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I haven't seen any talk of Nova's Alpha lasers on this forum.
Is that itself comment on their not being worth the extra expense? I am tempted by them due to the claimed doubled duty cycle (albeit you have to allow double the time to cool off), and that they take AAs rather than AAAs- yes this means it's larger, but hardly lacking in portability, and I wonder if it doesn't impart some greater durability to it, as well.
The included key lock I am not ultra bothered about, though I think on balance I'd rather have one.
One thing that isn't obvious, is fitting optical devices to it. Nova sell a mount for the X series, but not for the alpha, and it isn't stated anywhere that you will or won't be able to use optical devices directly, without an alpha equivalent to this mount. Having seen some of the photos on this forum, especially of the DG Mega Matrix, and the fan-like flat plane effect.
Is that itself comment on their not being worth the extra expense? I am tempted by them due to the claimed doubled duty cycle (albeit you have to allow double the time to cool off), and that they take AAs rather than AAAs- yes this means it's larger, but hardly lacking in portability, and I wonder if it doesn't impart some greater durability to it, as well.
The included key lock I am not ultra bothered about, though I think on balance I'd rather have one.
One thing that isn't obvious, is fitting optical devices to it. Nova sell a mount for the X series, but not for the alpha, and it isn't stated anywhere that you will or won't be able to use optical devices directly, without an alpha equivalent to this mount. Having seen some of the photos on this forum, especially of the DG Mega Matrix, and the fan-like flat plane effect.