Daguin's communication/support was excellent. just as you'd like, he replied to PM's almost immediately.
i think he shipped the laser out on saturday and i recieved it in the uk the following wednesday.
the parcel was packaged very professionally, with lots of peanut/bubblewrap in a flat cardboard box.
to my surprise i recieved a bonus package which consisted of 25 pieces of optics. i've not had a chance to play with the optics yet but i did see some FS mirrors/prisms/filters/focusing lenses and many many more optics which i dont recognise, nor do i know what they do. not everyone sends out a kit of 25 optics for free, thanks Dave!
i cant say how much i paid for this, it will cause havoc but i will say it was way below $200.
this is the infamous phr803t diode with a lava flexdrive in the MXDL host, running off 3 AAA batteries.
this is an experimental unit running at 200mA, maybe one of the highest powered blurays about so it has a strict duty cycle of no more than 45 secs on.
when testing the output on my Kenometer, i did 3 tests, each lasting for 45 seconds.
the average output during these tests was 203mw.
so overall im very pleased with the laser, its alot more stable than i expected.
the only thing i ever doubted was the host. it looked really big when i saw the pics but in reality its alot smaller and sturdy and fits in the hand nicely.
the beam is noticeably brighter than the 85mw bluray side by side but not too much brighter that it drowns it. i popped a balloon instantly from 3 meters away and lit a match up close. im sure when focused correctly, it may light a match at 2 meters. now, its just a matter of me adapting to the short duty cycle this laser has. im sure this will quickly become one of my favourites.
thanks again to Dave for sending me an amazing laser at a special price.
i think he shipped the laser out on saturday and i recieved it in the uk the following wednesday.
the parcel was packaged very professionally, with lots of peanut/bubblewrap in a flat cardboard box.
to my surprise i recieved a bonus package which consisted of 25 pieces of optics. i've not had a chance to play with the optics yet but i did see some FS mirrors/prisms/filters/focusing lenses and many many more optics which i dont recognise, nor do i know what they do. not everyone sends out a kit of 25 optics for free, thanks Dave!
i cant say how much i paid for this, it will cause havoc but i will say it was way below $200.
this is the infamous phr803t diode with a lava flexdrive in the MXDL host, running off 3 AAA batteries.
this is an experimental unit running at 200mA, maybe one of the highest powered blurays about so it has a strict duty cycle of no more than 45 secs on.
when testing the output on my Kenometer, i did 3 tests, each lasting for 45 seconds.
the average output during these tests was 203mw.
so overall im very pleased with the laser, its alot more stable than i expected.
the only thing i ever doubted was the host. it looked really big when i saw the pics but in reality its alot smaller and sturdy and fits in the hand nicely.
the beam is noticeably brighter than the 85mw bluray side by side but not too much brighter that it drowns it. i popped a balloon instantly from 3 meters away and lit a match up close. im sure when focused correctly, it may light a match at 2 meters. now, its just a matter of me adapting to the short duty cycle this laser has. im sure this will quickly become one of my favourites.
thanks again to Dave for sending me an amazing laser at a special price.
