Sanwu Spiker review

my spiker came in today! yaaaay... cant wait to get home and try it out. just waiting on the adapter and the expander!

What a beautiful lazer!!! I have one on the way also

I'm confused as to why the "Saber Style" Spiker is $70 less than the regular Spiker, and when both are spec'd to 5W 445nm, the Saber Style is still $10 cheaper.

That math doesn't make a whole lot of sense when the saber style seems to use more raw material.

Podo, can you shed some light for me here?

Lolvo said:

I'm confused as to why the "Saber Style" Spiker is $70 less than the regular Spiker, and when both are spec'd to 5W 445nm, the Saber Style is still $10 cheaper.

That math doesn't make a whole lot of sense when the saber style seems to use more raw material.

Podo, can you shed some light for me here?

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The saber style uses less raw material. Rather than being 2x26650 it is 2x18650. This means that the battery tube volume is much smaller.

Sta said:

The saber style uses less raw material. Rather than being 2x26650 it is 2x18650. This means that the battery tube volume is much smaller.

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thanks sta:beer:

The base price listed for the spiker laser is a 3W 445nm meanwhile it's 1.6W 445nm for the saber spiker that's why their base price have a huge difference. And the spiker saber does cost less materials to make than the spiker like sta said.

ElectricPlasma, no I do not still have the dimming problem. It was clearly a battery problem that took a little bit for me to diagnose. My first set of batteries came from Ebay. One was a good battery; the other has a problem with it. I went to a Vape shop to buy two new batteries and a good charger and the laser works perfectly.

One bad high drain battery together with a good battery can cause problems. On top of that add an el-cheapo charger that indicates the bad batteries are fully charged (green light) when they aren't, and won't fully charge batteries, this makes it very difficult to figure out the problem.

I knew the laser was a good build and tested before it shipped, and that Ebay is unreliable for batteries, so this prompted me to re-think my battery/charger option. With the new charger, it was easy to see that I had a bad battery because the battery wouldn't hold hardly any charge at all, no matter how long I left it in the charger. Stuck out like a sore thumb compared to the 3 good batteries.

I paid a little more for the Spiker (non-saber). I really like the thickness and weight of it. I do need to get that adapter for the beam expander. Podo, how should I contact you to get the adapter that I failed to order? It's not listed as a separate item on Sanwu's website.