12x 450mW Blueray DYI ?

AnselmoFanZero said:

I had pretty good results with some plastic lenses as well! It depends....you cant just say glass is better...

O-like has damn cool housings for 405nm btw!

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The acrylic will be fine... for a little while. They tend to absorb some of the energy, which any material will, but glass is less likely to distort being a harder material. Acrylics tend to "lose power" with time. And, if you leave that back plate on them, you'll notice they tend to literally melt. So, metal housing and glass lens are my preference for high powered Blu-ray.

AnselmoFanZero said:

Not every lens is coated. When you write "use a glass lens because its better" its just wrong. No matter what you say. AR coated lenses for 405nm are still kinda hard t get..."hard"....

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maybe hard to get for a non member... but it is irrelevant. and listen to rkcstr he is correct.


michael

Oh and get your $184 12x BDR-205BKS at Newegg. Everything is going down!

Bionic-Badger said:

Oh and get your $184 12x BDR-205BKS at Newegg. Everything is going down!

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Free shipping right now, but still 9.75% state tax (add $18 = $203) for we here in California

Peace,
dave

Sux..I have way more important things to spend $184 on. :undecided: