589 nm or 593.5 nm laser from Laser Glow?

[drummerdimitri]

Hey guys,

I want to take advantage of the sale laser glow is having at the moment to get myself a yellow laser. I have 4 options: The Rigel 6 or 10 or the Rigel HV 5 or 10. I am not sure what wavelength I will like more since I havent seen any of the two in person nor do I know how much power would be enough to see the beam at night. I am leaning towards the Rigel HV since it apparently looks brighter than its 593.5 nm brother. I'd rather not get the Rigel HV 10 unless there would be a difference big enough to justify the price difference. Let me know what you think.

Thanks!

 

[ZRaffleticket]

593.5nm lasers are notorious for poor stability, I don't own one myself so I can't tell you my experience with them.

I do own a 589nm laser, and I can tell you that 4.5nm won't make much of a difference at all in terms of color or brightness.

 

[drummerdimitri]

Great! Should I get the Rigel HV 5 or 10? Will there be a significant increase in brightness between the two models?

 

[ZRaffleticket]

You will be able to tell the difference, however it won't be much. Get whatever your budget allows!

 

[drummerdimitri]

I just bought the Rigel HV 10. I currently have mixed feelings about jumping in too fast, but worst case scenario I will just have to sell it at the same price I bought it for after the sale has ended. It is after all holiday season and this is my Christmas gift to myself hehe.

 

[Kartracer00]

Update? : D

 

[drummerdimitri]

Update? : D

The laser hasn't been shipped yet, so it should take around 2 weeks to reach me. I will let you know as soon as I receive it.

 

[Smeerworst]

Ahh dang it...

I would have gone with a CNI portable unit taking a 18650 cell.

I have a Rigel HV pro 50 and it take's only a 3.0V cr123a cell, and i pritty much hate it on that part.. (so much that i'm willing to send it to someone that has the skill to transfer it into another host *any volenteers ?* i provide a host with it.

My next yellow would have to swallow a larger capacity cell for sure!

 

[ZRaffleticket]

Having capacity problems again smeer? You know what needs to be done

Edit: wow my monitor takes a beating during test runs.

 

[Smeerworst]

Having capacity problems again smeer? You know what needs to be done

Edit: wow my monitor takes a beating during test runs.

I don't know what needs to be done, i'm open to all offers, even if it means the dead of a diode in the progress ^^

 

[ZRaffleticket]

I'm sure you can get jayrob or mrcrouse to do it, both of them have worked for me and I don't have any complaints :beer:

 

[drummerdimitri]

I received my yellow laser today and I am really enjoying its color. My unit peaks at 22.1 mW and averages 17.1 mW, so it is on the upper end of its power range. However, I am still having a hard time justifying the cost of these pointers. I noticed what seems to be a thermal probe underneath the lens that gives me a small circle next to the dot. Are these lasers thermally regulated?

 

[Lolvo]

I received my yellow laser today and I am really enjoying its color. My unit peaks at 22.1 mW and averages 17.1 mW, so it is on the upper end of its power range. However, I am still having a hard time justifying the cost of these pointers. I noticed what seems to be a thermal probe underneath the lens that gives me a small circle next to the dot. Are these lasers thermally regulated?

Get some beamshots up! Want to see how bright 17mw of this nm is!

 

[Kartracer00]

I received my yellow laser today and I am really enjoying its color. My unit peaks at 22.1 mW and averages 17.1 mW, so it is on the upper end of its power range. However, I am still having a hard time justifying the cost of these pointers. I noticed what seems to be a thermal probe underneath the lens that gives me a small circle next to the dot. Are these lasers thermally regulated?

Hmm. That is indeed weird. Im sure Laserglow would know the correct answer to that.

Post up some pictures!