IE: Oh ya, I know. And I agree.
I am sort of puzzled by where this "1300mW" figure keeps coming from, and why. This is not the first 1300mW laser we've seen claimed somewhere. While the magnitude of that farce doesn't shock me, the specificity of it does. That's a very unique power rating, and probably wouldn't be my natural choice if I was going to fake a high power.
I can see "1000mW" or "1250mW" or "1500mW". But 1300mW is not a number that most people would jump to. Further, the "1300mW" 532s that I've seen elsewhere, are different hosts. So it's not like there was one supplier somewhere that created the fake units, and the disseminated them to a bunch of different sites. Even DD had a "1.3W". Now yourlaser.com does, and so does Warn.
I guess what I'm wondering, is whether there IS a reputable 1300mW 532nm from a respected company, and each of these Chinese clones is just an attempt to ride that unit's coattails? I know CNI doesn't advertise a 1300, but maybe someone else like Jet does?