Official Review for DinoDirect 445nm Waterproof

OK. So this is my first official LPF review. I am going to be reviewing Waterproof Adjust Focus Blue Laser Pointer Pen (1 x 18650 Battery) ( 30 Reviews)
US$ 388.14
US$ 190.19 500mW 447nm Waterproof Adjust Focus Blue Laser Pointer Pen (1 x 18650 Battery)
(I paid $96.10) :beer:

First Impressions:
The total time from order to at my door was 11 days.. I live in Tampa, FL if that helps anyone.. They literally had my order processed and packaged in less than 48 hours. Quite impressive. I've read online; alot of negativity towards DD, but I decided to try em' out and see where it takes me. The package arrived today at my place of work. It was neatly packaged in a bubblewrap envelope with lots of tape and seemingly alot of thought and care put into packaging. I opened it up, to find a free gift from DD along with my lasers (i ordered a 650nm too). It actually came with instructions, although horrendously translated, I could understand the majority of it. "Avoid any of fierce bump or punch which will cause the uncovered damage on lasers' optical system". lol. Either way, it was shipped in 3 components: a tailcap, battery and host/ laser itself.

Pros:
Incredibly bright
Adjustable Focus
Burns very fast and very hot. (Sliced through newspaper in seconds!, lit a match and a cigarette! WITH GLASSES of course!)
Visible beam, even in broad daylight
Looks like heavy duty construction (aluminum host I think)
Good Heatsinking
Waterproof =)

Cons:

BATTERY IS NOT MARKED! (and i mean NOT marked at all, nothing!)
When focusing, laser may turn off/ short, not really sure. I will investigate.
Charger is in super-chinese... no labels or instructions. Plug in your unmarked Li-Ion battery and just pray it doesnt explode....
Gets hot decently fast. (assuming good heatsinking?)
Heavy. about a pound.


I would love to show yall the LPM stats, but right now im saving up some money for a LaserBee! I will post the "real deal" results when i acquire one.
But.. For a $96.00 laser, its a wonderful device with amazing output. I almost feel like its over 400mW...
Hope i did a good job. Lol. Thank you! Please give me feedback and let me know if i missed anything. Cheers!:beer:

good review. post some pics of the host and some beamshots and maybe a burning video would be nice too see.

Good review. Photos are definitely a MUST though, with any review.

Out of curiosity, what's an "official" review?

lol not totally sure.. i guess the other reviews i did... were on Facebook. LOL. Thanks though!

Nice review, I would love to know what it does on a lpm though. +1 for the effort.

do you have any other green lasers that were measured before?
maybe you can use those to "guestimate" the output of this one

lol I have a 50mW greenie (a REAL 50mW greenie), Which fires at about 70mW, then stabilizes about 45mW or so.. But comparative brightness, the 445 completely swamps the green output.. and I mean, completely. And I know 50mW of green is already insanely bright! So... I cant really say to much, but yeah ~400-500mW of 445 is incredibly bright. Very disorienting.. lol.