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I made another thread sort of about this but I think what I've found out is enough to start a new thread in a different section.
Anyway, I ordered this laser from Rayfoss about 3 weeks ago. It finally arrived yesterday so I took everything out of the box, put the included 16850 battery in it, and gave it a try. It was only about as bright as the 5mw green pointer I used to have so thinking the battery just needed to be charged, I took off the barrel extender and put in the included 16340 battery. Same results.
Thinking that both batteries just needed to be charged, I proceeded to spend the entire rest of the day trying to figure out how exactly the batteries were supposed to charge. No matter what I did, it was always the same when I put one of the batteries on the charger. The light would turn red and stay that way for 5-10 minutes, then it would flash between red and green for ~10 minutes, then it would turn green.
I put the batteries back in, and got the same result. I tried leaving the batteries on the charger for about 6 hours but it didn't change anything. So, now I'm thinking the laser is just broken. Here's what it does:
When the on switch is pressed, it's just slightly brighter than my 5mw laser was. The beam is slightly visible indoors in a dark room, and visible at night. After about 20 seconds, the beam is no longer visible. After 60 seconds, the dot is just a very faint green.
So, what do you guys think? Bad batteries? Bad charger? Or bad laser? I REALLY don't want to have to send this thing back to Rayfoss. It took 3 weeks to get here so it'll be a month or more before it ever gets back if I have to send it to them.
Anyway, I ordered this laser from Rayfoss about 3 weeks ago. It finally arrived yesterday so I took everything out of the box, put the included 16850 battery in it, and gave it a try. It was only about as bright as the 5mw green pointer I used to have so thinking the battery just needed to be charged, I took off the barrel extender and put in the included 16340 battery. Same results.
Thinking that both batteries just needed to be charged, I proceeded to spend the entire rest of the day trying to figure out how exactly the batteries were supposed to charge. No matter what I did, it was always the same when I put one of the batteries on the charger. The light would turn red and stay that way for 5-10 minutes, then it would flash between red and green for ~10 minutes, then it would turn green.
I put the batteries back in, and got the same result. I tried leaving the batteries on the charger for about 6 hours but it didn't change anything. So, now I'm thinking the laser is just broken. Here's what it does:
When the on switch is pressed, it's just slightly brighter than my 5mw laser was. The beam is slightly visible indoors in a dark room, and visible at night. After about 20 seconds, the beam is no longer visible. After 60 seconds, the dot is just a very faint green.
So, what do you guys think? Bad batteries? Bad charger? Or bad laser? I REALLY don't want to have to send this thing back to Rayfoss. It took 3 weeks to get here so it'll be a month or more before it ever gets back if I have to send it to them.