[QUESTION] RF532-600mW-02

[viro]

so im thinking about to buy : www.rayfoss.com

the support told me that it is CLOSE to TEM00. now i asked what close to TEM00 means and he answered: The dot of the green laser is factually in single round style.

It is a TEM00 model. Close to TEM00 is a professional description.


so what is close to TEM00? would i be better of buying a 'not close but exactly' TEM00? im kind of confused..

pls help

sincerely

 

[viro]

any professionals here?

 

[Helios]

As far as I know it either is TEM00 or it is not. If you examine the dot and its a single round point then its tem00 if you have two points next to eachother then its tem01 etc etc

 

[rhd]

You know what... for $600, I think I'd rather spend half that ($295) and grab this:
Firedragon-I 532nm 500mW Flashlight Style Handheld Elite Green Laser Pointer Kit (Guaranteed) - DinoDirect.com

Oh boy I'm going to get some flack for that suggestion

 

[viro]

the duty cycle of the 500mW on dino direct is the worst ive ever seen.

also i want insurance that i got a class 4 laser and not some sort of underspec thing.
the host is not mine also.

i figured that the 'close to TEM00' means that it has a ~90% round dot, not exactly 100. but it is still considered TEM00.

 

[rhd]

I suppose - though 20 seconds on / 10 seconds off doesn't seem totally offensive. At least it's a 66% on duty cycle. I question whether it wouldn't be just as happy with 1 minute on, 3 minutes off.

But ya - I mean it's $300 for 500mW - I wouldn't expect it to be CNI quality