I posted to this thread yesterday, and my comment is not here today. This site is very frustrating. I’ll do it over again.
My favorite pointer is:
https://www.opticsplanet.com/z-bolt-military-pride-green-laser-briefing-pointer.html
I don’t know if you can get it as a non-military pride version or not.
What I like about it is that it has a double-click to have the laser stay on. Another click turns it off again. Otherwise it behaves like a normal laser. It takes regular batteries, which rechargeable is nice until your battery dies and then you have to wait for it to recharge. If you keep spare batteries on hand you just pop a couple more in and you’re up and running again.
This laser has a decent brightness without being scary dangerous like the one I got on Amazon (which is no longer listed as available). The one I got on amazon has a button that’s too easy to accidentally push… and it’s so flippin’ bright. If you’re aiming over people’s heads it is actually disturbing to those people and their night vision. Obviously not saying all Amazon lasers are the same, but the one I got needs special care when using.
Hopefully this post will post today.