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I received my Techlasers Titan a few days ago and as you are well aware, this laser was appropriately named. It is LARGE (and bright). It makes a CNI PGL III-C look tiny. It's just under 15" in length, two inches in diameter at the head and 1 5/8 inches wide at the tail.
I was initially disappointed when I saw that the others who received their Titans had stickers that were over 400mW attached to them. My sticker says 350. Well, I put it on the meter today and what a surprise. The laser peaked at 456.8mW and averaged just over 400mW sustained. I left the laser on for about 10 minutes and it never went under 375mW and stayed mostly in the 390's. I have not yet measured divergence; but can already tell that it's in TEM00 and that the beam is tight. The beam is completely visible in daylight.
The only real problem that I have with the laser is that the security key is tough to operate. It's not clear at all if the key is in the correct position or not and you have to continuously tweak the key to maintain the electrical connection. I wonder if I actually have the correct keys to the laser.
If anyone has had problems with their Titan keys, please let me know and also if anyone has come up with a solution. I wonder if the new style Hercules tail cap could match threads and replace this rickety one?
I've included a few pictures that show the massive size of the laser, also a few meter readings and a beam shot. The beam shot is a little shaky as I had the camera on a tripod; but held the laser in my hand. In one of the measurement pics, it looks like the beam comes out on an angle; but the laser is so heavy that it was actually leaning down a bit in the holder. Bill
In summary, it looks like I received a generic CNI "Hercules" for $450, which is a great deal. Thanks Niko & Steve (WL)!!!! Bill
I was initially disappointed when I saw that the others who received their Titans had stickers that were over 400mW attached to them. My sticker says 350. Well, I put it on the meter today and what a surprise. The laser peaked at 456.8mW and averaged just over 400mW sustained. I left the laser on for about 10 minutes and it never went under 375mW and stayed mostly in the 390's. I have not yet measured divergence; but can already tell that it's in TEM00 and that the beam is tight. The beam is completely visible in daylight.
The only real problem that I have with the laser is that the security key is tough to operate. It's not clear at all if the key is in the correct position or not and you have to continuously tweak the key to maintain the electrical connection. I wonder if I actually have the correct keys to the laser.
If anyone has had problems with their Titan keys, please let me know and also if anyone has come up with a solution. I wonder if the new style Hercules tail cap could match threads and replace this rickety one?
I've included a few pictures that show the massive size of the laser, also a few meter readings and a beam shot. The beam shot is a little shaky as I had the camera on a tripod; but held the laser in my hand. In one of the measurement pics, it looks like the beam comes out on an angle; but the laser is so heavy that it was actually leaning down a bit in the holder. Bill
In summary, it looks like I received a generic CNI "Hercules" for $450, which is a great deal. Thanks Niko & Steve (WL)!!!! Bill
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