Hi. I have been into handheld lasers for a while now. My first laser was a 95mW Nexus from wicked lasers. It still works good and it is more than 2 years old. I used to be an active forum member at LC. My interest in lasers faded for a while as I was very busy this past year. Recently I started posting at LC again. And of course, I got banned. They didn't even tell me why. I had 1500 posts. I don't think I will be buying from them again anytime soon.
On to the subject of this thread. I recently came across several thousand dollars that I intend to spend on handheld lasers. I want to buy a wide range of lasers (some very powerful high quality, all the way down to lower quality, lower powered pointers). Eventually I intend to make a site and review all of the lasers I will have. It will be a sort of ultimate buyers guide. Anyways, I have several questions before I come up with my final list. Actually, a lot of questions, but I would REALLY appreciate the answers.
1) Tech Lasers. I know it is Affiliated with Wicked or maybe even the same company. I want to know why people here don't seem to like it though. Is there something I should know? You can't complain about the quality of the lasers because they are all CNI made correct? And they have the lowest prices on their models. I also hear that they have good customer service. This does not surprise me. Wicked has excellent customer service as well in my experiences. SO is there something I should know before buying a 400mW crossfire from them? Do they swap stickers and sell underpowered lasers?
2) Dragon Lasers. Is this a dependable site? I have every reason to believe it is a good site. Once again, I just want to make sure. I mainly wanted to know about the Spartan BP laser series. These are the cheapest priced blue lasers I have seen. The specs look amazing (divergence, power, beam diameter etc.) They claim to have models going up to 60mW (only 1500) and 50mW (1000), however they only have to see 40mWs and below in stock. I am definitely going to buy one, though they seem almost to good to be true. Does anyone know who the manufacturer is? They do not look like CNI models and I have NEVER seen one on any other site.
3) What laser power meter do you recomend I get? I definitely need one. I was first just going to get a $400 Coherent LaserCheck. These do not seem very acurate though. Would it be best to purchase a homemade one from KENOM on the forums?
That's all I can think of for now. I REALLY appreciate the help.
On to the subject of this thread. I recently came across several thousand dollars that I intend to spend on handheld lasers. I want to buy a wide range of lasers (some very powerful high quality, all the way down to lower quality, lower powered pointers). Eventually I intend to make a site and review all of the lasers I will have. It will be a sort of ultimate buyers guide. Anyways, I have several questions before I come up with my final list. Actually, a lot of questions, but I would REALLY appreciate the answers.
1) Tech Lasers. I know it is Affiliated with Wicked or maybe even the same company. I want to know why people here don't seem to like it though. Is there something I should know? You can't complain about the quality of the lasers because they are all CNI made correct? And they have the lowest prices on their models. I also hear that they have good customer service. This does not surprise me. Wicked has excellent customer service as well in my experiences. SO is there something I should know before buying a 400mW crossfire from them? Do they swap stickers and sell underpowered lasers?
2) Dragon Lasers. Is this a dependable site? I have every reason to believe it is a good site. Once again, I just want to make sure. I mainly wanted to know about the Spartan BP laser series. These are the cheapest priced blue lasers I have seen. The specs look amazing (divergence, power, beam diameter etc.) They claim to have models going up to 60mW (only 1500) and 50mW (1000), however they only have to see 40mWs and below in stock. I am definitely going to buy one, though they seem almost to good to be true. Does anyone know who the manufacturer is? They do not look like CNI models and I have NEVER seen one on any other site.
3) What laser power meter do you recomend I get? I definitely need one. I was first just going to get a $400 Coherent LaserCheck. These do not seem very acurate though. Would it be best to purchase a homemade one from KENOM on the forums?
That's all I can think of for now. I REALLY appreciate the help.
man i wish i had that much becaus that is one fine laser : )
