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I've been a member here for just over a week now and you folks have seriously changed my life. Sorry for the long post but I really wanted to voice my appreciation.
What started as a curiosity buy from DX (NewWish 30mw) has blossomed into a fascinating new hobby for me. Now I'm selling off my snowboard kit and my old Mac just to fund new lasers. This weekend I ordered a Blue and a Yellow so I can try some of those fabulous effects andy_con posted in Multimedia. (Your site rocks too, Andy) My wife is getting a bit worried, so I reminded her that I haven't yet spent a fraction of what we've spent on Mountain bikes... It's working so far!
Thanks to your threads here I won't be buying from WL anymore, although I count myself lucky that I had no bad experiences with them. My Pulsar125 was delivered quickly and burns fine with the cap set, although my testing has confirmed that their "negative divergence" spec is a load of hooey. (Because the beam is oval it never gets smaller.) I believe someone here refers to it as their "Fat useless beam". LOL It suits my purposes though. I'm having lots of fun with their Optics kit as well, so I guess I got off easy.
This weekend I bought an RPL-Blue-10 from Optronics based on the fabulous reviews you folks gave Jack and his products and because I don't like the pulsed output from the Aquarius-type. That being said, I did go with a Laserglow Vega-5 for the Yellow, saving 25% with their Boxing week special. (Sorry I didn't join your GB, scopeguy_20, but I live in Toronto, home of Laserglow & Nova, and I'm just picking it up at the warehouse) Now for a Blue-Ray to round out the spectrum...
I'm hoping to get in on the next LPM GB as well as the next S-KY GB (if there ever is one...that Gold focusable version would be sweet!) and I'm in on the GB for dichros and mounts. This new hobby of mine is making Visa very happy...
All in all, I have learned an enormous amount here and hope to continue doing so. Your experience and enthusiasm pervades this forum and is a credit to you all.
Thanks, CC
What started as a curiosity buy from DX (NewWish 30mw) has blossomed into a fascinating new hobby for me. Now I'm selling off my snowboard kit and my old Mac just to fund new lasers. This weekend I ordered a Blue and a Yellow so I can try some of those fabulous effects andy_con posted in Multimedia. (Your site rocks too, Andy) My wife is getting a bit worried, so I reminded her that I haven't yet spent a fraction of what we've spent on Mountain bikes... It's working so far!
Thanks to your threads here I won't be buying from WL anymore, although I count myself lucky that I had no bad experiences with them. My Pulsar125 was delivered quickly and burns fine with the cap set, although my testing has confirmed that their "negative divergence" spec is a load of hooey. (Because the beam is oval it never gets smaller.) I believe someone here refers to it as their "Fat useless beam". LOL It suits my purposes though. I'm having lots of fun with their Optics kit as well, so I guess I got off easy.
This weekend I bought an RPL-Blue-10 from Optronics based on the fabulous reviews you folks gave Jack and his products and because I don't like the pulsed output from the Aquarius-type. That being said, I did go with a Laserglow Vega-5 for the Yellow, saving 25% with their Boxing week special. (Sorry I didn't join your GB, scopeguy_20, but I live in Toronto, home of Laserglow & Nova, and I'm just picking it up at the warehouse) Now for a Blue-Ray to round out the spectrum...
I'm hoping to get in on the next LPM GB as well as the next S-KY GB (if there ever is one...that Gold focusable version would be sweet!) and I'm in on the GB for dichros and mounts. This new hobby of mine is making Visa very happy...
All in all, I have learned an enormous amount here and hope to continue doing so. Your experience and enthusiasm pervades this forum and is a credit to you all.
Thanks, CC