Review : *limited edition* 5W laserbee lpm

[lasersbee]

Mario I'm not sure if it would void my warrenty if I opened the meter.

Yeah lazeerer I thought the same thing. Though now that my lasers are metered this thing is gonna collect dust. So in the future it will be for sale

Of course you can open your Limited Edition 5 Watt LaserBee...
There is no warning label on any of our LaserBee Products...unlike
some others we have seen...

BTW... nice Review and Video showing how simple it is to use...
and like I said in PM... Don't be shy to mention anything Negative
about the LPM... just be honest..:gj:

"Parental interruptions".....:crackup::crackup:

Aww, and here I figured if he wanted you to review it we'd see more than just an ebay panel meter hooked to an ophir head

Aww... Are you suggesting we have something to hide MM....
Wouldn't expect anything less from you... such a shame...

@ TTerbo...
Thanks for the support.... no sense in putting yourself in the
line of fire....
Our meters and their build quality speak for themselves...

@goninanbl00d....
if you have noticed.... the Limited Edition 5 Watt Laserbee is
not offered on our Website or on any Forum...

I know that there were and are similar LPMs offered here..
and one is still available through nospin...
I thought it would not be fair to nospin to sell a similar but
not the same LPM here...

These 5Watt OPHIR heads can no longer be purchased for
~$50.00... we bought a few for ~$130.00 ea on top of the
ones we bought from Kenom..
You can get them from OPHIR for ~$250.00 in lots of 100pc.

If it is so easy and inexpensive to build good quality LPMs
why don't YOU get into the LPM market and show us what
you can do....

I find it strange that you are questioning the price of one of
our products not even offered on this Forum while a similar
LPM for a Similar price that is sold on the Forum does not seem
to bother you in the least...
Makes me wonder if there is another agenda involved....:thinking:

If you find the price of our products out of your price range...
you are more than welcome and free to buy them elsewhere...

BTW.... if we sell something directly here... you are welcome to
comment on the products and prices as any member is...
But (sorry to be so blunt)...what we do off the Forum... is only
our concerns... and no one else's.....


Jerry

 

[rangedunits]

Glad you did took my recommendation on purchasing lasersbee lpm.

 

[MarioMaster]

Looks like a good basic meter.

It's not worth arguing with you Jerry, thanks for the condescending remarks though.

 

[Trevor]

Jerry, hadn't you mentioned that adding datalogging doesn't significantly increases costs? I feel like I read that in one of your posts somewhere. :thinking:

Why not program a $10 microcontroller and drop it in? It would only increase the cost by a small percentage...

-Trevor

 

[lasersbee]

Jerry, hadn't you mentioned that adding datalogging doesn't significantly increases costs? I feel like I read that in one of your posts somewhere. :thinking:

Why not program a $10 microcontroller and drop it in? It would only increase the cost by a small percentage...

-Trevor

No twhite828....
I don't believe I ever said that.... but I seem to have read
it somewhere in a Post..IIRC

Since the OPHIR heads under $250.00 are a rarity and I
do not have an endless supply... There is no sense in us
spending development money and time for a few of these
Limited Edition LPMs... (Hence the Limited)

Any one wanting to do that is welcome to add Data Logging
to their own LPM... It is just not economically sound for us to
do it on this 5 Watt LaserBee model..

@ MM... Thanks...


Jerry

 

[jeffreythe00]

Alright, I will be opening this unit and taking a few photos of the inside just for the requests are made. Be back in a few

 

[Trevor]

No twhite828....
I don't believe I ever said that.... but I seem to have read
it somewhere in a Post..IIRC

Since the OPHIR heads under $250.00 are a rarity and I
do not have an endless supply... There is no sense in us
spending development money and time for a few of these
Limited Edition LPMs... (Hence the Limited)

Any one wanting to do that is welcome to add Data Logging
to their own LPM... It is just not economically sound for us to
do it on this 5 Watt LaserBee model..

Ahh, fair enough.

Just thought if the Ophir head puts out roughly what your setup puts out, it might've worked fine with your meters that already datalog. :beer:

-Trevor

 

[jeffreythe00]

Photos are up.

 

[jeffreythe00]

look forward to the "full version" of the review

All finished

Very nice. My 3.2W has been great. Lasersbee really makes a good product. No cheap stuff in his units.:beer:

Agreed.

Got any pictures of the guts?

Added

Hey, cool cowboy, when will you complete it?
looking forward to it.

All done john. Looking forward to seeing your lpm as well :beer:

Of course you can open your Limited Edition 5 Watt LaserBee...
There is no warning label on any of our LaserBee Products...unlike
some others we have seen...

BTW... nice Review and Video showing how simple it is to use...
and like I said in PM... Don't be shy to mention anything Negative
about the LPM... just be honest..:gj:

Thanks Jerry, I made a 100% honest review. There was nothing Negative to add :angel:

"Parental interruptions".....:crackup::crackup:

Yup haha i was going to edit the video into one but my computer would not read the files so i uploaded it to youtube directly off my phone.

Glad you did took my recommendation on purchasing lasersbee lpm.

Me too!

I do appreciate your recommendations and encourage "good" recommendations anytime. Not just to me but to others as well :beer:

 

[Trevor]

No twhite828....
I don't believe I ever said that.... but I seem to have read
it somewhere in a Post..IIRC

Jerry

I found it.

http://laserpointerforums.com/f42/arduino-starting-51502.html#post712576

The $10 microcontroller, 15 minutes, and almost nil programming knowledge can yield basic datalogging (Especially if the MCU isn't controlling a screen, only outputting a value every X milliseconds!). It's almost no expenditure and adds a lot of value to the product. It should even fit inside this enclosure! :yh:

-Trevor

 

[csshih]

nice pics of the meter, simple and neat! thank you for taking it apart!
having had my fair share of dataloggers and loads of test equipment,
I think the most complicated portion of the meter is the phile! :crackup:

 

[lasersbee]

I found it.

http://laserpointerforums.com/f42/arduino-starting-51502.html#post712576

The $10 microcontroller, 15 minutes, and almost nil programming knowledge can yield basic datalogging (Especially if the MCU isn't controlling a screen, only outputting a value every X milliseconds!). It's almost no expenditure and adds a lot of value to the product. It should even fit inside this enclosure! :yh:

-Trevor

Sorry twhite828...
I'm not sure what you are trying to say... :thinking:

On your posted link I was responding to kiyoukan that the
Kenometer PRO we got from CDBeam that did the Review
seemed to have the same type micro-controller in it...
then MM decided to call me a troll...

Again.... I had never said "adding datalogging doesn't significantly
increases costs?" as you seem to think..

I had almost forgotten about that... thanks for reminding
me...:crackup:

BTW... I must disagree with that statement... unless you show
me 10 randomly selected members on LPF that could do that...
Not everyone is an expert programmer like you... :beer:


Jerry

 

[Trevor]

Sorry twhite828...
I'm not sure what you are trying to say... :thinking:

I'm just saying it's an easy modification to make. The Arduino forum, like this one, has many good tutorials that allow new and/or inexperienced users to do great work.

On your posted link I was responding to kiyoukan that the
Kenometer PRO we got from CDBeam that did the Review
seemed to have the same type micro-controller in it...
then MM decided to call me a troll...

I just cited that post to note that you had found the MCU board for $10, fairly cheap for something so useful.

(Let it also be noted that it's a knockoff Arduino, I Googled it while typing this post. )

Again.... I had never said "adding datalogging doesn't significantly
increases costs?" as you seem to think..

You said it didn't make economic sense - I just wanted to make the point that it can be done with a small bit of reading (no prior coding experience necessary!), a small amount of money, and soldering equipment.

So, whether you or the OP for some reason decided to do it, it's not a titanic undertaking. :yh:

BTW... I must disagree with that statement... unless you show
me 10 randomly selected members on LPF that could do that...
Not every one is a programmer like you... :beer:

Well... I know 10 randomly selected LPF members could use the tutorials for Arduino that are widely available.

-Trevor

 

[jeffreythe00]

I just wanted to make the point that it can be done with a small bit of reading (no prior coding experience necessary!), a small amount of money, and soldering equipment.

Gonna do some reading. Thanks