Re: Nova X75
I have the x75, which is a great laser... and averaging at 84mW, it breaks the "burning barrier", but is not so sufficient. I wanted the x-75 so I could have a nice bright green portable pen style for a nice beam, and for visibility in the day light for pointing at construction sites and such for my work. Will it pop a balloon, yes. Will it light a match, yes. Will it melt dark plastics, yes. But it takes a few seconds for all and it needs to be pretty close, like 4 feet and after that there's not much burning, and the burning up close is kinda slow.
If you're looking for burning power, then go with the x125, or build a blu-ray! The blu-ray's burn like crazy if you get a good one, either PHR or 6x, although my ~180mW 6X kicks ass and can burn from across my entire house (about 35') like no problem.
I have the x75, which is a great laser... and averaging at 84mW, it breaks the "burning barrier", but is not so sufficient. I wanted the x-75 so I could have a nice bright green portable pen style for a nice beam, and for visibility in the day light for pointing at construction sites and such for my work. Will it pop a balloon, yes. Will it light a match, yes. Will it melt dark plastics, yes. But it takes a few seconds for all and it needs to be pretty close, like 4 feet and after that there's not much burning, and the burning up close is kinda slow.
If you're looking for burning power, then go with the x125, or build a blu-ray! The blu-ray's burn like crazy if you get a good one, either PHR or 6x, although my ~180mW 6X kicks ass and can burn from across my entire house (about 35') like no problem.