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Super Beast Green

OK so here wel go, this will be my mini review of the IQS Deluxe #200 532nm PCL Style host Laser.

This is an excellent Laser considering its cost, and ease of access.

First Some pictures:

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Looks like a nice brass heatsink on the diode, looks like the lens was glued onto the diode window with a white substance.

Now onto the Beamshots:

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Very nice and solid beams.

This is a filtered shot of the "Dot" on a wall, provided for your viewing pleasure.

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I provided another dot from another IQS laser for comparison. The #200 dot is on the left and the right is my IQS $8 pen pointer. You can observe that the #200's Dot is quite peculiar. It seels to have a rather large rectangular shaped artifact next to the laser's beam, and then everthing is inside a projected "circle". Whether the recangular artifact is part of the beam or not I can't say, if it is, then this laser does not operate in TEM00. However I have a feeling that its just an artifact and the dot is where the vast majority of the laser's output lies. The problem here is that while powerful, it doesn't seem that 100% of the laser's light is making through the aperture window. More analysis is needed, I need to cover the rectangular artifact up while shining it on the thermopile and observe if the total output decreases significantly.

And last but not least, the famous LPM Charts:

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This laser was tested using an AW RCR-123A, fresh off the Pila charger putting out exactly 4.20v.

As you can see the #200 performs very nicely. It peaks at 201mW and stays there for a good 13 secs, and then averages ~185mW after stabilization. It has about a 90-120 sec duty cycle. Its outputting about 15% IR, which is excellent.

Overall your paying $0.50 per Mw of 532 output, and its a very good deal. I'm sure this puppy can pump out more, but tweaking is needed, maybe another battery.

Thats it for now, I'll run some more tests and report back.

Regards,

Sal
 





yeah, I just got in today 2 little gems from O-like as well, their 400mW green had a 538mW peak and stable at ~500mW! , and the 405nm "400mW" starts out at 500mW, and slowly starts climbing towards 600mW lol, theyre amazing lasers for $200 & $95 bucks each, respectively.

-Sal
 
The olike 532nm is a beauty, great divergence, beam and no artifacts around the dot, all susie could say was this:

Arshus: they are both Wonderful! Very Overspec, and Quality builds
laser: thanks
laser: pls respect its duty cycle :)

Talk to her, maybe she can speed up your return?

Lol,

Sal
 
OK so here wel go, this will be my mini review of the IQS Deluxe #200 532nm PCL Style host Laser.

This is an excellent Laser considering its cost, and ease of access.

I provided another dot from another IQS laser for comparison. The #200 dot is on the left and the right is my IQS $8 pen pointer. You can observe that the #200's Dot is quite peculiar. It seels to have a rather large rectangular shaped artifact next to the laser's beam, and then everthing is inside a projected "circle". Whether the recangular artifact is part of the beam or not I can't say, if it is, then this laser does not operate in TEM00. However I have a feeling that its just an artifact and the dot is where the vast majority of the laser's output lies. The problem here is that while powerful, it doesn't seem that 100% of the laser's light is making through the aperture window. More analysis is needed, I need to cover the rectangular artifact up while shining it on the thermopile and observe if the total output decreases significantly.

This laser was tested using an AW RCR-123A, fresh off the Pila charger putting out exactly 4.20v.

As you can see the #200 performs very nicely. It peaks at 201mW and stays there for a good 13 secs, and then averages ~185mW after stabilization. It has about a 90-120 sec duty cycle. Its outputting about 15% IR, which is excellent.

Overall your paying $0.50 per Mw of 532 output, and its a very good deal. I'm sure this puppy can pump out more, but tweaking is needed, maybe another battery.

Thats it for now, I'll run some more tests and report back.

Regards,

Sal

Very nice review!

I have an LPM coming so we'll be able to get some more averages on different ones of these #200 lasers. Maybe we'll see some with even higher specs. If the artifact doesn't go away you can always just exchange it. He'll take it back and send another when he gets them in again. That's the beauty of buying from him :)

What LPM are you getting?

yeah, I just got in today 2 little gems from O-like as well, their 400mW green had a 538mW peak and stable at ~500mW! , and the 405nm "400mW" starts out at 500mW, and slowly starts climbing towards 600mW lol, theyre amazing lasers for $200 & $95 bucks each, respectively.

-Sal

Welcome to LA. Everybody say "Hi Sal".
 
Arshus, Very nice little review of the #200. I added it to the first page/post. +1 Sir!
 
I just got my IQS Super Beast #100. 7 days after ordering, not bad considering we had some (18"+) snow...

Pros:
Nice solid build, nice beam/dot.
No meter, but it seems twice as bright as my cheapie "20mW" greenie pen, using the supplied CR-123A battery (I have rechargables and charger on the way)
Quick ship, as the name indicates.
Decent packaging.

Cons:
Didn't work at first... the battery sounded like it was sliding around inside. reached in with a pair of needlenose pliers and pulled on the spring a bit... Success.
The Module easily twists in the host, and displaces the button, sometimes it locks on (not good) and other times it won't turn on (not as bad, but still not good) I think a tightening on the retaining ring will fix that.
The lens tube (focus?) is also very loose. Once sharply focused, I will put a dab of silicone to help hold it in place...

Overall, I am fairly pleased. It's a nice laser for under $30.

The question:

Do I dare to turn up the pot?
 
The question:

Do I dare to turn up the pot?

Don't bother.

My suggestion is to get a 3.7V battery instead of the standard CR123 battery. That will make more than enough difference. Modding the pot *WILL* kill it. Don't even try.

**edit**
To be more accurate, what will happen is that you'll mod the pot, and it'll brighten up for a little bit, but then once you put the 3.7V battery in, *which when charged will hold upwards of 4.1V* THAT will kill it. So long story short, just don't. Not if you want to keep a working laser :)
 
Do I dare to turn up the pot?
Someone tried and it failed instantly. I'll look for the post and link it

Enigma: you beat me to it! Your edit is spot-on too. The stock battery does not bring it to peak, but a charged Tenergy 900mAh makes one of mine hit 130+mW!
 
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Bobby! Get an avatar, I recommend a personally made beamshot or something :yh:
 
Oooo. The nice mailman brought me a present. I'm letting one of my CR123s charge while it warms up after spending a few days in near freezing transit.
 


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