Recent content by MrViper82

the more power a diode puts out, the faster the crystals heat up. Also, the efficiency of crystals comes into play. The less efficient crystals heat up quicker because they are absorbing more energy instead of letting it pass through.

to rid of dust and such you generally don't need more than compressed air. For very dirty lens, like smudges, I'd use a professional lens cleaning brush used to clean camera lenses. They can be picked up at almost any camera shop for just a few bucks. In my opinion, this is the only sure way to...

If you got the money buy one, test it, and let us know. I'm sure it is powerful but I'm bettin average power will be far below 600mW.

I couldn't of said it any better myself. It's all about perspective. That far away you are actually looking through the beam making it seem to stop. It's like looking at the but of a pole with it lined up with your eye sight. All you can see the the end closest to you and the rest is hidden from...

a general rule of thumb, it takes four times the power for a beam to be twice as bright. With only 1.5 times power increase you will not see much diffence at all. By the way, I have a 125mW laser and it is very bright to point out stars even in town. Super brilliant beam!

Yes it is all about the crystals. No two crystals will be exactly the same, their individual structure will dictate what temp produces highest efficiency. Now, warm-up time depends on the individual crystal and current temp. If the crystal is most efficiant at current room temp than there is no...

Re: Just ordered an X125 from Nova, what to expect You will be very pleased with the x125. I just recently got one and it averages 138.3 and peaks at 140.2 according to them, no power meter. For the shipping, it depends, recently CanadaPost went on strike. I ordered on Dec. 2 and payed and...

Three weeks after ordering by airmail I finally get my x125 Peaks at 140.2 Averages 138.3 I was a little worried it would be damaged since shipping took so long, you know how they handle packages these days but it'll light matches in a second or two so I suppose it's fine, almost instant with...

No, you will need to push it out from the output end toward the battery section. Trying to push it from the inside has too much risk of damaging the board and connection to the diode.

Those pen styles are very hard to get apart, the tip is glued in. Some people have been successful using a couple pliers and twisting off the cap. This did not work for me though, just glued on too good. Heating it a little to soften the glue might make it easier, but don't get it too hot as...

Well now I'm just plain mad >:( I finally got an update on the tracking today, haven't had an update since 12/5. It's as the following: 2008/12/18 08:24 MISSISSAUGA, ON Item processed at postal facility 2008/12/05 16:00 International shipment has arrived in the destination country...

well that strike thing makes delay make sense. The problem is that I spent extra money to for faster shipping, clearly a waste of money :-[ Given the circumstances, If I get it by Xmas I'll be happy

It's a good thing Nova guarentees delivery cause I'm currently having problems receiving my package! Everybody says delivery is so fast but I ordered on 12/03/2008 and still have not received my package. They said to allow a few more days for delivery which I will, but after that I'm gonna...

Yeah, it's mode hopping. I had one just like it but 50mW. As soon as I got it, it started mode hopping. Occassionally, the button would fail to operate. I got the seller to send me a replacement though. I even got to keep the first laser but it quit working altogher before the replacement even...

Yeah, the x125 will blow you away. I ordered one also and should get it tomorrow! Can't wait.