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I bought a 250mw "Toplaser" from laserpointerpen.net a good 6 months ago and it is rugged to say the least. They dont sell this model anymore, they sell the "Pioneer" laser which is pretty much the same thing, but in a different style case.
Now, some may say that those models can be bought cheaper somewhere else, but the thing is, lpp takes those from the factory, takes out the crappy laser, and puts in a nice overspeced one. So, they basically just re-use the case.
The build quality is incredible. My top laser is cnc'ed aluminum, 1/4" thick. It survived the following, unintentional drops.
1x 8ft onto concrete.
2x 5ft onto asphalt.
2x 3ft onto wood floor.
1x 3ft onto asphalt while running.
a number of other small drops.
As you can tell, im clumsy. Nevertheless, Other than a few aesthetic scratches, it is still perfect.
When i first got it, it came with 2 lenses, one focusable and one fixable one. The focusable lens was nice, but it was lost a long time ago. The fixed one works fine, though you need a separate lens to focus.
Output power is 275mw green, 50mw ir, after about 100 hrs of use, so i imagine it was 280 new. The beam warms up from tem44 to tem88 over 10 seconds, which is kind of odd but the high tem modes make the beam look no different from tem00.
The pump diode is a 2.5W c-mount centered at 808nm.
They recommend a duty cycle of 1:2, but i have left it on until the battery drained. Other than getting warm, no adverse affects were noticed.
The drive circuit seems to be power regulated. And is powered by 1 18650 Battery. It comes included with the laser + a charger. Luckily for me, i have a whole crapload of 18650s :yh:
Overall, i am amazed at the build quality of lpp's lasers. If you tend to knock and drop things, they are the company for you. Also, they ship to anywhere and have excellent customer service.
Beamshots and video can be found here my 250mw Laser
There is an error in the video. Beam is 1.8mRad, not 3mRad.
Now, some may say that those models can be bought cheaper somewhere else, but the thing is, lpp takes those from the factory, takes out the crappy laser, and puts in a nice overspeced one. So, they basically just re-use the case.
The build quality is incredible. My top laser is cnc'ed aluminum, 1/4" thick. It survived the following, unintentional drops.
1x 8ft onto concrete.
2x 5ft onto asphalt.
2x 3ft onto wood floor.
1x 3ft onto asphalt while running.
a number of other small drops.
As you can tell, im clumsy. Nevertheless, Other than a few aesthetic scratches, it is still perfect.
When i first got it, it came with 2 lenses, one focusable and one fixable one. The focusable lens was nice, but it was lost a long time ago. The fixed one works fine, though you need a separate lens to focus.
Output power is 275mw green, 50mw ir, after about 100 hrs of use, so i imagine it was 280 new. The beam warms up from tem44 to tem88 over 10 seconds, which is kind of odd but the high tem modes make the beam look no different from tem00.
The pump diode is a 2.5W c-mount centered at 808nm.
They recommend a duty cycle of 1:2, but i have left it on until the battery drained. Other than getting warm, no adverse affects were noticed.
The drive circuit seems to be power regulated. And is powered by 1 18650 Battery. It comes included with the laser + a charger. Luckily for me, i have a whole crapload of 18650s :yh:
Overall, i am amazed at the build quality of lpp's lasers. If you tend to knock and drop things, they are the company for you. Also, they ship to anywhere and have excellent customer service.
Beamshots and video can be found here my 250mw Laser
There is an error in the video. Beam is 1.8mRad, not 3mRad.
