Trimming Down...?

[hwang21]

So it seems my laser collection is becoming rather large (and impressive) but as I'm delving into different branches of lasers, I'm realizing that some of lasers are starting to just sit on the shelf; not to mention, my wallet is begging for mercy

That said, what have you guys done in the past to "trim down and move forward"? I'm thinking I could narrow down to just one laser for each color to start with, and then maybe cut out a few colors... I think I'm a laser color person over a laser power person, but I don't want all of my lasers to be 5mW or <50mW either and I'm just getting hooked into gas lasers.

What do you guys think? Thanks :beer:

 

[Wolfman29]

I used to be like you. Had a ton of lasers. But then I trimmed down my collection to only the ones you see in my sig (just one of each wavelength that I have). Basically, I sold off the ones I didn't want to keep. In the end, I kept only the ones with unique hosts (unless I didn't have any other lasers of that wavelength) and gas/ion lasers.

 

[NightExplorer96]

I would say, keep the ones that you value the most and maybe sell the other ones.

My laser collection is not that grand, I better start watching out though :beer:

 

[hwang21]

I'm just not sure about getting rid of entire laser colors... I have a bunch of 532nm's so I'm not worried about that, but I only have one 405nm... one 593.5nm... one 635nm...

 

[NightExplorer96]

I'm just not sure about getting rid of entire laser colors... I have a bunch of 532nm's so I'm not worried about that, but I only have one 405nm... one 593.5nm... one 635nm...

Maybe sell some of those 532nm's?

Definitely keep the 593.5!!! That's a must!

 

[ZRaffleticket]

Same goes for me, everything in my sig is what I have. But I never actually got a big collection, the only ones I didn't list are a keychain red and a dinky green pointer. my sig is all I got

 

[Fiddy]

So it seems my laser collection is becoming rather large (and impressive) but as I'm delving into different branches of lasers, I'm realizing that some of lasers are starting to just sit on the shelf; not to mention, my wallet is begging for mercy

That said, what have you guys done in the past to "trim down and move forward"? I'm thinking I could narrow down to just one laser for each color to start with, and then maybe cut out a few colors... I think I'm a laser color person over a laser power person, but I don't want all of my lasers to be 5mW or <50mW either and I'm just getting hooked into gas lasers.

What do you guys think? Thanks :beer:

Exactly what im doing atm, ive got more handheld lasers than what 50 hands can hold

Oh i forgot, your wallet will thank you too!

 

[Pman]

I have so many unique hosts that my collection wouldn't really drop that much. I just kept stuffing 532nm modules in every thing I thought was kind of neat.
Also have one particular host "Pman special" where the o-rings make a huge difference in the host appearance that I see them as all different.
I just keep them all neatly in cases. Maybe 5 people have seen my collection in person. Other than showing a nice little <100mw 532nm (extremely impressive for someone who has never seen one) i show a projector with music and then add a small amount of fog. Don't have the desire to just play with them really (especially my high power units as I find it much more fun to CAREFULLY and RESPONSIBLY mess with low powered units without the need for glasses).

Mostly mess with the standard 3 color pens although the 650 & 405 are modified for focusability.
Getting into other things such as projectors and lumia as well as GITD on a large canvas drawing with simple 405nm focusable pens as well as delving into little DIY experiments.