laser pointer question

[redbird]

cattitude and I recently bought a laser pointer as a cat toy (after talking about doing this for a couple of years). julian_tiger thinks it's an excellent toy, and will even chase the light right before it's time for him to be fed. (That close to dinnertime, he tends to ignore offers of other play, such as a dangled piece of string.)

The control on the pointer we have is a single button: hold it down to shine the light. This becomes uncomfortable fairly quickly. So I'm looking for a similar pointer (small, low wattage, and probably red) that has an on/off button, so I can play with the cat without having to exert constant pressure with my thumb. Can anyone recommend a model/supplier? I looked around online for reviews, and found a few sites that would tell me about things like how long the battery lasted and how wide the aperture is (some of these were for higher-powered lasers, which I really don't need) rather than discussing the controls.

Comments

[eftychia]

I've only ever seen keep-holding-down-the-button ones, but when my own thumb got tired before Perrine did, I wrapped a wide rubber band around the thing several times until it was tight enough to hold the button for me. So now I just roll that over the button to turn it on, and roll it down a little to turn it off.

At one point, I could summon Perrine from another room with just the sound of the button on the laser pointer. She still likes to watch the little dot, but she's not as crazy about it as she once was. (Though I've seen cats lose interest in something for a year or two and then decide they like it again, so who knows?)

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

I know that www.sciplus.com regularly sells laser pointer things, with extensive descriptions, though I couldn't recommend a particular one.