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Hello guys!
finally on 17 April I got back from the warranty my Rayfoss 532nm 250mW torch style.
as previously said on this thread, it wasn't tem00 as it should be.
anyway dealing with Faona was a pleasure, she provides a great customer service.
the price was very good (295$ with battery and charger) and the shipping was superfast (paid on 15 December 2009 and got on 23 December 2009).
now, let’s start the review...
the laser is really solid feeling.
the dot is very very bright so the safety goggles are a must.
the beam is visible even in a lit room and in the night the laser looks like a lightsaber
the beam is focused to infinity and at the aperture it is quite large.
does this mean it not burn? Of course, not.
look at my mousepad:
it can do everything an high powered laser can do (pop balloons, light matches, …)
the only 2 things which could be improved are:
-1: the blue led indicator should be less bright
-2: the laser is perfectly round so, if you lean it somewhere, you had to take care it doesn’t roll away and fall.
Now some pics:
the laser:
the beam (without smoke):
beam video (without smoke):
burning video:
Specs:
-Sizes
full length: 195mm
head diameter: 38mm
body diameter: 30mm
weight (without battery): 337g
-Power consumption
the laser uses a 18650 battery. the input current is about 1,6A, so the power consumption is about 6,5W.
-Duty cycle
Faona told me the duty cycle is ~60 seconds on and ~10 seconds off.
After 70 seconds it isn’t warm so I think it could stay more time turned on but better not to risk
-IR filter
I have done a test concerning the emitted IR light: I put between the laser and the LPM my safety goggles. the reading on my LPM was 5/6 mW so the laser doesn't emit any IR light.
-Divergence
to calculate the divergence I measured the dot diameter at 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 5 meters and I done an interpolation to get the most reliable measurements.
then I used this utility I made: http://lserver.dyndns.org/download/LaserUtilities.exe
the results are:
beam diameter at the aperture: 1,66mm
beam divergence: 1,66mRad
-Power
the LPM I used is my lasersbee I with data logging.
Power graph:
as shown in this graph, the laser as an average power of 301mW and a peak power of 372mW.
In the first 2 tests the power was lower because the laser wasn’t still warm enough.
Conclusion
This is a great laser! great price/quality ratio. Very powerful.
finally on 17 April I got back from the warranty my Rayfoss 532nm 250mW torch style.
as previously said on this thread, it wasn't tem00 as it should be.
anyway dealing with Faona was a pleasure, she provides a great customer service.
the price was very good (295$ with battery and charger) and the shipping was superfast (paid on 15 December 2009 and got on 23 December 2009).
now, let’s start the review...
the laser is really solid feeling.
the dot is very very bright so the safety goggles are a must.
the beam is visible even in a lit room and in the night the laser looks like a lightsaber
the beam is focused to infinity and at the aperture it is quite large.
does this mean it not burn? Of course, not.
look at my mousepad:
it can do everything an high powered laser can do (pop balloons, light matches, …)
the only 2 things which could be improved are:
-1: the blue led indicator should be less bright
-2: the laser is perfectly round so, if you lean it somewhere, you had to take care it doesn’t roll away and fall.
Now some pics:
the laser:
the beam (without smoke):
beam video (without smoke):
burning video:
Specs:
-Sizes
full length: 195mm
head diameter: 38mm
body diameter: 30mm
weight (without battery): 337g
-Power consumption
the laser uses a 18650 battery. the input current is about 1,6A, so the power consumption is about 6,5W.
-Duty cycle
Faona told me the duty cycle is ~60 seconds on and ~10 seconds off.
After 70 seconds it isn’t warm so I think it could stay more time turned on but better not to risk
-IR filter
I have done a test concerning the emitted IR light: I put between the laser and the LPM my safety goggles. the reading on my LPM was 5/6 mW so the laser doesn't emit any IR light.
-Divergence
to calculate the divergence I measured the dot diameter at 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 5 meters and I done an interpolation to get the most reliable measurements.
then I used this utility I made: http://lserver.dyndns.org/download/LaserUtilities.exe
the results are:
beam diameter at the aperture: 1,66mm
beam divergence: 1,66mRad
-Power
the LPM I used is my lasersbee I with data logging.
Power graph:
as shown in this graph, the laser as an average power of 301mW and a peak power of 372mW.
In the first 2 tests the power was lower because the laser wasn’t still warm enough.
Conclusion
This is a great laser! great price/quality ratio. Very powerful.
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