200mW black/aluminium "fat head" greenie from FocalPrice ($52.61)

[mhakali]

Hello.

Thought I'd do a recap on one of FP's lesser requested-for lasers. Their LP127B. This pointer is a 200mW specified greenie.

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General Properties:

• 200mW
• 532nm +-10nm
• Fair beam! Not the tightest. But tight!
• Runs on 1x LIR123A battery
• Middle-range price ($52.61)
• Available here

Pointer build quality:

This pointer has an Excellent build design!

I cannot describe enough how good this feels to hold. It has a slick smooth black-polished aluminum shell. It's solid metal through and through. It has an extra expanded heat sink over the diode part. Only an additional picture can describe it:

The push button is firm. It dosen't give Any hastle. It was a very long time ago I felt this confident with a good built pointer in my hand.

It's fairly small. But it by all means feels sufficient!

Beam quality:

The beam divergence is good. It has a fairly tight beam. It has no apparent artifacts. And it has a clear visible beam.

It's very clear in a dark night sky. And/or even fairly visible in a daylight lit room.

Nothing more to say here I suppose

Power output:

So far so good. However the power output disappoints.

It cannot light a match. It has the burning capacity as the "unlabeled" 50mW FP pointers for $14 (FP LP115B review).

The S-LPM (Skin/Sting Laser Power Meter) says somewhere about 80-90mW.

Too bad with this finish on an otherwise great design!

It's due to this not worth it's close-to $53. I've requested a partial refund of FP for underspec. They usually accept this and compensate quite fair. Which is a good thing about FP indeed!

I'll end the review with two more pics:

#1

#2

Almost time to sleep! ^__^

 

[rangedunits]

very, nice review it look like my romissen 30mw

 

[realista]

nice laser. hei .. i noticed you bought a lot of lasers... and reviewed them Xd do you work for focalprice or other companies? XD you have ONLY 40 posts... BUT you done a lot of reviews.... that's good. is nice to find new members like you! however... i 'm deciding to buy a lpm... the little laserbee..that read from 1 to 120mw... i think that it is a must buy for everyone.it is cheam .. and should be ok for all the cheap lasers..... so i will check my future 200mw silver pen 38$

how MUCH do you think FP will you refund?15/20 $?

OT: do you ask also for the 38$laser a refund? i think yes. you can PM me the if you want say me the import of the partial refund .... it could also help me IF ( hope not) i receive a bad unit

 

[mhakali]

nice laser. hei .. i noticed you bought a lot of lasers... and reviewed them Xd do you work for focalprice or other companies? XD you have ONLY 40 posts... BUT you done a lot of reviews.. [...]

Nope. They don't hire in Sweden... :> And yeah. More lurking, less posting. When I post it should count for something.

I do however import these and add a percentage for customers in Sweden in 2nd hand and auction sites around. Many like that I have their back and test the stuff out before they get to them (especially as I seem unable to lie about what I think of the products to them ). And I get a great opportunity to put up some reviews before they go.

how MUCH do you think FP will you refund?15/20 $?

I expect them to refund $0. But depending how persistent I am I may get something.

OT: do you ask also for the 38$laser a refund? i think yes. you can PM me the if you want say me the import of the partial refund ....

No. Not for that price tag. It was a known risk. And it performs quite well.

 

[BrewCityMusic]

I love these hosts! Awhile back, I bought a bunch of these from SZW for like $18 each in the 50mW version, dumped the modules cheap (I think I sold 6 of them for like $40 or so shipped) and put OL and RF modules in them for resale - nice to see someone else appreciates them too!