries (included)
• Warranty: 1 year
• Brand: Emax Lasers
• SKU: EMAX-RED1-SWITCH