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About a week ago I received my laser from sflasers.com. All I ever had before was a <50mW green pen pointer, which was way cool in high-school, but doesn't even get close to this
It's a 445nm blue laser that outputs somewhere between 2 and 2.4 watts, in a black 501B host with an aluminum heatsink.
The focus adapter with 405G2 lens allows for focus close-up or long range, but because the diode outputs light in a line instead of a dot and has poor divergence (compared to for instance a green laser) the burning capabilities decrease past a certain range. Still, 2.4W is a lot of power so I managed to burn a little hole into my chair across the room shooting this video: Link
The focus adapter fits a little loosely, but this is quickly resolved with some teflon tape.
There are some rough edges on the heatsink and the solder work isn't the best I've seen, but for the price you can't expect the highest quality.
For placing this review I was offered a discount, making this laser even cheaper.
Its beam is visible in a well-lit room (check the video link above as well):
And very visible at night, pointing at the sky:
E-mail conversations with the seller (MrThejoker) were a little tricky, sometimes mail didn't come through or wasn't replied to. But he apologized and in the end everything was resolved in a friendly manner.
Delivery time was about 2 weeks from the day I ordered.
All in all I'm very happy with this great bang for the buck laser :yh:
It's a 445nm blue laser that outputs somewhere between 2 and 2.4 watts, in a black 501B host with an aluminum heatsink.
The focus adapter with 405G2 lens allows for focus close-up or long range, but because the diode outputs light in a line instead of a dot and has poor divergence (compared to for instance a green laser) the burning capabilities decrease past a certain range. Still, 2.4W is a lot of power so I managed to burn a little hole into my chair across the room shooting this video: Link
The focus adapter fits a little loosely, but this is quickly resolved with some teflon tape.
There are some rough edges on the heatsink and the solder work isn't the best I've seen, but for the price you can't expect the highest quality.
For placing this review I was offered a discount, making this laser even cheaper.
Its beam is visible in a well-lit room (check the video link above as well):
And very visible at night, pointing at the sky:
E-mail conversations with the seller (MrThejoker) were a little tricky, sometimes mail didn't come through or wasn't replied to. But he apologized and in the end everything was resolved in a friendly manner.
Delivery time was about 2 weeks from the day I ordered.
All in all I'm very happy with this great bang for the buck laser :yh: