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This is a mini review of the 10X 532nm chrome pen laser from Cajun Lasers.
Link: 10X 532nm chrome pen laser [532PN50] - $39.99 : Cajunlasers Store
Pics at the bottom!
First off Clif is great to deal with. I had a question before ordering and he responded to my email within a matter of hours.
Price: $40 for a high-quality, high powered laser that arrives at your door in just a few days is great.
Shipping: USPS First Class IIRC, arrived in a few business days.
Host: I LOVE this host. It is thinner, shorter, and lighter than a New Wish pen. I bought this as a laser to carry around all the time, and it is very easy to forget that it's in my pocket. Everything is metal - the body, battery cap, aperture cap, even the button. There is a plastic sleeve that keeps the batteries from shaking around. The button action feels very sturdy.
Battery life: Energizer AAA's last a very long time. The output doesn't dim until the batteries are almost completely dead.
Beam quality: TEM00 all the time - it projects a perfectly round dot, even at 95 feet. NO MODE HOPPING. The beam looks about 1.5mm at the aperture to me.
Divergence: This is what blew my mind. 0.85 mRad! I had to check it 3 times to be sure. The spot at 95 feet is 26mm in diameter. The WHOLE spot (none of that measuring the brightest 90% crap).
Power: I don't have an LPM, but it can just barely cut electrical tape. IIRC that's about 50mw for a green laser with a beam this diameter.
Stability: This laser is very stable - no flickering. It reaches full apparent brightness in about 2 seconds from a cold start, and 1 second if it has been used recently. It gets just barely warm after 45 seconds, but the beam does not fade. I have not tested it past this point.
Visibility: The attached beam shot was made without fog, and shows what it actually looks like in person. At night it has more than enough power to draw a solid line in the sky. Indoors the beam is slightly visable with the lights on. The spot is way too bright to look at directly.
Beam Angle: The beam exits at a very slight angle - no more than 1 or 2 degrees. It isn't noticable unless you look down the host to check it. During normal use the beam goes where it feels like it should. With all the positives above, this becomes irrelevant.
This is definately my favorite laser out of everything I've owned, and that's a long list. I highly recommend picking one of these up!
Link: 10X 532nm chrome pen laser [532PN50] - $39.99 : Cajunlasers Store
Pics at the bottom!
First off Clif is great to deal with. I had a question before ordering and he responded to my email within a matter of hours.
Price: $40 for a high-quality, high powered laser that arrives at your door in just a few days is great.
Shipping: USPS First Class IIRC, arrived in a few business days.
Host: I LOVE this host. It is thinner, shorter, and lighter than a New Wish pen. I bought this as a laser to carry around all the time, and it is very easy to forget that it's in my pocket. Everything is metal - the body, battery cap, aperture cap, even the button. There is a plastic sleeve that keeps the batteries from shaking around. The button action feels very sturdy.
Battery life: Energizer AAA's last a very long time. The output doesn't dim until the batteries are almost completely dead.
Beam quality: TEM00 all the time - it projects a perfectly round dot, even at 95 feet. NO MODE HOPPING. The beam looks about 1.5mm at the aperture to me.
Divergence: This is what blew my mind. 0.85 mRad! I had to check it 3 times to be sure. The spot at 95 feet is 26mm in diameter. The WHOLE spot (none of that measuring the brightest 90% crap).
Power: I don't have an LPM, but it can just barely cut electrical tape. IIRC that's about 50mw for a green laser with a beam this diameter.
Stability: This laser is very stable - no flickering. It reaches full apparent brightness in about 2 seconds from a cold start, and 1 second if it has been used recently. It gets just barely warm after 45 seconds, but the beam does not fade. I have not tested it past this point.
Visibility: The attached beam shot was made without fog, and shows what it actually looks like in person. At night it has more than enough power to draw a solid line in the sky. Indoors the beam is slightly visable with the lights on. The spot is way too bright to look at directly.
Beam Angle: The beam exits at a very slight angle - no more than 1 or 2 degrees. It isn't noticable unless you look down the host to check it. During normal use the beam goes where it feels like it should. With all the positives above, this becomes irrelevant.
This is definately my favorite laser out of everything I've owned, and that's a long list. I highly recommend picking one of these up!
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