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IgorT 100mW Blu-Ray review + pix

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So a while ago I placed an order for a ~70mW blu-ray from IgorT. What I got was a 100mW+ beast of a blu-ray! Here's the thread.

I've taken a week to fully try this baby out. Too many times have I posted a positive review too early and then it breaks soon after. You may notice that I like to do my reviews in point form. Don't like it? Tough. =P

But no! This thing is still going fine and I've used it for about 3 hours total burning things, fooling with the beam and other stuff.

This thing is built into a Romisen flashlight, and runs off a AA-sized 14500 li-ion battery. Here's the ones I bought.

Here's what I got out of it in the first 10 minutes.

It has awesome fit and finish, feels smooth and heavy, all the lines match up.

There's NO jiggling or anything!

I love the head-cap for pocketing without worry of smudging your lens.

Beautiful and innovative design - so solid and great to look at and touch ^_^

About the wavelength and power itself:

Burns better than my dilda - which is twice the output!

You can get so many colours on different surfaces! so far: 488 blue, 473 blue, yellow, orange, green, bluish white... my favourite is the 473 blue which you can get simply by shining it on a normal sheet of paper.

You'd be amazed at how many things fluoresce! point it around a room at night and see what objects stand out!

With the headcap on it works as a flashlight with buckets of flood: lights up a whole room with an alienesque glow

The beam is so beautiful, I could watch it for hours and shine it around.

I believe it's the only wavelength where it's just as fun with 'safety' glasses on! my sunglasses take away the blu and leave only the fluoro! I shined it at my hand with the sunnies on and it was some sort of weird colour between sky blue and white... o_O

He included a line generating lens with the package, as well as some spare caps and a normal LED flashie (which I sort of broke... but no matter, the laser is what's important :D)

All in all:

Igor has pulled some sort of electronics witchcraft to make this thing. It's truly a masterpiece. He's a delight to talk to and answers all my questions. +1 for businessman-ness.

The laser has awesome heatsinking, the whole body is used as a big heatsink as well as the solid module. You should see how tiny the circuitry is in it :eek:

This is my favourite laser. It has won me over with its' awesomeness. Your friends may have seen a red, maybe a green, even a blue. NOBODY I KNOW has ever heard of a violet laser. It burns great too, how freakin' cool is that?!

All in all in all in all:

Awesome build quality and aesthetic value.

Pocketable without lens damage.

Doubles as an alienesque floody flashie.

Burninates like Trogdor.

Holycrapitsawesomegetitnow.

I gotta say, DON'T settle for anything less. Buy a quality product. The laser market is flooded with price one-upmanship, don't cheap out.Let me tell you, this is one hell of a quality product. I know this review is written like an advertisement. But this is because I've had it for a week, and there are no flaws, nothing I am not 100% satisfied with, and I simply love it to bits. You'll love yours to bits as well, I promise.

And here's the crazy part: Igor hasn't even given me the special coated lenses for it! moar power is imminent :D

PIX TIME :D
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Some burning on the tripod + clamp I bought from DX. It was making lots of nice smoke, but it didn't show up on the camera D: The tripod can extend its legs to nearly double the height shown btw.
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Random night pics and me attempting to capture fluorescence on camera. That's a FAIL for me.... the camera does it absolutely NO justice at all.
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This one's taken through sunnies to make it more obvious. To a human eye it's a nice 473nm colour.
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:D

And yes, my Dell computer has Apple stickers on it. =P
 





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Nice review. Nice laser. Nice tripod.

Damn I want one too. (I'm referring to the laser)
 
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Yeah... I'm looking at the tripod more than the laser...

My tripod and stuff should arrive soon. It says it'll fit an RPL, but being able to hold the weight is another thing :-/
 

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VillageIdiot said:
Burninates like Trogdor.

You are crazy, man... You made me laugh so hard, i almost cried!  What the hell is a Trogdor?!? ;D  EDIT: Never mind, i found out.  ;D

Thank you for all your kind words. I am very glad to see you happy with your laser. :) Very cool pics!



That tripod really looks appealing tho! What's the ZKU? Need to get me some! It does come with the clip, doesn't it? Looks like it was made for the lazor!

EDIT: The more i look at the tripod, the more i want it! :D



P.S. Oh, and the flashlight you broke.. I sent two more to Stan, with all your drivers, last week. So if you actually want it, it'll be there any day now.
His is for some reason working with a Li-Ion.  :-?
 
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IgorT said:
[quote author=VillageIdiot link=1216101466/0#0 date=1216101461]Burninates like Trogdor.

You are crazy man, you made me laugh so hard, i almost cried! What the hell is a Trogdor?!? ;D EDIT: Never mind, i found out. ;D
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Crazy man? He just made a very basic and overused internet cultural reference, what's the big deal?

IgorT, you didn't know who Trogdor the Burinator was. You fail SOOO hard. Even my physics last semester, even she knew who Trogdor was :)


EDIT: Yes, I edit things a lot :)
 

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EDIT:

Murudai said:
Crazy man? He just made a very basic and overused internet cultural reference, what's the big deal?

IgorT, you didn't know who Trogdor the Burinator was. You fail SOOO hard. Even my physics last semester, even she knew who Trogdor was :)


Hmm, in between posts, your reply changed dramatically. :-?

But just so you know, i was referring to his entire post, and the way he writes his stuff in general.
The Trogdor part was just what i was asking about, and i always edit what i'm quoting, so it doesn't take up half the page. ;)
 

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BTW, Murudai, you have a broken RPL? What does it do?

I just received my >400mW lazor today. I paid for it three months ago, waited for so long, hardly left the window for the last few days, so i wouldn't miss the FedEx van, and i already have to return it to the manufacturer.. :'(
 
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I had to keep editing my post to find a nice way to put it. There isn't. Even my physics teacher last semester knew about Trogdor...

http://www.homestarrunner.com/


The RPL-400 had an average of 200mW (but still peaked at 500mW) and had a very large beam diameter. Crystal shifting I say. Don't tell me the same thing happened to your 400mW, and you had to return it straight away as well?
 

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Well, mine is not an RPL. I bought it from a manufacturer directly, and they were preparing it for the last two months or so.

It peaks at 530mW, but after 3 minutes or so, it drops dramatically, ending up at 60!!!! 60mW!?!!?!??!!  :mad:

And i paid for them to put a TEC inside. The current draw from the battery is only 2.13A! If there even is a TEC in there, it is not working, which is worse, than no TEC, as it then acts as insulation, keeping the module HOT, preventing the heat from dissipating!


However, after an angry letter, the manufacturer did say they would make me a new better one. So, i will give them another chance.

But i still feel like crying. :(
 
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Yeah... at least I had an RPL-300 to make me feel better ;D

But now that I'm selling that one off... I want my RPL-400 to be fixed and come back :(

400mW green labby right? How much did you pay for it?
 

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My $25 KD50 can do 74mW, and stays above 60mW longer, than this piece of ****! :'(

In fact, i have made a green from bad DX parts, that sustained a much higher power, than where this one ends up! :(


I really have no luck with greens. I was hoping this would finally be a good one. Oh well, they will make a new one.



P.S. Does the RPL400 melt the paint on the lazerbee sensor?
 
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An RPL-400 outputting 200mW with a half-centimeter beam diameter? Not a chance, lol

My RPL-300 doesn't burn it either, averaging at 300mW with a nice tight beam. Though I did get a little mark when I focused to a pinprick my red on to it.
 

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Murudai said:
400mW green labby right? How much did you pay for it?

No, not a labby. A handheld, or rather, a shoulder mounted laser, with all them safeties.. I paid $1100 + import fees and taxes... :( But i managed to get the fees down, by pretending it cost 130 Euro + shipping..  ::)


I requested to see a 3min power graph and reading first. It was doing a very stable 500mW. Now i'm not sure it's even the same thing as in the picture. EDIT: The serial number is the same as in the picture... Hmm.. The only good thing about it is the divergence..  :'(

The worst part is that i had to wait for almost three months, so you can imagine how much i was looking forward to it.
 




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