just my 2 cents...
1. I'd recommend a vet with lots of green rep to run this if you're gonna go through with this - that will make the fence sitters more comfortable and make it more popular. I for one wouldn't be sending my money to someone I don't know.
2. keep it to <5mW. it'll be both cheaper and easier to work with. both in the sense of power and shipping, as well as keeping customs from being involved.
However I will notate that even though CNI is willing to make 561 pointers in a small volume order, they will likely not run very well. the 1123 line is quite small and temperature sensitive and it likes it pretty fairly cold. in anything but a labby or module that is being actively monitored, it will usually have fairly poor performance unless it is pulsed, so it will likely have to be similar to the 589s and 473s in structure for any sort of stability and/or long term battery life as it doesn't take much to make it overheat. if it was run CW like the 593.5s it would likely behave similarly at 1-2mW like the thin Rigel pointers. beyond a few mW it will get fairly hot fast and consume alot of battery and degrade performance. they'll have to keep a short duty cycle either way.
you might consider asking them which model of GLP they will build it in, the large pulsed one like the 473s, or the narrower CW one. that'll give you an idea of how well it will operate. I for one would recommend building them in PGL-As or Ms. that would allow them to be CW <5mW though still with a shorter duty cycle. and would cool faster due to the higher available heat sinking. plus, with a little work from me, I could pull the modules and enable custom builds as well, as I've gotten quite proficient at disassembling, recovering parts from, and rebuilding CNI lasers safely and without damage.
Happy Lasing! :tinfoil:
