Switch said:
[quote author=jayrob link=1226103486/20#31 date=1227390247]When it gets dark, I'll see if can get some comparison shots with my RPL so you can see what I mean about the beam being 'fat'...
Jay
Yes please.And if you can some indoor closeup beam pics with some smoke or something, to really see what you're talking about.
[highlight]If this quality is guaranteed , this would be a much better price than DX.I mean, I dunno who would risk 488 bucks with DX.[/highlight] :
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I'm guessing that the DX one is not IR filtered and most likely under powered. But I have not checked it out. Has anyone bought one of the DX 250mW 'FirePoint' lasers yet?
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.13491
I just took a couple of beam shot comparisons with the Standstone11 laser compared with my RPL, and a red Kryton... (using some smoke)
Here you can see what I am talking about when I say that it has a 'fat' beam.
So if you want something not necessarily for thin beam divergence, but you just like a really bright beam and lots of power for cheap, I don't think it's a bad deal at all!
One other thing worth mentioning...
This thing doesn't seem to have a warm up time. It just comes on strong right away. My RPL has to be 'warmed up' before it starts putting out max power... I know that they are two completely different laser designs, but I'm just saying that I really like this thing.
In these pictures, I made sure my RPL was 'warmed up' and it is putting out about 300mW's here. The open can red is at 279mW's, and the Standstone11 laser is over 400mW's (guessing from my testing - figuring that it is still climbing in power - first 30 seconds)
Jay