Razako
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I recently bought 2 of these cheap lasers to see if they could be the next gen True 30. I have to say that I am impressed with them so far.
Both are brighter than my dx true 30 and because they use lithium 123a batteries they are a lot more stable and don't have any dimming problems. They are also a lot smaller and lighter than the dx true 30. For the price of $30 you can buy the batteries/charger and laser. I didn't need to buy the charger because they charge in my dsd charger that also charges 18650s for my rpl.
These lasers do have one serious design flaw. The driver board and switch aren't supported by anything other than a cheap pad of foam. After a few hundred button depressions the entire driver/switch assembly starts to sink into the laser and you get bad connection/dimming problems. On both of mine this problem was easily fixed by using a glue gun to put some hot melt where the foam was to support the board. I guess for the low price some flaws are inevitable so I won't bash the lasers for this flaw too much.
I would recommend these over the DX true 30 if you already have some spare cr123A batteries and a charger for them. Improved stability+much smaller and lighter+rechargeable lithium ions=can't go wrong.
Here is the actual size of the lasers. They are shown by a dx true 30 for comparison. One is badly scratched due to an attempt at opening it up to pot mod it. I would post some beamshots but the beam looks just like the beam from a true 30 and everyone has seen those.
I recently bought 2 of these cheap lasers to see if they could be the next gen True 30. I have to say that I am impressed with them so far.
Both are brighter than my dx true 30 and because they use lithium 123a batteries they are a lot more stable and don't have any dimming problems. They are also a lot smaller and lighter than the dx true 30. For the price of $30 you can buy the batteries/charger and laser. I didn't need to buy the charger because they charge in my dsd charger that also charges 18650s for my rpl.
These lasers do have one serious design flaw. The driver board and switch aren't supported by anything other than a cheap pad of foam. After a few hundred button depressions the entire driver/switch assembly starts to sink into the laser and you get bad connection/dimming problems. On both of mine this problem was easily fixed by using a glue gun to put some hot melt where the foam was to support the board. I guess for the low price some flaws are inevitable so I won't bash the lasers for this flaw too much.
I would recommend these over the DX true 30 if you already have some spare cr123A batteries and a charger for them. Improved stability+much smaller and lighter+rechargeable lithium ions=can't go wrong.
Here is the actual size of the lasers. They are shown by a dx true 30 for comparison. One is badly scratched due to an attempt at opening it up to pot mod it. I would post some beamshots but the beam looks just like the beam from a true 30 and everyone has seen those.