SenKat and StoneTek

[mmykle]

Hello, I have never purchased anything from SenKat famous StoneTek electronics laser diode supply. I never did because soon after I found out about it, SenKat seemed to go insane or something (although he had good reason... kinda :). However, the site is still up and people are still talking about it, is he still selling diodes? I'm not sure, so if someone could clarify if hes still selling stuff or not that would be great. (Also, sorry if I should have posted this elsewhere.)

 

[chido]

Of course he's still selling diodes, but if I was you I'd wait a little longer before ordering any LDs because it seems there was a mistake and this last batch was a bad one, people have reported their diodes dying at currents they didn't have any issues with before.
Here's the thread about that:
http://www.laserpointerforums.com/forums/YaBB.pl?num=1199990106

 

[amkdeath]

oh yea, hes still operating, and fully functional. Just check out www. l a serenthusiast.com, hes there. He sells stuff, but as chido said, wait a bit, untill he gets this issue wit the diodes cleared.

regards,

amk

 

[desslok]

I just got another from him a couple weeks ago. Not sure if I got one of the supposedly bad ones, but it's been at ~247 mA for probably an hour and a half of runtime, 30sec/30sec duty.

 

[mmykle]

Thanks guys, I'll keep this in mind. I hope that issue gets solved quickly.