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ArcticMyst Security by Avery

Oh my gawd!!

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Today I received my long awaited 12x BDR laser running at 380mA ad 555mw firepower, weighing a mere 2.2 ounces and 4 inches long.(thanks Daguin and Igor). I ripped open the package in my car, and proceeded to click the laser on. Visually it looked not much different, and I turned it off after I noticed I was burning my dashboard... I mounted it on my dealxtreme stand and ran it to the longest hallway in my house (58ft, measured awhile ago for this moment :evil:).

My 220mw SF-AW was able to pop a balloon from 35ft in about 4 secs, so I was really curious as to the popping distance of a 12x. So I then commence to power up the laser and attempt to focus a dot 58 ft away on a black piece of paper. (it gets all glowy and sparkly like :yh:) I feel it is focused enough, so I remove the paper to permit the beam to strike the balloon(it doesnt even look like a dot, I would say the diameter of the "focused spot" looked to be 1 inch long,therefore I am almost disappointed into thinking It will not turn out to be as powerful as hoped.

So I remove sed piece of paper...and in less than a second the balloon is gone. I am shell shocked. I run into my room, blow up two more balloons (dont even tie them) and run them back to the danger zone to be extinguished, one at a time in each hand. If you were in my home when this happened you would have heard a *pop* (1 sec later) *pop*.

I now scrambled up this message to provide you all with the info that, as suspected, 12x's easily hold up to their reputation. I will now do some other burns...and await nightfall to check beam-age.

Thanks for reading.

EDIT: Now that I think of it, I feel "focused" at 58ft is probably almost a parallel beam.

EDIT EDIT: With this parallel beam, I lined up 10 balloons, spaced about 1 ft apart each. I turned on the laser and shredded all 10 balloons in about 2 seconds. This thing is mad.
 
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daguin

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So they are popping even while moving around in your hand, eh?

I have burn marks on the wall opposite my desk just from quickly "checking" the focus of a new build. :whistle:

Do us a favor please. Could you keep a rough record of how long the 14500 battery charge lasts with the 12X? You don't need to be scientific about it. I just don't know if anyone has estimated well how long this battery/diode combination lasts between re-charges.

12X's are not cheap, but I think that they are worth it ;)

Peace,
dave
 
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Cmon Dave you silly goose, I said I used a dealxtreme stand for my laser :)

And I feel like I owe a favor to the forums, and I am interested myself, so I will run the laser 5 mins, let it cool, 5 mins, let it cool, until the batt goes out. Gotta charge the battery first though...
 

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Veeery impressive :)

I really would like to buy a 12X, but I just can't help but think they're gonna drop too $100 soon.
 
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I can see the diode being 100$ eventually, but not that soon. The enjoyment of it is priceless, and you can always sell a laser.
 

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Cmon Dave you silly goose, I said I used a dealxtreme stand for my laser :)

And I feel like I owe a favor to the forums, and I am interested myself, so I will run the laser 5 mins, let it cool, 5 mins, let it cool, until the batt goes out. Gotta charge the battery first though...

Meh. Don't use up your allotted photons for that. Have fun with it. Just keep a rough track of it.

Veeery impressive

I really would like to buy a 12X, but I just can't help but think they're gonna drop too $100 soon.

Not unless someone finds the engineering samples or the QC pile. Just look to the price support on the 6X still. If we didn't find the QC pile, we would still be paying $150 for 6X's!

Peace,
dave
 
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"was that 555mW with a 405 lens? " YES.

Well I am going to do it, I will not stand for rough estimations! As I feel 380mA is safe for a 12x. Plus I only imagine the battery lasting a mere 20-30minutes anyways.
 

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"was that 555mW with a 405 lens? " YES.

Well I am going to do it, I will not stand for rough estimations! As I feel 380mA is safe for a 12x. Plus I only imagine the battery lasting a mere 20-30minutes anyways.

I think you are safe with that current and the IgorT heat sink as well, but it isn't my diode ;)

Peace,
dave
 
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I am going to estimate the minutes in which I did my balloon tests, and some match lights- 6mins. But I am currently doing the 5 minute interval test.
 
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Alright Dave, so I got 51mins of run-time off that battery you sent the laser with. I am very surprised it lasted that long, way off on my estimation. Hope this satisfies you ;)
 
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Veeery impressive :)

I really would like to buy a 12X, but I just can't help but think they're gonna drop too $100 soon.
They will be <$100 sometime in the future. I am waiting them out also. Too much $$ to risk at this time.
Now, if I win the lottery or something, Look out! I'll throw a pile of them on the bed and wallow around in them. :na:
 




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