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Laser Contest #1 - Best Laser under $100

Who has the best laser under $100?

  • Pman

    Votes: 1 2.8%

  • scumbagatheist

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • jayrob

    Votes: 1 2.8%

  • Atomicrox

    Votes: 3 8.3%

  • wannaburnstuff

    Votes: 3 8.3%

  • wheedy

    Votes: 1 2.8%

  • grainde

    Votes: 19 52.8%

  • styropyro

    Votes: 12 33.3%

  • bloompyle

    Votes: 1 2.8%

  • Speedy78

    Votes: 2 5.6%
  • Total voters
    36
  • Poll closed .
bloompyle

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That's about average for a lower power application of them. They can hit 250+ if he wanted to push it.

I already know what I'm building next, and I'm very proud of my E2 pen build.
 





IsaacT

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I finished a PL450B pen build similar to SP's, but I made a very different choice than most people. Unfortunately I am not getting the power I think I should be getting with 2x AAA batteries, I am hoping the Li-Ion 10440 Batts I have on the way will be effective in allowing the diode to sustain ~175mW, rather than having it fall to ~100mW.
 
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10180 Li-Ion's only have a current capacity of 60-90mAh, so you would be looking at a really weak laser if that was your power source.
 
Lazerbeak

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:eek: I was hoping it would be higher :( Hmm my tiny RC lipos put out 150ma and 240ma might have to look into those. :thinking:

Appreciate the info Issac :beer:

~ LB
 
tonyt

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Geese this is such a hard decision! I still don't know who to vote for!! So many fantastic builds.. How long do we have left to vote?
 
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Lazerbeak

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tonyt said:
Geese this is such a hard decision! I still don't know who to vote for!! So many fantastic builds.. How long do we have left to vote?
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Ditto Tony :)

Jayrob, you are the Man! Will be in touch :D

~ LB
 
Gun

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Yes, at exactly 01:09 AM Australia time ;)

Also guys, if you voted for someone leave a comment here saying who you voted for and why you did so.
 
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Pman

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K, voted and part of me hated picking. There's so much nice stuff here that what I ultimately went with was what unit I would most like to have in my collection. Would throw out that I love seeing all the "different" ingenious things to stuff a module into.
Voted for Styropyro which shouldn't come as much of a surprise for those who have seen some of what I've done. Big fan of the pen style units as they tend to be discrete and have a wow factor that big units have a hard time competing against. Expect a big unit to be powerful but I find that all it takes to shock someone is a cheap 532nm as most "normal" people have never even seen one.
This build is small, elegant and has a decent WOW factor.
 
tonyt

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OK! Finally voted! I actually had to get my mrs to choose which one she liked most to support my theory.. She chose well as she picked the exact one i chose too!

Good luck fellas!!
 
Gun

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tonyt said:
OK! Finally voted! I actually had to get my mrs to choose which one she liked most to support my theory.. She chose well as she picked the exact one i chose too!

Good luck fellas!!
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Would you like to tell us who you voted for and why? There's not much point of keeping it anonymous :p
 
tonyt

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Ok, so it came down to styropyro, bdgreenb and grainde. I love the pl450's so that cut out bdgreenb. I honestly love styropyro's host and the beam looks incredible but that mirror polish on grainde's host just took the cake.. That is how my Mrs explains it. Sort of. Lol
 
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