So no one ever did buy one of their lasers, yet they kept insisting this company was so terrible?
Well to be honest, the 200mW Quantum waterproof from Elitelasers is one of the things I'm saving up for. Something just tells me this is going to be a good laser, and even if not they still accept refunds/exchanges.
You can't prove their lasers are bad only based off another company's look-a-like.
For example... this Rayfoss focusable green seems to be quite the hit around the forum:
www.rayfoss.com
and here's some reviews to glorify it:
http://laserpointerforums.com/f52/r...er-torch-rf-532-200mw-flx-new-pics-45128.html
http://laserpointerforums.com/f52/rayfoss-200-mw-green-focusable-torch-46742.html
http://laserpointerforums.com/f52/rayfoss-200mw-focusable-laser-torch-extensive-review-43252.html
But if you were to ask me, I'd say this laser is a PIECE OF S**T. I owned this exact laser 2 years ago. This was when they were only available from Dealextreme and Kaidomain. The 1st one I owned worked for 1 second. Then I had to press really hard for it to get about half it's power. Obviously something was wrong with the button.
I returned it (in the year 2007)...
2008 comes along (lol) and I finally get it back. Seems to be working alright, till it mode hops. This absolutely ruins a laserpointer for me. I found that I had to freeze it to fix this issue. I sent it back again, then finally get the 3rd one. More button troubles... followed by mode hoping.
If I pressed down partially way it would have half the power. If I pressed a little more it would completely turn off and not work (but the red light remained on). Then most of the time it would mode hop when it's only half pressed (this is quite understandable, being that it isn't getting the full required voltage).
I would then like to thank GooeyGus for taking the time to fix my laser (he lives only a city away from me). After long struggle to get the host open he finally managed to bypass the button and install a clicky-switch. This seemed to fix the button problem obviously, however a bad laser is still a bad laser. It eventually ended up mode hoping. Then finally within time it decided to give out. I feel bad because Jason really tried hard to get that host open, but I tried to enjoy it as much as I could before it died.
So all in all, here's my review of the praised "rayfoss focusable green":
Sorry if I offended anyone, but I've seen that happen over and over where a company is bashed right off the bat. I don't think Elitelasers should be bashed like this when quite obviously no one in this thread has used one of their lasers yet. You can really tell when a company is a cheap Chinese knockoff, and Elitelasers just doesn't seem like the type if you ask me.
I sure have learned that although it may look the same, it could perform completely different. I sure was surprised when I saw a bunch of these reviews showing up, and it took a lot of convincing before I accepted that the Rayfoss version may actually just be a good laser.