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I just metered mine again, and now I'm getting 105 mW. Has anyone heard of a diode increasing in efficiency once it has burned for a while, or can we chalk this up to the driver acting up? (I really don't want to disassemble just to test the driver. Thermal compound EVERYWHERE.)

Yeah, Dubbya Tee Eff, buddy? Did a Mod hit the wrong button? Bandwidth concerns? Legal trouble? What happened:confused::confused:

Yes. I just got a set, and they're really quite comfy. A little snug, but they're new. Check out the link in post #2. You want style 60. I do believe there is a group buy going on right now that could save you some money. Oh, and in the link, the ones pictured are white. Mine came in black, like...

Sign me up for one diode, please. Payment upon confirmation. Oh, and I don't need the lens. Let someone else have it.

Link to my driver woes.

Okay, I'm getting 85 mW at 263 mA after 405-G-1 (faulty driver.) It's actually quite nice at this power. I might have to have two of these; one "beast" and a general pointer.

Crap. Didn't work :( Oh, well. I was rather impatient to see that blue, so I set it as high as it would go (263 mA,) and hooked it up. The laser is doing great, putting ot a steady 85 mW after Jayrob lens. I figure I'll buy another driver, and put this one on a PHR or SF-AW210 and sell it...

Not that I'm aware, and I honestly can't think how I might have. I won't discount the possibility, though. I'll try that tomorrow. Thanks for the suggestion.

Yes, I am.

Okay, so I cleaned it up and re-did everything. I have noticed that when it is configured for 140 - 280, everything works fine. It meters 20 mA low, but the range is the same. It's when I put down the second jumper that things go wonky. It'll initially meter ~ 465, but it starts to plummet as...

An 18650 cell. Edit- thinking of just undoing everything, cleaning it up, and trying again.

So I'm trying to set the current on my new Micro Boost. I've got it on a test load, and when I first switch it on, it meters around 450 mA. It also gets really frigging hot. As it heats up, the current it puts out starts to drop. I (think) I have it configured for 540 - 1000 mA. Also, turning...

I thought it was that you can't accelerate to the speed of light. Is that right?

I went with the OEMs. Two different styles.

This is very good information, but please edit it and remove the capitalization. It makes it very hard to read, which is a shame because this could prove to be very valuable knowledge.

Meh. I couldn't wait, and I already pulled the trigger on two pair. Might be in for a third, at GB prices. . .

I got my diode from the first round of AMK's group buy. I'll say this for it; it's a tough little bugger. This is the first diode I managed to break the window on. Fortunately, I broke it well enough that I could shake out the glass. I did a test run. Still lases. Cool. So I proceed to replace...

I hope this isn't considered too old for a bump. I thought of another one this morning, and no shit, this actually happened. You might be a laser nut if you find yourself thinking of your frizzy hair in terms of fast axis frizz and slow axis frizz. You might also be a laser nut if you tried...

Thanks for the help, guys! OEM looks great. I'm good for two sets if someone wants to throw together a GB on the quick. Will they mix styles within a lot of 25? Oh, and thanks for the sticky! I was getting a little pissed, thinking my thread got the axe, until I saw it up there :o

All right, I've read through the threads we have going regarding protective eyewear for 445nM, and found myself less than satisfied. I just want to know where I can get some good, trustworthy protection, preferably shipped from inside the USA. It doesn't need to be cheap; I've already dropped...