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Video review: 500mW 532nm and 600mW 635nm Lasers from XPL!

Okay, has anybody else gotten one of these yet or metered one? Sta, have you bought Ricker's LPM to test it?
 





Sta said:
I have purchased Ricker's LPM, and I should have it in a few days.
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Alright! I'm interested to see how this 532nm holds up to the claims. I'm fed up with trying to find >200mW modules, and your dibs post reminded me of these.

Let us know how it goes, and congrats on the new LPM. :D
 
Rivem said:
Alright! I'm interested to see how this 532nm holds up to the claims. I'm fed up with trying to find >200mW modules, and your dibs post reminded me of these.

Let us know how it goes, and congrats on the new LPM. :D
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If these turn out to be good, I'm sure their 200mW modules will be accurate too.
 
Hap said:
Sta, what happened to your 589? It says damaged? :(

-Alex
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Yeah, I sent it back to them for repair/replacement. Without warning it suddenly lost power, then it kept losing power immediately when I turned it on. I think a crystal broke off or something.
 
I don't have an LPM. But I have bought both of these lasers and they certainly live up to power expectations. The 532 is insane. i will be posting reviews in the next few days once final exams are over (along with PL-E Pro 3.5W 465). The 635 red is a great burner up close, but the divergence is way worse than my 450mW 635 from rayfoss. Nice long duty cycles on both of them. The 532 does mode hop quite a bit, but it's DPSS so that's inevitable and it does have a beefy pump diode. I still like it better than 1W 520 because the beam quality is way better than a heavy-duty 520. The 520 burned way better because it was focusable and more powerful, but i never found it to be a very good burner anyway so I use red and blue for burning but not green.
 
Sta said:
Yeah, I sent it back to them for repair/replacement. Without warning it suddenly lost power, then it kept losing power immediately when I turned it on. I think a crystal broke off or something.
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Yikes!

Well hopefully it gets sorted out :)

-Alex
 
ThePhotonist said:
I don't have an LPM. But I have bought both of these lasers and they certainly live up to power expectations. The 532 is insane. i will be posting reviews in the next few days once final exams are over (along with PL-E Pro 3.5W 465). The 635 red is a great burner up close, but the divergence is way worse than my 450mW 635 from rayfoss. Nice long duty cycles on both of them. The 532 does mode hop quite a bit, but it's DPSS so that's inevitable and it does have a beefy pump diode. I still like it better than 1W 520 because the beam quality is way better than a heavy-duty 520. The 520 burned way better because it was focusable and more powerful, but i never found it to be a very good burner anyway so I use red and blue for burning but not green.
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Wow, this is good news. Does the 532 ever run in TEM00? And is the 635 beam horrendously off-center like mine?
 
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I just saw their 1.5W and 1W 532nm...

Those are some screaming deals at $355 and $253 if they're legitimate. Still more interested in the 500mW though.
 
Rivem said:
I just saw their 1.5W and 1W 532nm...

Those are some screaming deals at $355 and $253 if they're legitimate. Still more interested in the 500mW though.
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Yes, I've got my eye on those too. Only problem is they're momentary switches.
 
Sta said:
Yes, I've got my eye on those too. Only problem is they're momentary switches.
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I feel like if they weren't, they'd burn up easily. That's a whole lot of waste energy without a TEC for a relatively small passive heatsink. Probably a really bad duty cycle, but the beam must be amazing.
 
I went to buy the 500mw about two weeks ago and I talked with a guy at XPL asking if they made a focusable 500mw 532. And he said in a month they would have hosts for all his 532 handhelds that have the ability to adjust the focus.
 
The 635 does have a very off center beam. But I can deal with it for up close burning or just looking at the super bright beam. My 532 sometimes hits TEM00 but for the most part remains in TEM02. I can get it to TEM00 for a minute or so but then it warms up and mode hops
 
CaliKirk said:
I went to buy the 500mw about two weeks ago and I talked with a guy at XPL asking if they made a focusable 500mw 532. And he said in a month they would have hosts for all his 532 handhelds that have the ability to adjust the focus.
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That is good news. Looks like I see more 532 in my future! :)
 
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