Lazerer Stick 50mW and Tiny 100mW Review

I'll work on this review at some point and add information, but here are the basics.

I picked up two of these: LZSK 50mW "Stick" Lasers.

AND

Two of these: LZTN 100mW "Tiny" Lasers.

I got all of them to use as presents, but before they pass into their new owners hands, I figured a little testing is was in order. I say little because a friend asked to borrow my LPM so I only did one quick test on each laser.



Without further ado, the lpm results are as follows;

LZSK Stick One peaked at 81mW, and stable at ~75mW. IR content <10mW.
LZSK Stick Two peaked at 61mW, and stable at ~55mW. IR content ~15mW.

LZTN Mini One peaked at 121mW and stable at ~105mW.
LZTN Mini Two peaked at 142mW and stable at ~120mW.

I didn't bother to test the mini's for IR... if they follow what I've seen before it's around 20-30mW of the total. If anyone really wants I'll test it out in the future.

Overall for the price these are nice lasers, and all of them came in a bit overspec. I should note the Mini's were tested with the batteries they came with, straight out of the box. The Sticks were tested with off brand unprotected 18650's, charged to 4.2 about two months ago.

LPM testing was done on an ophir LPM. My laserbee is on a road trip, so no charts for now

Nice.! These Look Great.

I would not be surprised those minis hit 140mW.

Its crazy how small they are and packs a punch. 100mW stable for such a Small laser is very nice.

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To be fair I only did 1 minute runs. Could probably do longer.

I'm also very impressed with these. These mark 3rd and fourth Mini that I got from lazerer.

Max mentioned that he switched over to a new supplier for the minis. They look identical, however the other two that I owned, neither actually hit 100mW.

One died after months of being in my pocket and quite a bit of abuse. It peaked at around 80mW, and had about 10mW of IR.

The other is still alive, and does spend plenty of time in my pocket. Peaks at ~90mW, also about 10mW of IR.

I'm VERY happy with the Minis... for the price and size they really can't be beat. Also you don't feel like hitting your head against the wall when one dies from abuse :tinfoil:

Well they have good outputs.
Mine was from Lasersman 100mW rated and peaked at 124mW (the 30% was IR)
Donated to a Friend

Cool lasers! Thanks for reviewing it!

Glad you guys like them Let me know if you need anymore info fast though... these are going to my friends very soon

Wanted to know if the mini's got warm,...
I have one (141 peak) a year old, that gets warm after 30 sec.

Ash said:

Wanted to know if the mini's got warm,...
I have one (141 peak) a year old, that gets warm after 30 sec.

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I'll try them out tonight. The older one gets warm at the ~30 second mark, don't know about the new ones yet.

how do you like the stick laser pointer? how is the divergence ? does the dot stay small at long distances?

Ash said:

Wanted to know if the mini's got warm,...
I have one (141 peak) a year old, that gets warm after 30 sec.

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Sorry, forgot about you

The new ones do get warm at ~40 seconds. I keep mine to about a minute on at a time, but honestly, for the price, I'm not that concerned about killing one.

deathstarlaser said:

how do you like the stick laser pointer? how is the divergence ? does the dot stay small at long distances?

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I really like the host, and the fact that you can run it off of 1x18650 and it's waterproof is great. At 50mW there is really no concern with duty cycle.

Divergence is crappy though, at least the way they are setup initially. They weren't properly focused to infinity when screwed all the way in. This can be adjusted, but obviously a PITA.

Also, need to double check, when I get home, but I think unlike the other versions that I handled, of this host, this one does not have a separate, discreet waterproofing lens. I'll update this post and OP over the weekend.

Thanks for review!

Ok guys... as promised and update.

I checked the lasers, and my memory wasn't misleading me.

Unlike the older 400mW o-like lasers in this same host, these do not, I repeat DO NOT have a separate waterproofing lens.

The glass lens does look like it's sealed up tight. The focusing mechanism is also nothing like it is on either of the old, same looking o-likes I used.

Henrique said:

Thanks for review!

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