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Howdy neighbor! Around the holidays I got an ebay alert for a listing with this image. 7w 488? OPSL?? Sign me up! After some talking with the seller, he also had a spare driver he was willing to sell me which is half the battle with these OPSL heads... and collimator... and high quality...

Hi all, I had a project where I binned a bunch of 505s for low-wavelength diodes. IMO, 502nm is pretty significantly different from 505nm and starts to get some blue in it. These will be complete with a 12mm module, acrylic lens, and driver with leads pre-soldered. Pretty much ready to drop in...

Heyo. Nobody made a thread reviewing these yet so here one is. I have a total of 6 diodes - 4 of them are between 425-426nm @800mA One is between 422-423nm @800mA And lastly one is 420nm @800mA This is in a part of the spectrum where color shift is dramatic over a couple nm, similar to...

Hey everyone. I filled another gap in my collection, just in time for Halloween! Does anybody remember Stephan aka farbe2's thread from last year on cryo cooling a red diode into orange? I bought one off him. Finally after some revisions, I have a fully functioning unit tuned to 618nm (we...

It's 612nm. My first HeNe is a 612nm. I feel like in some way I've failed this hobby for doing that. Regardless, when I said I made a few crazy purchases, I made a few crazy purchases. I also bought this beauty off of Sam and Phil. This is a fairly healthy one for orange, putting out 3.5mW...

Hey, The 577 isn't the only new toy I got recently. I took a small break away from that one while I try figuring out how to color correct videos... that isn't going so well. In the meantime, say hello to a 457nm DPSS laser! This (I believe) is the 457-ST-I by Sintec Optronics. As for how old it...

Hey all, it's been a long time coming, this has been on my list for years. Finally taking the opportunity to brag share the 577nm that showed up at my door a couple hours ago. I absolutely love it. I'm usually not one to typically chase high power - sure I have a few 1W+ powered diodes - but...

All I want to get out of this is a working tailcap. The one on my 589 is beyond my repair, so I'm hoping somebody has a dead 447 or 532 sitting around in a junk bin. PM me offers, I'm not the most active anymore so I may take a day or two to respond.

Hey everybody, I got something crazy again. After over 10 years in the hobby I finally managed to get my hands on my dream laser. I spent some time talking with @Phillip here about some odd laser diodes he can get his hands on, and our discussion drifted in the direction that I already have a...

Hi everyone, I bought myself a few of these just to have them in the collection. Unfortunately these are exceptionally un-interesting, unlike most other new wavelengths. Just sharing/compiling some info for those who have seen them floating around. First off, they are multimode: And second...

Hi again, looks like I was late to the party on the 559nm lasence posts. I've had this for a while now and finally got around to getting decent pictures. I've had the host even longer... failed experiment between Rich (Lifetime17) and I with the OPT modules. I've always wanted to use this one...

Hi everyone. I got my hands on a couple new toys... some 375nm UV laser diodes. First and foremost... don't expect these to suddenly start flowing in like the sharp diodes did. This find was lucky; and that's all there is to it. I'm on a couple mailing lists for diodes - every now and then...

Hey everyone, I noticed jetlasers and dragonlasers don't offer handheld 473's anymore. Anybody have one they're willing to sell? I already have a 473 labby but I've been meaning to get that portable spot filled. (sorry jnrpop!)

Hey LPF - got an interesting laser to talk about today. The 7-color RGB handheld laser... I couldn't find a name or manufacturer, but you can find it on both laserpointerstore ($299) and o-like ($269). At the time I bought it, LPS was having their black friday sale at 20% off, so I paid $239 for...

Anybody around here play smash ultimate for the Nintendo Switch? I've been itching to play some new people. Shoot me a friend request so we can play! If there's any sort of traction here I can use the first post to organize friend codes... SW-3021-3498-2915 | zraffleticket | Snake / Toon Link...

Title says it all... Anybody have a 561 or 565 they aren't particularly fond of?

607nm 170mW kvant Lab Laser Yes. PURE Orange. It all started here... ...Yup. The color: The best way I can descibe it is juicy. This is a very saturated orange color with no bleeding into red or yellow. Pure. Orange. I will say however those of us with 589's can play around with some...

I finally got it. Stay tuned...

Hi guys, quick review on one of the cheap 488 options available on ebay. A couple weeks ago, I got a notification that there was a $45 488 handheld for sale... I figured it was listed incorrectly and took a shot at it to see if they'd honor it. Turns out, after buying they took down the listing...

Getting on a roll with these well-deserved reviews... Up today is a build I've had for a long time now that I needed to make some repairs to. One of the original 505nm diodes in one of the original hosts made by badboybilly here. The diode in this host is a bit rare being a case neutral 505...