Can You Imagine Laser Twilight Stars Projector - Bring The Night Stars & Sky Into Your Home

So this is my third star projector from Amazon. The first was one of those 14$ specials which stopped working within hours - FAIL!!!! The second was the Homestar Classic. This was such a disappointment, you could barely see the stars even in a pitch black room - FAIL #2!!!!! Finally this light works! I absolutely love it. I guess my biggest complaint is that the stars are green instead of yellow. But when you turn on the blue nebulous feature, it's really quite striking. If you are looking for a realistic star projector, do not buy this. This is more for mood lighting than for the hobby astronomer. I'm sure kids will love it, but I don't own any to test it out on. Another feature I don't care for is the timer. It will only run for two hours and I would love to have it on all night. According to the instructions, this is done to protect the laser so I guess it's for the best. The projectors brightness is excellent. The pictures I have it set up in my main living area and the ceiling slopes up to 30 feet at it's highest point. The projector makes a beautiful show in this massive area. It would probably be really amazing in a normal sized room. It's almost like having a lava lamp on your ceiling.

This is an intriguing light show for kids, and anyone who enjoys starry nights. But how does it compare to a REAL night sky?Dozens of green laser "stars" of approximately 6 different sizes/brightness levels are projected as a starry night pattern onto a ceiling or wall. The biggest, brightest star, right in the center of the projected sky, is completely stationary, as are most of the second-brightest stars that surround it in various "clock-like" intervals. Stars of other sizes and brightness levels span across the sky, with most of the stars moving at various speeds. Each moving star seems to be traveling in its own direction and speed, which makes for a very relaxing effect. Astute observers will notice that most of the stars travel in circles of various diameters and offsets, although it takes several minutes of observation to comprehend the patterns.The third-brightest stars are approximately the brightness and size of real planets and bright stars that occasionally light up the night sky. The sixth-brightest stars are approximately the brightness of falling stars you might catch out of the corner of your eye during meteor showers. Everything in between is representative of the typical brightness of real stars.This projector looks especially impressive when used in areas with high ceilings, such as sun rooms.Astronomy fans such as myself would probably prefer that the light show didn't come with the brightest and second-brightest stars; they are incredibly bright, almost lighting up the whole room, and distract from the prettiness of the rest of the stars. It would also be amazingly realistic if there was an option to have the star motion more accurately reflect the slow, boring pace of stars across the real night sky. As it is, the projected star field looks more like a petri dish of slow, microscopic organisms swimming every which way. It's still pleasing to watch, though, and kids especially love it.The "nebula cloud" feature was honestly more interesting than I thought it would be. For "realistic" starry nights, I keep the nebula projection pretty dim, but my kids love it when I crank the brightness all the way up, where the shimmering nebula pattern almost looks like a Star Gate from the TV series of the same name. I find the star field more interesting with the nebula cloud on rather than off, even though I originally anticipated that I would always keep that feature off.I'm really glad that these newer projectors come with independent 4-hour auto-shut-off timers, one for the star projector, and one for the nebula projector. People who had older versions of the projector, without the timers, apparently ran into problems where the projector eventually overheated and died. During my usage, the projector never got hot, and the built-in cooling fan was relatively quiet the whole time.Now some words of precaution. The star projector is essentially a Class II laser, and it's very important that no one looks directly at the "stars" (i.e. laser beams), especially children. When situating the projector on the floor, pointing upwards to the ceiling, it's very important to make sure that young kids know to not look at the projector lens, even by accident. Under ideal circumstances, children would not be left unattended with this projector. Realistically speaking, however, you'll probably be fine if you situate the projector high enough off the ground (for example, on a book shelf or dresser), and point it straight up towards the ceiling so that the children couldn't walk across the laser-beam line-of-sight even if they tried. This is especially important for people who are tempted to use the projector as a "night light". You don't want kids getting up to use the bathroom in the middle of the night and accidentally stumbling into the projector beams.Another important consideration is to make sure the stars do not reflect off shiny surfaces and into the eyes of people, or shine out a window or skylight where the laser beams may strike passersby or interfere with aircraft. Remember, the stars move. If a star wanders across the ceiling and shines out a skylight and into the eyes of a flying pilot, you may be held responsible with serious legal ramifications. Also warn children to not hold objects in front of the laser beams, as the lasers might reflect into people's eyes.Overall, the quality of this projector is just right for its price. The projector exterior is constructed out of light but durable materials, and will probably last a long time if kept safe from accidents.

This is by far the coolest thing I have ever bought in my life. I grew up with stick on glow stars and now I get the adult upgrade. Seriously spark one up and listen to Dreamweaver while staring at this it's life-changing I promise.

I bought this as a birthday gift for a close friend. I surprised him by having him stay in his room while I set this up in the living room and lead him out to it with his eyes closed and revealing it to him already turned on. This laser machine is GORGEOUS. I purchased the 2 year warranty for it because of the reviews about it not working. It's been 3 years now and my friend has never said anything to me about it malfunctioning, so as far as I know it still works. I'm thinking about buying one for my boyfriend and I. This is an amazing item to just lay down and stare up at or meditate with or have turned on for parties, very relaxing and beautiful.

I had to send back this Lamp as it was auto shutting down after 30 to 90 minutes, I don't like the fact that you can't use a smart plug as the lamp as it does not trigger both the Laser and the Nebula when turning on which makes it useless for a smart plug, it shut's down okay but it doesn't turn on with all it needs and one has to manually turn on the Lasers. I would like to say it looks great and love that the lasers move independently for the effect of moving stars... But it needs work. It should have an Alexa wireless control to complete anyone's rating to give it 5 stars, it has none and a very basic design for the price, not worthy!

I returned this unit for a couple of reasons:1. The green stars aren’t subtly green. They are green to the point of dashing any illusion of being a night sky. Both my spouse and me asked, why would they do this?2. The stars are in too obvious of a grid pattern. This also removes the illusion that you are looking at anything in nature.I only deducted two stars for these issues because the problem was my expectations rather than an issue with the product itself. That being said, any descriptions or reviews about this that say anything about resembling a night sky or being realistic should be viewed with suspicion.

This was a well thought out choice. Not wanting to give a poor quality gift I read reviews, watched YouTube videos, etc. We really like this product. I tried it out before I wrapped just in case it was disappointing. I was blown away.The unit itself is very light weight plastic but no problems. Assembly was simply plug in and turn on. We put it atop a small container near the floor...it projects across the entire ceiling and down the walls .My son has it in his basement so it is dark. He loves the "cloud" scene. Big hit with his teen friends.

I used it so much when I first bought it. Great move when you have a date over for the first time. ;)Need to dig it out of my closet again. Great purchase.