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Re: PLE-E Pro 473, RPL-500, NOSPIN 5W
Just thought I'd offer a bump and tell you again how thankful I am that you let this NoSpin Ophir go like you did. I love everything about it. Until you own one like this you don't realize how much of a drag it is to have to boot up your computer and wait to meter a laser. It's so nice to just have this sitting on my benchtop and when I want to take a reading I just simply flip a switch and do it. It's just too cool looking too. The heatsink has some artistic appeal and it makes it all the more fun to use. Thanks again for selling it. After having it now it's not hard to understand why everyone wants an Ophir.
Has the 532 always been outputting less than spec? Or did it degrade over time slowly or one day just quit working properly (output)? It's a beautiful host. If I didn't get lucky with a cheap Chinese one I bought a couole years back I'd buy this one. There was a company selling a "1 watt" 532nm for $275 and I bought one knowing it wasn't 1 watt. Since I had buyer protection I figured I'd try it out and see what it really did. As long as it didn't do 1 watt I knew I could get my money back. I figured it would do maybe 250-300mw but I was shocked to find it would peak close to 800mw on some days and closer to 700mw most other days. Although it's very unstable in power output it rarely falls below 450mw and never below 425. It tends to fluctuate between 450 and 600 and never really stabilizes. It generally ramps up to its peak within about 20-30 seconds and then comes down to this range of 450-600, bouncing around every few seconds. I kept it. I bet ARG or one of the other DPSS gurus could fix it and I've thought to possibly ask one of them to look at it for me.
Just wondering if this one does anything similar or does it just go to it's 400 mW and stay there?
It's very tempting.
Just thought I'd offer a bump and tell you again how thankful I am that you let this NoSpin Ophir go like you did. I love everything about it. Until you own one like this you don't realize how much of a drag it is to have to boot up your computer and wait to meter a laser. It's so nice to just have this sitting on my benchtop and when I want to take a reading I just simply flip a switch and do it. It's just too cool looking too. The heatsink has some artistic appeal and it makes it all the more fun to use. Thanks again for selling it. After having it now it's not hard to understand why everyone wants an Ophir.
Has the 532 always been outputting less than spec? Or did it degrade over time slowly or one day just quit working properly (output)? It's a beautiful host. If I didn't get lucky with a cheap Chinese one I bought a couole years back I'd buy this one. There was a company selling a "1 watt" 532nm for $275 and I bought one knowing it wasn't 1 watt. Since I had buyer protection I figured I'd try it out and see what it really did. As long as it didn't do 1 watt I knew I could get my money back. I figured it would do maybe 250-300mw but I was shocked to find it would peak close to 800mw on some days and closer to 700mw most other days. Although it's very unstable in power output it rarely falls below 450mw and never below 425. It tends to fluctuate between 450 and 600 and never really stabilizes. It generally ramps up to its peak within about 20-30 seconds and then comes down to this range of 450-600, bouncing around every few seconds. I kept it. I bet ARG or one of the other DPSS gurus could fix it and I've thought to possibly ask one of them to look at it for me.
Just wondering if this one does anything similar or does it just go to it's 400 mW and stay there?
It's very tempting.
too slooooow! I already have one that needs to be built into something magnificent, but I would like to eventually make an rgb set. Hope someone gets another run of them made
