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I bought yobresal's $180, 445nm 1W build. It came with a copper heatsink, battery charger, batteries and the wonderful laser. The packaging I wasn't too proud of, the paper envelop was very crinkled and ripped open in small patches. I told him about this, and he said he will package differently from now on. But, this is mostly due to the fact that UPS throws packages around a lot.
Anywho, the laser host looks is smaller than I expected, but very close. The heatsink has some nice weight and seems to cool well. The 405 lens was loose from no spring in between the focusing lens and the module (the heatsink itself is the diode housing). But, no spring is good, as over time metal shavings can add up and damage the diode. That was solved by some teflon tape. The laser has an AMAZING beam indoors, even though I shouldn't be looking at it without goggles in the first place. It instantly burns stuff. It is a nice deep blue color, almost violet depending on what lighting your eyes are used to. Overall, very impressed.
Here is the first, fast preview of it
YouTube - 1W Blue Laser - Preview
Beam videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP0st0vROM8
As for pictures, here are pictures of the laser itself
http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/1342/sany0039sr.jpg
http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/6362/sany0034l.jpg
http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/2963/sany0035f.jpg
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/8088/sany0036b.jpg
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/8384/sany0037i.jpg
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/9339/sany0038gt.jpg
Here are pictures of beam shots. I would have uploaded the pics to LPF itself, but I did this for full resolution pictures.
http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/1673/sany0025o.jpg
http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/6619/sany0010s.jpg
http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/4394/sany0012w.jpg
http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/5719/sany0013v.jpg
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/7415/sany0014e.jpg
http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/2028/sany0015k.jpg
http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/5651/sany0016z.jpg
http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/4726/sany0020n.jpg
http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/4382/sany0021q.jpg
http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/8795/sany0022a.jpg
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/2082/sany0023i.jpg
http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/3103/sany0024o.jpg
Anywho, the laser host looks is smaller than I expected, but very close. The heatsink has some nice weight and seems to cool well. The 405 lens was loose from no spring in between the focusing lens and the module (the heatsink itself is the diode housing). But, no spring is good, as over time metal shavings can add up and damage the diode. That was solved by some teflon tape. The laser has an AMAZING beam indoors, even though I shouldn't be looking at it without goggles in the first place. It instantly burns stuff. It is a nice deep blue color, almost violet depending on what lighting your eyes are used to. Overall, very impressed.
Here is the first, fast preview of it
YouTube - 1W Blue Laser - Preview
Beam videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP0st0vROM8
As for pictures, here are pictures of the laser itself
http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/1342/sany0039sr.jpg
http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/6362/sany0034l.jpg
http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/2963/sany0035f.jpg
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/8088/sany0036b.jpg
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/8384/sany0037i.jpg
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/9339/sany0038gt.jpg
Here are pictures of beam shots. I would have uploaded the pics to LPF itself, but I did this for full resolution pictures.
http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/1673/sany0025o.jpg
http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/6619/sany0010s.jpg
http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/4394/sany0012w.jpg
http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/5719/sany0013v.jpg
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/7415/sany0014e.jpg
http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/2028/sany0015k.jpg
http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/5651/sany0016z.jpg
http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/4726/sany0020n.jpg
http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/4382/sany0021q.jpg
http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/8795/sany0022a.jpg
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/2082/sany0023i.jpg
http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/3103/sany0024o.jpg
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