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Got tired of waiting for arctic so i bought this.

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They probably COULD be pot-modded, unfortunately a lot of these lasers are "assemble once" sorts of builds. But for that price you wouldn't be at too much of a loss if it wasn't moddable, and it'd probably be easier to do so than the NewWish pens.

That said I wouldn't count on a long life after potmodding them. But for the price, it's probably worth the risk.
 





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Many of these cheaper lasers use the same driver circuit; instead of producing a bunch of different drivers for different lasers.

What they do, is they put a small potentiometer, or "pot" (knob) on the circuit board, internally, where current can be adjusted.

Often, the cheaper lasers which are advertised in 'grades' of say, "5mw, 20mw, 50mw" are actually the same laser, with this 'pot' turned to different settings.

So you could buy a low power laser and increase its power. The problem is, if you turn that knob too far, it's usually *poof* without warning, so you can destroy the laser pretty easily that way.
 
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makes sense, thanks aryntha again a little of this topic but are any of you folks getting the arctic
 
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so basically a potentiometer is like a volume control; lets in more current to the "speakers" or laser diode in this case
 
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Yes, that's correct, in fact most volume controls -are- potentiometers. (also known as variable resistors). I do have two Arctics on order but I'd actually suggest people take a look at CNI's offerings in 447 if they don't want to build. Same diode, probably much better build quality. But last thing I want to do is turn this into another Arctic thread -- that tends to get things deleted lately.

Seriously, look at CNI's lasers - check Glenn's Group Buy #11 in the Group Buy forums. We need to get 10 447's on order for that to go through anyways. So bring your friends. :)
 
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I ordered late on wednesday night and it shipped out today, i ordered priority and it's coming from new york and is about 500 miles from where i live so hopefully ill get it saturday but probaly monday

They gave me a tracking number but it isn't working yet
 
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YOU work for gadgettown.... i think a lot of member with "low" or "quite.low" posts... are just member created by companies... just to sell more lasers..... all IMHO
 
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:wtf::drool:Well
Thanks very much That's good I like it
Looks like a good deal. Finding batteries may be a bit of a chore unless you already have rechargeables
 
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