Looking for a cheap 100-200mW green laser pointer

[daawood123]

what the guys above me said, lazerer has great service. i ordered on 14th, shipped on 16th, and recived on 19th in the UK, all in the same month. so i would say thats pretty fast, and also max has been replying to my questions in about 20min

 

[tsteele93]

Interesting. I ordered a bunch of stuff from o-like right before the Chinese New Year. Susie wrote me and said it wouldn't make it out before the holiday and asked if I would like a refund.

I said yes and she refunded me within three days.

I ordered several things at a later date and it all came fairly quick. I believe everything was at or very near spec.

Even the pair of cheap 635's I wanted for my kids - one was 3mW and the other was 5mW.

I wouldn't call them the best by any stretch, but my experience was solid and I would order from them again.

I haven't had very good luck with my lazerer greens.

Guess it is like you say, depends on your experiences.

 

[daawood123]

i just said i had good service, not the product itself. its said to be able to pop balloons and light matches in a second without focusing in the description, but even if i focus mine and put the match in the "sweet spot" it doesnt even smoke the match, i could stay there for 3days and nothing would happen. some people said it was the batteries, others said 100mw is not powerfull enough to light matches and pop balloons, but i dont know.

 

[Garrus]

Hi there,
Can anyone tell me if i can use two 16340-3,7v instead of one 18650-3,7v, in a 200mw green laser pointer?
Will it burnout the diode or will the beam came out stronger?

Thanks

 

[daawood123]

no, dont do that, one 18650 battery is used for a reason, if you double the needed voltage, you will surely blow your diode, and it wont get powerfull either.
so best to stick with either 1 16340 or 1 18650

 

[Garrus]

Ups... just blow up my laser.




Naa, just kidding.

Thanks for the advise.

 

[daawood123]

lool, read that first sentence and i was like *facepalm*. still, no worries, dont try using more voltage for more power, you will shorten the diodes life cosiderably, and might even end up blowing it. when we say blow up, we dont mean explosions, sparks etc, what will happen is a bit like what happens to your lightbulbs sometimes, they flash really bright for a second and then stop working, the same sort of thing will happen to your laser if you overpower it