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Recently I had the pleasure of ordering a beastly 145mW blu-ray from daguin (Dave). It was ordered on Sunday, dropped in the mail (trackable...schweet!) on Monday and arrived today at my job. It was sturdily packaged with plenty of bubble wrap and packing peanuts to protect the beast within. A small piece of paper was labeled "6-7-08 177mA 147mW Meredith Glass".
I managed to unpack it and put the batteries in before lunch. First of all, it's a heavy, robust unit, shaped almost like a chicken leg. Then I powered up this monster. Holy smokes! That's right, my desk was smoking from the voluminous amount of 405nm photons hitting a very small portion of my desk. I then set the laser for a more traditional collimation. The dot is quite oblong, but very thin on it's minor axis and about as 5mW greenie. Even without a pinprick focus, this laser will sting skin almost immediately.
Of course, my office, garishly lighted, didn't allow me to take full advantage of this laser's beamy goodness. I'll post more later when I can release the beast at night! I'm also recharging the batteries with my 18650 charger (3.6V) with a suitable spacer.
My first impression...nothing short of impressed! Thanks, Dave!
I managed to unpack it and put the batteries in before lunch. First of all, it's a heavy, robust unit, shaped almost like a chicken leg. Then I powered up this monster. Holy smokes! That's right, my desk was smoking from the voluminous amount of 405nm photons hitting a very small portion of my desk. I then set the laser for a more traditional collimation. The dot is quite oblong, but very thin on it's minor axis and about as 5mW greenie. Even without a pinprick focus, this laser will sting skin almost immediately.
Of course, my office, garishly lighted, didn't allow me to take full advantage of this laser's beamy goodness. I'll post more later when I can release the beast at night! I'm also recharging the batteries with my 18650 charger (3.6V) with a suitable spacer.
My first impression...nothing short of impressed! Thanks, Dave!