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Hello LPF. I was selected by archeometry to do a review of his IR to Visible light converter as seen here in this thread.
http://laserpointerforums.com/f37/ir-visible-laser-converter-49006.html
And here...
http://laserpointerforums.com/f37/new-ir-vis-converter-49020.html
And here...
http://laserpointerforums.com/f42/new-antistokes-material-ir-visible-converter-49047.html
First, a picture of the product.
Looks interesting, right? It arrived in a ziplock style back, which was shipped inside of a bubble envelope via USPS. And now, the review.
I tested this product with a 980nm @ 5mW module. I'm not too crazy about this product. The vendor was very vague with it's operation, and it is just way too overpriced (Asking price = $75). As lasersbee pointed out, you can get an IR indicator that does the same exact thing for a fraction of the cost (Roughly $14). Also a drawback is the product seems fairly reflective. The vendor claims this product can withstand "W/cm2". Well, using W/cm2 seems like a good way to start a specular reflection fire. Also I had to use this product in the dark to the dot from my 980nm module. Please refer to the pictures below. I took these pics using my cell phone because my cell phone pics up IR. My digital camera does not pick up this wavelength, which made it good for taking a picture of the product in action.
First, a picture of my 473nm and the 980nm side by side. The blue color underneath the IR is just glare, please disregard.
Here, I am showing how reflective this is with my 473nm.
And now the reflection of the 980nm. I used the same box in the background as the previous pic, I just turned out the lights so my camera would pick up the IR better.
And now, a picture of the product in action with the 980nm laser.
Notice the faint large circle around the laser dot. This product actually glows in the dark (The only cool thing about it). I can only see the product work when the lights are out in my room, which I did not know until about 10 minutes before writing this review.
All in all, this thing is not worth anywhere near the money. It can't do anything that the cheap one can't. Don't purchase this thing unless you like wasting money. Product description was also very vague. I was under the impression I would also be receiving some sort of safety glasses with this as the vendor claims it's to be viewed through safety glasses and can handle multi-Watt lasers. I will now proceed to toss this in the waste can.
http://laserpointerforums.com/f37/ir-visible-laser-converter-49006.html
And here...
http://laserpointerforums.com/f37/new-ir-vis-converter-49020.html
And here...
http://laserpointerforums.com/f42/new-antistokes-material-ir-visible-converter-49047.html
First, a picture of the product.
Looks interesting, right? It arrived in a ziplock style back, which was shipped inside of a bubble envelope via USPS. And now, the review.
I tested this product with a 980nm @ 5mW module. I'm not too crazy about this product. The vendor was very vague with it's operation, and it is just way too overpriced (Asking price = $75). As lasersbee pointed out, you can get an IR indicator that does the same exact thing for a fraction of the cost (Roughly $14). Also a drawback is the product seems fairly reflective. The vendor claims this product can withstand "W/cm2". Well, using W/cm2 seems like a good way to start a specular reflection fire. Also I had to use this product in the dark to the dot from my 980nm module. Please refer to the pictures below. I took these pics using my cell phone because my cell phone pics up IR. My digital camera does not pick up this wavelength, which made it good for taking a picture of the product in action.
First, a picture of my 473nm and the 980nm side by side. The blue color underneath the IR is just glare, please disregard.
Here, I am showing how reflective this is with my 473nm.
And now the reflection of the 980nm. I used the same box in the background as the previous pic, I just turned out the lights so my camera would pick up the IR better.
And now, a picture of the product in action with the 980nm laser.
Notice the faint large circle around the laser dot. This product actually glows in the dark (The only cool thing about it). I can only see the product work when the lights are out in my room, which I did not know until about 10 minutes before writing this review.
All in all, this thing is not worth anywhere near the money. It can't do anything that the cheap one can't. Don't purchase this thing unless you like wasting money. Product description was also very vague. I was under the impression I would also be receiving some sort of safety glasses with this as the vendor claims it's to be viewed through safety glasses and can handle multi-Watt lasers. I will now proceed to toss this in the waste can.
