Razako
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http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.7886
I bought one of these because it looked nice and I wanted a constant on/off flashlight style laser.
I got it today and all I can say is WOW THIS IS A POS
The package was in great condition and the laser was well protected in a padded box so I don't buy the "damaged during shipping" excuse.
I took the laser out of the box and put the included cr123a primary and clicked the tailcap switch. Nothing happened... I tested the battery and that wasn't the issue. I noticed that the spring inside of the laser was badly off center and I carefully pushed it back into the middle. Tried again and still no output....
Next I tried a rechargeable 3.6v cr123a and still nothing......
When I took the battery out the spring that had been attached to the driver actually fell out of the laser.
I figured that this would be easy to fix and I took the laser apart. In doing so I found even more surprises.
This laser does not have ANY kind of IR filter!!!!!!!!!!!
The laser module was tilted inside of the laser.
The lens had some kind of chemical residue all over it that needed to be cleaned off.
The general machining quality of the metal parts and threads was horrible overall.
Next I got the the actual PCB and I'm not sure where to begin
The spring had fallen off because it had only been attached by a weak cold solder joint and the spring had only been sitting on top of the solder.....No bonding at all. Additionally the PCB had various components misaligned and plenty of crappy solder joints.
After seeing this thread.
http://www.laserpointerforums.com/forums/YaBB.pl?num=1205804079
I decided to try hooking the battery directly to the positive and negative inputs on the board. STILL NO OUTPUT. I tried messing with the pot and nothing happened. I am now convinced that this laser is completely FUBAR.
It amazes me how a company that makes such great flashlights can make such a ridiculously shitty laser. Under the shiny QC sticker and outer body this laser is complete trash. I wonder if QC even turned the thing on :
I understand that Dx lasers can be a gamble but this thing was a complete scam
DO NOT BUY!
I bought one of these because it looked nice and I wanted a constant on/off flashlight style laser.
I got it today and all I can say is WOW THIS IS A POS
The package was in great condition and the laser was well protected in a padded box so I don't buy the "damaged during shipping" excuse.
I took the laser out of the box and put the included cr123a primary and clicked the tailcap switch. Nothing happened... I tested the battery and that wasn't the issue. I noticed that the spring inside of the laser was badly off center and I carefully pushed it back into the middle. Tried again and still no output....
Next I tried a rechargeable 3.6v cr123a and still nothing......
When I took the battery out the spring that had been attached to the driver actually fell out of the laser.
I figured that this would be easy to fix and I took the laser apart. In doing so I found even more surprises.
This laser does not have ANY kind of IR filter!!!!!!!!!!!
The laser module was tilted inside of the laser.
The lens had some kind of chemical residue all over it that needed to be cleaned off.
The general machining quality of the metal parts and threads was horrible overall.
Next I got the the actual PCB and I'm not sure where to begin
The spring had fallen off because it had only been attached by a weak cold solder joint and the spring had only been sitting on top of the solder.....No bonding at all. Additionally the PCB had various components misaligned and plenty of crappy solder joints.
After seeing this thread.
http://www.laserpointerforums.com/forums/YaBB.pl?num=1205804079
I decided to try hooking the battery directly to the positive and negative inputs on the board. STILL NO OUTPUT. I tried messing with the pot and nothing happened. I am now convinced that this laser is completely FUBAR.
It amazes me how a company that makes such great flashlights can make such a ridiculously shitty laser. Under the shiny QC sticker and outer body this laser is complete trash. I wonder if QC even turned the thing on :
I understand that Dx lasers can be a gamble but this thing was a complete scam
DO NOT BUY!
Wow...this sucks more that usual.I mean getting a laser with a problem or two, even mode hopping is to be expected....but getting a FUBAR laser, like you put it, is beyond sucking.
