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Thanks to Ricker, I got my first direct diode green laser today. I've been around lasers in the lab/educational seting, but I'd never seen the green or 462-470nm blue diodes before.
First impression of it is that it seems to be pretty close to the green of a stoplight. Seems more pure green than 532nm side by side, but I'd say the difference is pretty small. The difference still pretty aparent to me. I don't know that I can pick a favorite green unless I look at an underdriven one towards the 510-515nm area.
Beam was awesome at night, but the mild multimode nature of the PLP520-B1 was still definitely aparent with some splash and some divergence when it hit the clouds. Not nearly as bad as most of the 445's I've experienced though.
I wasn't all that interested in direct diode green for reasons other than reliability, but I think I might like to put a single mode in a leadlight to use more frequently as a pointer.
Seeing one at a really high power must be really impressive, but I think I would still want a 532nm in Class 4 if I get to that point since I like beam quality.
As for the mech mod setup, I've never really paid attention to vape stuff, so I couldn't quite picture the size even though I knew the dimensions. Size turned out perfect for me though. I've loved the look of them since RedCowboy posted about the mech mod setups a few months ago, and I definitely still do. Maybe I'll make some builds in these eventually. I would, however, like to see copper, anodized, or more aggressively finned heatsinks in the future. It'd also be cool to see it bundled with drivers for a JAD (and mech mod) kit.
Photos were too blurry, so I'll reattempt soon.
Edit:
~60mW 532nm on left, and ~70mW 520nm on right. Note the multimode splash from three element lens.
Beamshots not ready.
First impression of it is that it seems to be pretty close to the green of a stoplight. Seems more pure green than 532nm side by side, but I'd say the difference is pretty small. The difference still pretty aparent to me. I don't know that I can pick a favorite green unless I look at an underdriven one towards the 510-515nm area.
Beam was awesome at night, but the mild multimode nature of the PLP520-B1 was still definitely aparent with some splash and some divergence when it hit the clouds. Not nearly as bad as most of the 445's I've experienced though.
I wasn't all that interested in direct diode green for reasons other than reliability, but I think I might like to put a single mode in a leadlight to use more frequently as a pointer.
Seeing one at a really high power must be really impressive, but I think I would still want a 532nm in Class 4 if I get to that point since I like beam quality.
As for the mech mod setup, I've never really paid attention to vape stuff, so I couldn't quite picture the size even though I knew the dimensions. Size turned out perfect for me though. I've loved the look of them since RedCowboy posted about the mech mod setups a few months ago, and I definitely still do. Maybe I'll make some builds in these eventually. I would, however, like to see copper, anodized, or more aggressively finned heatsinks in the future. It'd also be cool to see it bundled with drivers for a JAD (and mech mod) kit.
Photos were too blurry, so I'll reattempt soon.
Edit:
~60mW 532nm on left, and ~70mW 520nm on right. Note the multimode splash from three element lens.
Beamshots not ready.
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