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It's a DPSS, so that's highly unlikely to help and will likely just decrease the output more if the crystals don't miraculously realign. The condensation risk isn't worth it.

Definitely. I wouldn't trust it to be super eye safe, so defaulting to a good red laser is probably best in risky situations. Either way, I'm pretty sure laserBTB is the only manufacturer that made them like that, so Sky, used, or DIY driver setups are probably the only options.

Yep. It's really too bad you can't buy direct from laserBTB anymore. They had much better prices than Sky sells them at. I've always liked their products and would have bought some if I had the chance. I at least got a very nice red pointer of theirs from Hap.

Unfortunately, anything optical or electronic can really suffer from thermal stress simply due to turning off and on. It's too bad none of the diodes are left. You could have a nice direct diode pen with more power instead. Edit: If it breaks, let me know. I'd like to have a look inside.

Yeah. You have to be really careful with the 473 crystals too. They're really delicate and susceptible to moisture. Might want to ask Ultimatekaiser though. I think he's fixed a few of these.

You're right. I'd put it up to Chinese marketing trying to put as much information as possible. Maybe they thought TEM00 meant any round single dot. :D Either way, the product and seller have been legitimate in the past. They're marked up from laserbtb, but it's the only place still selling...

The alignment could be getting loose which might cause a sudden drop in output if the crystals expanded a bit and got out of whack.

What's odd with the specs? I was just linking the same LaserBTB laser OP linked just from a (currently) active seller.

Definitely make a post in the welcome section. If you're looking for Sky, they still sell to my knowledge, but their manufacturer stopped, so you might have to get anything you'd want from them soon. This is probably what you're looking for: SKY 30mW-50mW 3-Mode 520nm Green Laser Pointer Pen...

Sometimes I feel like designers just decide to troll people. I don't know how anybody could design or manufacture some things without seeing what how it looks. Literally, some product designer would have had to have stared at this thing for hours and then handled several prototypes before...

Honestly, quality is better than quantity, so don't worry about it. You can see how active the vet section is in recent posts, and it doesn't look like anybody misses much anyway. Also, looks like there's flooding near my family in North Florida. Hopefully it doesn't get too bad.

Thanks for the tip. That might also be interesting. Not looking to buy anything right away anyway. Since that lens is specifically designed for the diode, it might make things a lot easier. I've just wanted to see if the G85 has any improvements over the G84 we've seen in real-world...

I've been hearing from friends and family in Florida, and the storm surge flooding and damage in the Keys is ridiculous. No word yet on how a cousin's house fared yet. Flooding definitely seems to be an issue further north, but I haven't heard much other than that it's happening. The photos of...

Welcome Jon. You're already on track to be on the good side of the forum vets. If I might ask, what all do you do with cars that you want to build your own alignment system for? Edit: Also, try the multiquote feature so that you can avoid double posting which is frowned upon.

Re: Has anybody messed with the new 2.5W Mits diode yet? It is a dual beam diode according to specs, but it should be the newer version of that one. It is definitely sold and labeled as the G85 and not G84 though. Edit: Just to be clear, it might not be any different, but I just want to know...