lol i call bullcrap
instead of ripping you off $300
they make it $2000+ to make you "think" its legit
so you end up wasting $2000+....
I won't say that this IS legit, but I'll stand by my perspective that there's no reason it
COULDN'T BE for the $2500 price tag.
This is a weak argument, but WickedLasers at least
*thinks* they've got a "1,000 mW" for $999. Of course, there are tons of unknowns... for one, WL has a bad track record, their Arctics were under spec, and they're technically only labeling the Krypton as "< 1,000 mW".
BUT, it's still a laser that we can point to as being from a company that actually sells them. Unlike WarnLaser, I'm sure WickedLasers will actually sell a bunch of these guys. Hey, even if the Krypton turns out to be 600mW for $1000, then a simple linear extrapolation puts 1,300 mW at just under $2,500.
Or, you can snag at least 500mW of 532nm in a FireDragon host for under $400, and at that, you may end up with an overspec unit pushing more like 600 or 700. Even at 500mW of 532nm for $400, a 1,300 mW unit (again, linear extrapolation, not perfect) would clock in at around $1,000.
Of course, we can't just linear extrapolate everything here, otherwise we'd have 10W 445s for $300 in parts. But some of these comparisons are at least close enough in range that the extrapolation doesn't seem unreasonable.
Again, who knows of THIS $2,500 laser can do 1,300 mW of 532. But I don't see any reason why A laser could do that output for that price tag, in a portable form factor.
