405nm 200mW laser

[StormFury]

I was looking at different lsers on the internet for a 100mW laser and saw for only $10 more I can get a 200mW laser with the same style host. I am just wondering if anyone has this laser or has had any experience with it, and whether it is a good laser or not. I will obviously buy some better eye protection when I get it, too. Here is the link to the laser.

Edit: Found a thread that has already reviewed it here.

 

[RedDart]

I was looking at different lsers on the internet for a 100mW laser and saw for only $10 more I can get a 200mW laser with the same style host. I am just wondering if anyone has this laser or has had any experience with it, and whether it is a good laser or not. I will obviously buy some better eye protection when I get it, too. Here is the link to the laser.

For 70$, you should consider looking around the forums. Maybe a member can build you a MUCH stronger one for the same price, or a little more.

Here's 445nm lasers:
Cyber 445nm - 500mW Focusable Blue Laser Pointer

LZCS 445nm - 1W Classic Focusable Blue Laser Pointer w/ Star effect

 

[StormFury]

For 70$, you should consider looking around the forums. Maybe a member can build you a MUCH stronger one for the same price, or a little more.

Looked around the B/S/T posts that are relatively recent and almost all of them are 500mW+. None are around 100-300mW which is about what I'd like right now, and most seem to be a hundred or two hundred dollars. Are there specific people you can point me to that make full lasers and lower power?

 

[Deleted member 17304]

I'm sure someone could get a 200mW 405nm into a C6 in your price range. I'm not much of a builder myself but you could ask people like blord and others who sell often.

 

[pschlosser]

keep in mind, 200mW of 405nm (violet) isn't going to look terribly impressive, compared to 200mW of 445nm (blue.) It was a let-down the first time I fired up a 405. It's pretty, but it's close to the edge of visibility.

 

[RedDart]

keep in mind, 200mW of 405nm (violet) isn't going to look terribly impressive, compared to 200mW of 445nm (blue.) It was a let-down the first time I fired up a 405. It's pretty, but it's close to the edge of visibility.

Good point