20 Best Laser Pointers For Presentations (2023 Updated)

Works great. nice size. I like that the dongle stores in the unit, and there is an on/off switch so you don’t accidentally burn the batteries when traveling. Two negatives: I can’t find a way to save the timer setting so I have to always reset it.

so if I always do a 1 hour presentation, why do I have to always reset it. not a big deal, but it would be nice. Secondly is the bigger issue for me. the BLANK button to turn the screen black is right next to the START powerpoint slideshow button.

If I try to hit the Blank, and accidentally hit the Start, it will jump back to the first slide!!!! I can’t risk this in my keynotes so I had to return the presenter. Other than that, great remote. You decide what matters most to you!.

I am not sure whats going on with Logitech lately, but their products seem to continually be getting worse. I received this presenter mouse today, the packaging was fully in tact, the box was not damaged, but after opening I could see the plastic display screen on the front was popping up out of the body of the device, making it unreadable.

The on/off switch seemed to be crooked and when in the on position the thing showed red and when off green, maybe by design but seemed backwards. I pressed the clear plastic display back in place, but after a few moments it started working its way back off.

It was like it was missing glue or something inside that would secure it. I immediately contacted Logitech on their support page using the chat feature about the manufacturing defect, and instead of saying “sure we messed up at the factory let us correct” they told me to go through the vendor, which seems counter productive to me.

I explained this wasn’t a vendor issue but a quality control issue from the factory, you would think they would want to get it in their hands to see where their trouble spots may be and to prevent this from happening again if possible, all they said was it helps them to hear feedback in order to make better products.

or something like that. Seems a company, especially one like Logitech, would want to get their customers satisfied quickly and resolve QC issue in a timely manner, but in my case Logitech wasn’t interested.

They were so disinterested, they left me hang for more than 5 minutes at a time between posts, on a chat session that feels like forever, but I am guessing they wanted me to just fade away. I did reach out to Newegg who sent me an RMA and will issue a refund, but what a pain and has turned me off of the Logitech brand! I think their customer service and quality of at least this product and some others I have been dealing with lately, are sub-par!.

For use as a pointer, in an indoors setting, I’d recommend this laser. It’s adequately bright. However, when used in daylight outdoors, it just barely works. It’s not as bright as some other 2x AAA battery lasers I’ve had.

It does,however, have a nice substantial feel to it. It looks and feels well made. It’s just that only indoors or after dark outdoors does it really work well. Which is why I didn’t give it five stars.

Using this outdoors, long distance. Point is too small to see. This item was significantly more expensive than other similar products. Why? I thought I would get a better product. Nope.

Not impressed at all with the intensity of the light beam while identifying stars and planets. It needs to be very, very dark in order to see the laser beam.

I’ve purchased and modded several of these lasers. Easy to do if you know what your looking at. Sometimes the diameter of the module is different or it will be pressed in from the front or the back. The hosts and anodization are pretty decent, the tailcaps are decent, but the quality of the LED module is questionable.

I’ve bought over a dozen and at least 1/3 were DOA or dead shortly after arrival. One lasted less than 30 seconds. I modify them to put out much more than stock power, so to me it isn’t a huge deal but I would be pretty upset if I was expecting a long lasting quality product.

Excellent novelty items, great for showing off to friends and family, but not something I would let a kid play with unattended, as they could cause serious permanent eye damage. If your on the fence, just buy one.

You’ve wasted a lot more money on dumber stuff.

The first one I purchased and used very little, died on me during an investigation, after inspecting found one of the circuit boards soldering fell apart, rendering it useless, so purchased a new one form same dealer, for the price, thought why not.

the lens cap on the new one is different and you projects a very small area unless you push down on the lens cap to produce a much bigger pattern. only problem is you would have to keep pushing down on the lens cap which makes the item useless to use, first thought was to take the old lens cap and place it on the new one, can’t different size and configuration.

Oh well it was only $7. Will try to figure out how to solder the old one or just buy from a different source. The one good thing about this one is you can remove the lens cap and use it as a pointer only.

but I really do not have much use for just a pointer.

I am very happy with this item. I have recently purchased a different one. This other one is just a little better then my first one but I paid more. I have bought another one of this one I’m reviewing and I’m happy about it.

So are my kids!!!! They don’t get to play with them because I’m afraid they will hurt each other’s eyes so they chase the light. The cat? She is a kitten but knows she can’t get the lights so she don’t care about it much.

Lol not the kids. They would chase it for hours Thank you A satisfied continual customer! Buy batteries WITH charger. Uses them kind of fast but we are having fun.

I bought two of these one I use as a pointer and the other is mounted and I use it in tandem with the finder scope. I have been using them now for several months. They are good little lasers. until it starts to get cold.

I live in Ohio and we are now into December and once it gets under 40 degrees the pointer just doesn’t like it. Orion needs desperately to offer either a heater for it’s lasers or a laser that can work in colder temps or both.

If they did I would buy both. Can I recommend them. yes if you live in an area that the temps stay about 40 degrees, but if you are going to be out when the mercury drops under freezing. look for something else.

My quick fix that does help is two big handwarms and I wrap the laser and spare batteries and keep them in a pocket to keep them warm. This does work, but I bought the laser to mount and leave mounted, not to mount, swing to my target and then put back in my pocket.

When I first got my telescope, and being a beginner in astronomy, I had a hard time finding objects in the sky other than the obvious objects such as the moon or planets. I got the green laser pointer and mounted it to my scope.

That made a big difference. I could look in the sky with the laser on and see where my telescope was pointing. It helped me a lot to find deep space objects. My son also has a telescope and I got him one of these lasers too and he mounted it on his telescope and he says he can find several objects in the sky in a session.

The laser pointer is also handy by itself in pointing to objects for yourself or to show others. Be aware of planes flying in your sight and be sure to turn it off so as to not disrupt the flying aircrafts.

I’ve used green laser pointers from 1998-2017 for teaching Astronomy classes. I had around 300 students per year and we had night sky observations at least every two weeks for four to five hours. The school had purchased my green laser pointers for less than half the price of my new Orion one so I expected from the cost of these that they’d be better than the ones I used to use.

I purchased two Orion Green Laser Pointers and I could hardly see what I was pointing at let alone someone next to me. So I put the Lithium batteries in each and thought that might help but still neither worked much better with the better batteries.

I know I’ll have to purchase another green laser pointer as I’m starting observation sessions in my subdivision and know that these Orion Green Laser Pointers will not do the job I had hoped they would.

I have only used it to advance and rewind slides in a PowerPoint presentation, but it worked perfectly. It is comfortable in my hand and easy to know where my fingers were without having to look down at the remote.

The laser was very bright, my dog loved it. I was not too far from my PC the whole time, so I cannot speak to its range. My only criticism is that the receiver (the part that plugs into the PC) is on the large size despite the packaging showing a symbol that would imply that the receiver is the smaller Logitech type.

The receiver’s size was more that of a traditional thumb drive. However, it does fit nicely in the body of the remote when not in use.

I’ve owned one of these pointers for at least 7 years. It felt good in the hand and always worked well, whether I was doing a presentation on a Mac or windows machine, I also liked the green laser pointer because it’s different than the usual red, Unfortunately I lost it and had to purchase this replacement.

The pointer itself feels exactly the same as the old one. I just wish it came with the same case that my old one came with. My older case was a rubbery type plastic with a zipper closure, this new pointer comes with a cheap bag you pull closed.

The item itself is great and I’m glad I could replace it. I just wish logitech didn’t chintz out on the storage bag that came with it!.

Very comfortable and well made. I like the green laser much brighter than the red also Kensington one I have. Im not too sure how useful the mouse movement will be it seemed a bit difficult to control the speed.

I read various one review about it causing issues with refresh on a web page. This is because the product is aimed at Microsoft Powerpoint. When in slide design mode, you can press F5 to jump to the first slide, in presentation mode.

In effect, the laser button, sends an F5 command and this is desirable behaviour if you know about it. However it doesnt seem to work all the time for me. Of course F5 is refresh in a lot of other applications like web browsers hence the perceived refresh issue.

There are actually 2 modes with this device presentation and mouse pointer. You need to read the manual because the buttons do different things. e. g in pointer mode, the laser button has no function i.

e. it doesnt fire the laser. This is possibly a bit daft. One slight minus because of my experience is there is now a separate power switch. My old one would automatically turn off when the USB dongle was inserted.

No big deal, as long as you remember to turn it on and off. More accurately I should say my colleagues who are always borrowing my pointer, now need to be trained All in all, very happy.

I bought one of these a few years ago and have used it every day. They are brilliant. It is an essential piece of kit for any trainer. A few tips. They come in two parts a dongle and the clicker. Dont leave the dongle in the computer after you have used it.

The dongle fits inside the clicker and acts as the power off switch. If you leave it in the computer the power stays on and your battery life will be significantly shortened. Buy the optional hardshell case.

Cheap and well constructed and it will stop damage to the clicker in transit. Im buying a new one because mine has just worn out and Ive dropped it so many times the battery cover is now in several pieces, though it still works.

Beware some NHS and corporate computers have had their usb ports disabled as a security measure. This will mean the clicker may not work. This is not the fault of the clicker but the heavy handed security on some computers.

My advice always use your own kit and dont rely on other peoples computersIt works on my MacBook and my wifes windows lap top so dont believe people who say it doesnt. It works on powerpoint and keynote.

Ive used it on both extensively.

Good kit at a good price Really pleased with this. Well, made and well designed. The buttons have a nice positive ‘click’ and are set against a silver disk so you can see them in low light – and there is a raised dot that I guess helps you find where you are if there is no light(!).

The unit sits nicely in your hand. Perhaps most importantly, this does really does seem to be ‘plug-and-play’. Very good price too – I bought two.

I created an account here just for this review. I own a small A/V company and needed a presentation clicker in a pinch. this was the only one on the shelf that was Mac compatible. It was used with a 2017 MacBook Pro at an event with about 10 presenters.

Rarely am I so floored by a tech product. this worked flawlessly right out of the package, but that’s not why I came to write this review. the reason for this review is the fact that this clicker is the _only_ one out there that has ONLY the essentials that my clients want: a really big advance button, a small backup button, and a laser pointer.

That’s it. no silly bells or whistles. I highly highly recommend this if you love simplicity and the throwback to a time when things worked flawlessly with an extremely simple yet effective design (which is so rare in the A/V world, it’s forced me to leave this review!).

I have used multiple previous variations of Logitech presentation remotes, but this doesn’t live up to my expectations. The laser is weak, though the buttons are nice. The largest problem is there is no battery indicator.

The little LED will still light up so it seems like the device is working even when the batteries are too low to actually power the clicker properly. There should be some basic sensor built in to allow the LED to change to amber when the batteries are low and red when out.

Just the basics. No unnecessary buttons or functions. Nice and simple. Your thumb naturally finds the forward button and resta on it, so you don’t have to keep looking at the remote. Laser pointer is nice and bright, and reliable.

You can use either USB wireless or Bluetooth, which makes this even more versatile. Highly recommended!.

Pros: This is the 3rd of these I have owned. As a professional presenter I need a reliable device. The battery life is excellent. They last me about five years of weekly use

I hav used a number of brands of wireless presenters over the years in teaching. Most have been okay with two exceptions: (1) the range was limited due to IR receivers; and (2) I kept misplacing the USB receiver due to it falling out of the Presenter.

The Kensington solved both issues. The signal can be picked from anywhere in a large room, even when partially blocked by people or column and the title USB locks into the Presenter and only release when depressed.

I had also had issues getting some to work with my MacBook. This worked immediately following inserting the USB. I borrowed one from a friend due to my old one failing right before a presentation. Loved and purchased one.

After almost two months of hour long presentations it has worked flawlessly.

Have purchased many wireless presentation USB plug and play slide changers in the past and they have all perished within a short period of time. So far, this Kensington wireless device has worked straight away, no problems, first time out of the packet.

It seems to be a study little device and the USB plug stores away inside the hand piece which is a neat design. I cant fault this little device very happy with my purchase. There are other options in the Kensington range, but for a basic wireless presentation slide changer, this device is highly recommended.

This thing plugs into a USB socket and allows you to change slides in Powerpoint presentations without having to sit within arms length of the keyboard. This is particularly useful when showing a Powerpoint presentation in a zoom session.

Sitting back away from the keyboard avoids the ugly distortions of you face that result from sitting too close to the computer’s camera. It is also more relaxing than sitting with outstretched arm on the key to advance the picture.

The laser pointer doesn’t work of course (not the way it does in a presentation projected on a screen), but the computer’s cursor does that job instead. Batteries seem to last for ages.

Kensington Expert Wireless Presenter with Green Laser Pointer, Cursor Control, and 4GB Memory (K72427AM) —SUMMARY— -I am a high school teacher who uses PowerPoints presentations daily. (The curse of no textbooks.

) I bought it in August of 2015, and it lasted until October of 2016. It is a great for changing slides of a presentation. It has a bright green laser essential for lit rooms. However the cursor joystick broke quickly, and the cursor function is aggravatingly difficult to use.

—PROS— PowerPoint Navigation -The remote navigates well through PowerPoint slides. It worked as expected for this use. Green Laser -The green laser is great for a lit room. The laser will drain the battery after frequent use, so it is necessary to have extra batteries on hand.

If you find that the laser is dim, try changing the batteries. USB Stick -Plug in the USB stick and it will be ready for use. No hassle set up. The micro SD card functioned as a regular memory stick.

—CONS— Range I have found that it does not give 150 ft range as advertised, even with a new batteries. I find that it struggles at 25 to 30 ft. Mouse and Cursor Function -The mouse joystick is junk.

The plastic joystick used for cursor control broke within a month of occasional use of that function. When it was working, the cursor moves so slowly and sluggishly that it was practically usable. Additionally, the joystick has to be pressed as a right-click command.

The cursor migrates off target when trying to press it, so it is difficult to stay on the item you are trying to click. Do not anticipate using this option. Buttons -The buttons worked well, but they had a tendency to get caught underneath the housing about midlife.

This happened within the beginning of the second semester of use.

Bought the laser pointer after reading some reviews to play with the cat. He loves chasing the laser and it works well for the distances around the house. Seems pretty durable though the back panel where the battery goes in flew off when I dropped it once on a hardwood floor.

Nothing broke though so that’s good!.

I bought the laser pointer to sort of play with my cat Khali (it’s a great way to give her a little exercise). I believe that she knows that it’s just a beam of light on the floor – but she plays along and tries to attack the beam like she would a mouse.

It has given Khali and me many hours of joy and laughter. I’m very careful not to shine the beam anywhere near her eyes so that I don’t harm her in any way. I would recommend for cat lovers who want to play with their cat (and give them a little exercise) too.

As far as laser pointers go, this one is top notch. It’s very easy to use and the light is bright. I am an Instructor and I’ve used a lot of laser points over the years, this is one of my favorites so far.

I can be half way to the back of the room and it still shines brightly on the screen. It looks a lot like a pen and has been misplaced at the bottom of my bag with my many pens, I’m going to try to find a case for it.

Overall, I really like this and intend to use it all semester.

I really like the style of this laser pointer. It’s very professional looking — not a cheesy red dot toy. The real test was the distance. It was amazing how far the laser pointer would shine with clarity.

I kid you not, it was well over 100 feet. I highly recommend this laser pointer! It is worth every penny!.

As an instructor, I’ve always made do without laser pointers but having this on hand, I can’t go back to not using a laser pointer during lecture. The light is vivid and distinct even from the back of a large lecture room.

It saves me from a trip all the way to the board. I like the design and the ease of use. Very simple and straightforward! And I like that I can hook it to my pocket.

Great laser pointer to use in corporate meetings. Red dot covers distance well without scattering. Product holds up well. I’ve had mine for several years now and it still works great! The stylus feature is not the best, but I wasn’t looking for a stylus to start with.

I would buy this product again and wouldn’t hesitate to recommenc to friends and business associates.

There are cheaper laser pointers that would do the same job, but I like this one because it has a solid feel and it will probably last longer because of its all metal construction. To me, that’s worth the extra cost.

Push the button to turn the beam on, release to turn it off. Does not allow you to lock the beam on, which is probably good from a safety standpoint. Easily viewed from long distances even in brightly lit areas.

The first one I bought worked well for several years before becoming inconsistent in producing a functional pointing light. I bought the same model just assuming something had happened to the earlier one, and I wanted to be able to reuse parts.

On my first real use I already had problems getting it to come on; thank goodness it’s under warranty.

I’m a lecturer and this was great to use. I can be at the back of the room and not have to walk all the way to the front to point at text on the projector. The red dot was distinct and the pen was easy to use.

This is definitely high quality and I like that I can hook it to my pockets when I move around. It is definitely a game changer for me because I don’t normally use a laser pointer in class.

For me, major plus is that this pointer uses simple AAA batteries, which are easy to find everywhere, and inexpensive. Easy, just push button, there’s the red dot. Cheaper ones require those strange flat batteries.

Our cat loves it. In-store pickup is great, just wish it weren’t in BACK of the store! But order is ready and waiting, so it’s a quick process.

This pointer does the job and is decently bright, though I’ve seen brighter red laser pointers. The plastic pen-shaped case is light but feels flimsy. The battery compartment door is weak and pushes inward like it might break.

It takes two AAA batteries. I had an older metal-cased pointer I liked much better, but batteries leaked inside and ruined it.

I bought this laser point for my cats as an enrichment toy. I was always buying laser pointer after laser pointer after the batteries died because it was cheaper to buy a whole new laser pointer than to purchase the expensive batteries.

I will no longer have this problem because the best thing about this product is that it takes AAA batteries! I am very pleased with how strong the beam is and how far it can reach ( all the way across my apartment).

Worth every penny, if not just for the specs of the product, but for the fact that it takes AAA batteries.

These laser pointers are awesome. You can easily see them point from across a large room. I have bought them for all of my employees and we all swear by them. If someone loses one, this is exactly what we replace it with.

They are not lightweight, so it makes it easier to hold onto it while presenting. You can’t buy a more quality product for the price.

I teach and this keeps our student’s attention on what I am pointing at.