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Care and feeding of your Arctic beast part (G)2

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ZapU said:
No big deal, took it off.
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...well, now this is bothering me. I'll see if I can give my workplace a call, get that contact number, and find out exactly why they're confidential. I feel kind of bad not giving an actual reason. :p

-Trevor
 





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Update:

Added photo metering reflection and internal lens pics.
 
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I'm going to pick up a pair of radiant shades soon, although I've heard good things about the Eagle goggles. The goggles I got were horrible quality :yabbmad:
 
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sohail99 said:
My G2 wasn't sharply focused at all!!!

beam wasn't so clean with arms projecting on either side!! :(

Check out the pics of the beam of my G2 that I took -

http://laserpointerforums.com/f52/if-youve-actually-received-your-spyder-iii-arctic-post-here-53680-20.html#post815814
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Read my first link in my sig about adjusting the focus on the G1. It's basically the same procedure for the G2. Just be careful not to turn the lens/diode housing as I mentioned in the directions.
 
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Great review!
This and the one for the G1 helped me a lot.
I'm now sitting here and charging a battery. My charger seems to work alright. Can you please tell me how long it will take to charge a brand new Tenergy 2600 mAh?

EDIT: now the battery is charged. It has taken about 3h. I've asked because I didn't want to leave the charger alone. Now I can go to the supermarket ;)
 
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Vodka said:
Great review!
This and the one for the G1 helped me a lot.
I'm now sitting here and charging a battery. My charger seems to work alright. Can you please tell me how long it will take to charge a brand new Tenergy 2600 mAh?

EDIT: now the battery is charged. It has taken about 3h. I've asked because I didn't want to leave the charger alone. Now I can go to the supermarket ;)
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2-3 hrs is normal. Enjoy your Arctic!
 
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Update on the review:
I ran the OEM Sanyo battery till the laser shut down. It lasted 1hr, 20 mins.
Battery voltage was 3.53V.

Then I put in the Tenergy 2600 and ran it to shut down. It lasted 2hrs, 30 sec.
Battery voltage was 3.60V. 80 degree room, laser never got over 102.
Power dropped from 890mW at start to 825mW at end.
 
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Wow awesome review!!!

So from a flat white surface it will reflect the equivalent of a 20mW laser aimed directly at the eye? Is that what I got from this?

Wow I haven't used my Arctics much yet because I'm scared to rely primarily on the WL Glasses.

Do you know if the other lenses will reflect light back at the diode? Like the flashlight lens for example (one of my favorites :) )
 
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FutureOne said:
Wow awesome review!!!

So from a flat white surface it will reflect the equivalent of a 20mW laser aimed directly at the eye? Is that what I got from this?

Wow I haven't used my Arctics much yet because I'm scared to rely primarily on the WL Glasses.

Do you know if the other lenses will reflect light back at the diode? Like the flashlight lens for example (one of my favorites :) )
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Thanks! :beer:

The WL goggles will stop enough except a direct shot or mirrored reflection at your eyes, then it lets through about 20mW. That's about 2.5%. (20/800mW) A 20mW reflection through the goggles would be .05mW (20 X 2.5%). I use them all the time (carefully).

If you want more protection, look at the Eagle Pair goggles I link to in the G1 review. They stop 100% of the beam, cost $30. They are also very useful for taking photos of the beam spot, aiming the camera through them.

I haven't tested the reflections of the other lenses. I'm sure they do, just don't know how much. I'll run those tests and post them also.

I'm not sure how much of a problem the reflections back to the diode are. There were some diode failures in the early production G1, thought the lenses might be at fault, but I haven't heard of any on a G2.
 
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ZapU said:
Thanks! :beer:

The WL goggles will stop enough except a direct shot or mirrored reflection at your eyes, then it lets through about 20mW. That's about 2.5%. (20/800mW) A 20mW reflection through the goggles would be .05mW (20 X 2.5%). I use them all the time (carefully).

If you want more protection, look at the Eagle Pair goggles I link to in the G1 review. They stop 100% of the beam, cost $30. They are also very useful for taking photos of the beam spot, aiming the camera through them.

I haven't tested the reflections of the other lenses. I'm sure they do, just don't know how much. I'll run those tests and post them also.

I'm not sure how much of a problem the reflections back to the diode are. There were some diode failures in the early production G1, thought the lenses might be at fault, but I haven't heard of any on a G2.
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Dude, you rock man! I'm glad there's people with this kind of devotion to the hobby.
 
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