Hi. So I ordered the typical "mass manufactured" 1watt blue lasers you see on Ebay, for about $35 it was off from $59 supposedly. I did receive it 3 days ago without any issues, very fast and packaging was also adequate. The laser does burn as intended, and the beam is extremely bright in the night sky and it is extremely visible during indoor settings, comparable with a 100mW 532nm green laser. The burning ability is very impressive, it set my old ass computer chair on fire when I focused it, literally a small flame formed and I had to blow it out, which tells me that this is well above 500mW in power, because 500mW can't set anything ablaze.
My question is, how are they able to mass manufacture this for an extremely cheap price? Why are legitimate sources also selling this higher quality lasers at 3watts for something like $200. In 2007 this type of laser would be extremely expensive like $900 or something.
P.S. there is just one issue that seems to be a problem with the ebay laser, the issue is the end cap/conductivity. The cap when screwed on doesn't really turn the laser on I had to adjust the cap for the laser to work properly. But it does work 100% with no power drop. The end cap/ button is the only issue.
My question is, how are they able to mass manufacture this for an extremely cheap price? Why are legitimate sources also selling this higher quality lasers at 3watts for something like $200. In 2007 this type of laser would be extremely expensive like $900 or something.
P.S. there is just one issue that seems to be a problem with the ebay laser, the issue is the end cap/conductivity. The cap when screwed on doesn't really turn the laser on I had to adjust the cap for the laser to work properly. But it does work 100% with no power drop. The end cap/ button is the only issue.
