Dealextreme 50mW red is actually a 635nm red laser !!

Jesus. Is this all about "winning the game?"

ITS A THIRTEEN DOLLAR LASER.

And you know what I got for my $13?

A THIRTEEN DOLLAR LASER.

And this is some broad statement on a "consumerist over-zealous society" ?

Give me a freaking break. It's not a paradigm shift. It's not a social statement. It's not "meta".

You know what I -did- get for my $20 gamble on ebay a few weeks ago?

Yeah. a 40mW 635nm diode that I built into a nice 18650 host.

And now for my $13 gamble I have a $13 650nm laser coming. Seeing as... my brother just asked me if I could get him a 650nm pointer..... uh.. I'm failing to see the...

nevermind....

.... Next?

Hmm. The only person I see with their panties in a knot over these being 650 and not 635 is you and I don't even see your name on the list of people who participated.

Let's see in this thread I've posted

"I'm interested. PM to be sent shortly. Even if it's not 635 I could use a red pen to complete my RGV pen set."

"... $12 is a good price for a decent red pen and if it's a 635 that's even better. Thanks again for organizing the GB for those of us in the States!"

"Bummer they're not 635 but everyone knew they likely wouldn't be but an over speced 50+ mw pen for $20 shipped is still a great deal. Thanks for organizing this and hopefully they all clear customs safely."

No whining from me. In fact the only whining I've seen is from you. Everyone knew going into this GB that there was a 99.9% chance that these would be 650 and I'm fine with that. Sure I'd loved it to be a 635 but now I have my 635 DIY pen, soon to be this 650 pen, and my LOC 660 build so now with the exception of a red HeNE my red collection is complete.


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Forgot to say thanks again DJNY for organizing this and getting them shipped out. Hopefully it'll arrive early next week.

I don't have any reds apart from a 5mW DJ gave me. Thats why I participated. Yes, I was counting on the fact that they were probably going to be 650, but since I wanted one anyway either outcome would have benefited me at the time.

I really don't think someone who really wanted a 635nm would do this, they would just go ahead and buy a 635.

-Sal

What's the divergence on this laser ?

The funny thing is after reading all this ridiculous bickering the only person i see whining is TOWNES. why do u care about proving a point noone here cares about, its distasteful. furthermore the fact u care so much about other people spending a measely $20 shows your probably some little kid who doesnt get that much in his allowance.....grow up or leave.
-Nick

ps all i care about is opening that package with my 50mw in it. money WELL spent.

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Cmon! Lets not get like that towards Townes....3 people saying the same thing is more than enough! there is no need for everyone that went into the GB to do such a thing!

Just leave it...it was also of distaste to point it out again! There was NO need.

Anyway...Townes seems to have left this thread alone, so let us move on.

When people start to recieve their 660nm 50mW pen lasers from DJNY please post so we can know where abouts the shipments have reached so far.

I received mine today in good ol ashland ky! Thanks DJNY! Really cool little laser, and i absolutely love this pen host

viperx1101 said:

What I have responded to now has been in recent light of your current posts. Those posts which basically are "I told you so!" posts. And the "I told you so" was not expressed in an adult like manner, more of a negative nancy kind of way.

If your posts had been expressed in a mature context without the unnecessary name calling, then I would have had no problem with it.

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I'm delivering criticism to people who can't be taught simple logic and who can only give irrelevant responses. Besides, we're talking about a bunch of hypocrites who wag their "lasers are not toys" fingers while using their other hand to play with a cheap 50mW pen. I think this whole maturity argument is kind of redundant.

DJNY said:

Towned, you´re an idiot. At least this is the word people would call you here in Austria.

ALL of us knew that they are not definitely 635nm, but that there is a chance. The chance became smaller and smaller after other guys received their DX reds.

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I'm an idiot who was right all along. You're an idiot who still thinks there was any chance of getting a 635.

DJNY said:

It was a gamble. A gamble where people couldn´t lose. There was always a price behind the curtain. And here the booby prize is a overspec 50mW 650nm.

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OK, why don't you all just go out and buy a can of pepsi? $12 worth of cans. There are 10,000 MP3 players ready to be given away in exchange for the ring pull of a lucky can. At least I think you can win an MP3 player; there wasn't any mention of a competition on the can that I bought but there was a number underneath the ring pull. Hey, you know there's a risk you might not win one but your booby prize is the pepsi you bought. Feel like trying it out just because I brought it up? I'll just take my advertising fee from Pepsi.

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I don´t see your reason for being gleeful, but it must be something deeper inside of you.

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Although I wasn't really bragging when I mentioned getting a 635 myself, I still was right all along and gives me bragging rights; that's how it works. It's important for other people too because they might just learn to think, realise being wrong is overrated and stop making stupid mistakes. I think it's better than acting like an idiot and relying on people not to call them out on it. But some people don't like that and they get butthurt instead.

aryntha said:

Jesus. Is this all about "winning the game?"

ITS A THIRTEEN DOLLAR LASER.

And you know what I got for my $13?

A THIRTEEN DOLLAR LASER.

And this is some broad statement on a "consumerist over-zealous society" ?

Give me a freaking break. It's not a paradigm shift. It's not a social statement. It's not "meta".

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What about, say, $260 to maybe* get something worth around $1000 based on rumours from Blord? It can all be scaled up or down but it's equally a bad gamble* (*I use these terms loosely). Is the concept of principle alien to you?

I believe I said "overly consumerist" and "community": as in localised, at least, to this forum. I'm not going to get into politics here. Yes, I believe that is a sufficient description of people who buy based on rumours. I see it, I look down on it and I call it.

aryntha said:

You know what I -did- get for my $20 gamble on ebay a few weeks ago?

Yeah. a 40mW 635nm diode that I built into a nice 18650 host.

And now for my $13 gamble I have a $13 650nm laser coming. Seeing as... my brother just asked me if I could get him a 650nm pointer..... uh.. I'm failing to see the...

nevermind....

.... Next?

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OK, so? If I was ranting about everybody who took place in this group buy then what you said there might actually be relevant. I don't have some sick phobia of people actually buying things, you know. I don't come on this forum, troll through all the group buys and blindly insult everyone who takes part.

aryntha said:

nevermind....

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Try CTRL+A and backspace instead. It would have been as if you had never typed it.

LtKernelPanic said:

Hmm. The only person I see with their panties in a knot over these being 650 and not 635 is you and I don't even see your name on the list of people who participated.

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I have to join the herd to criticise the herd?

LtKernelPanic said:

Let's see in this thread I've posted

"I'm interested. PM to be sent shortly. Even if it's not 635 I could use a red pen to complete my RGV pen set."

"... $12 is a good price for a decent red pen and if it's a 635 that's even better. Thanks again for organizing the GB for those of us in the States!"

"Bummer they're not 635 but everyone knew they likely wouldn't be but an over speced 50+ mw pen for $20 shipped is still a great deal. Thanks for organizing this and hopefully they all clear customs safely."

No whining from me. In fact the only whining I've seen is from you. Everyone knew going into this GB that there was a 99.9% chance that these would be 650 and I'm fine with that. Sure I'd loved it to be a 635 but now I have my 635 DIY pen, soon to be this 650 pen, and my LOC 660 build so now with the exception of a red HeNE my red collection is complete.

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Again, I'm not attacking everyone participating in the group buy. I wouldn't have been talking about you since you were looking to buy one independently from the 635 rumour.

It was the likes of qumefox that did the whining. I delivered a rant at the end that pointed out the utter stupidity of buying one as if it was a lottery ticket and then arguing with logic.

nkgamer1990 said:

The funny thing is after reading all this ridiculous bickering the only person i see whining is TOWNES. why do u care about proving a point noone here cares about, its distasteful. furthermore the fact u care so much about other people spending a measely $20 shows your probably some little kid who doesnt get that much in his allowance.....grow up or leave.
-Nick

ps all i care about is opening that package with my 50mw in it. money WELL spent.

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Go back to school, kid. I'm not going to teach you.

LordKaramazov said:

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This horse ain't dead. It was just tired.

I think it's time everyone starts feeding the troll the -rep he's so obviously craving.. Because that's really the only reasoning I can see for the last post.. I usually try not to -rep just over matters of opinion but this has gone too far now.

I
Love these pen hosts

DJNY I just got my laser. Hey these are pretty nice man. Thanks for going through the effort with the group buy I really appreciate mine. Best regards!

Townes, you really should've let that one go...
I understand and did appreciate your warning people and pointing out the logic on the
odds behind this deal, but now you seem to enjoy arguing just for the sake of it....:tsk:

I didn't have any red in that power range, so I'm not disappointed.
I'm glad though I could order it directly, outside the group-buy.

qumefox said:

I think it's time everyone starts feeding the troll the -rep he's so obviously craving.

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You gotta be kidding me....:crackup:
-rep away if you like, but why incite others to do so for something not business-ethics or laser-safety related?:tsk:

anselm said:

You gotta be kidding me....:crackup:
-rep away if you like, but why incite others to do so for something not business-ethics or laser-safety related?:tsk:

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Because most people on the internet think they can do or say whatever they like with no repercussions. Think about it. if this same series of events and comments would have happened in a room full of people in real life, chances are good that someone would have punched him in the face several comments ago.

He should get -rep because trolling, which is about all he's doing at this point in time, should not be tolerated. It serves no constructive purpose and just pollutes the forum with unneeded posts and threads, (like this one, and most others in this thread) and the rep system is pretty much the only tool average users have against said trolls. The only other one is ignoring them, which is typically ineffective unless *everybody* ignores them, as it still leads to the same useless post generation when people react to the troll.

I just wanted to pop in and see what the result was for the "635nm" pens.
Bummer.

Good job staying civil, guys. This group really knows how to get along.
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Hey Wow! just got mine and as the red pen lasers go, this one rocks! It is doing about 70 mW on my Kenometer and it does look a bit like the color of a neon light, (particularly when the dot is near), (I am sure it is due to the brightness though), I have other 650nm lasers but the pen and low cost are two reasons I am so happy. Thanks for making it happen pal! I'll try a diffraction grating later to see if the wl is ~650 as I believe, but it's not too important to me really ... -Glenn