Wicked lasers spyder III pro 5mw (532nm)

[jeffd]

Came in a nice box, and also included lasershades

Very large, heavy and solid feeling laser.

AR coated front window.

Disassembled, has a safety pin.

Size comparison. Uses a 18650 battery.

Very tight divergence.

It also came with a power graph, it does 9mw. Even though it is very nice, I cant really see why someone would buy such a low powered expensive laser. The host is really cool though, so this would be a good candidate to swap out for a higher powered module.

 

[sandidgepatrick]

love that spyder host!!!

 

[Flaminpyro]

OK I'll take it

 

[Eudaimonium]

You are kidding me, such a mighty host ... for THIS?!

When I read 5 mW, I though 473nm or something.

But 5 mW of green in Spyder III?

This is madness...

I'd call this an empty host, at best. If it wasn't so expensive. What did it cost, again?

 

[kevinmassey]

Does it have TEC cooling?

 

[Eudaimonium]

Does it have TEC cooling?

For what, 30mW of heat produced by the diode?

It'll freeze it so bad it'll shift out of DPSS aproppriate lasing wavelenght.

 

[kevinmassey]

Hence the smiley face. I was kidding.

 

[Eudaimonium]

Ah, right

My bad, sorry.

I'll go troll somewhere else.

 

[souljasai]

lol, I agree with Eudaimonium, 5mW green on with host is a waste...

 

[Flaminpyro]

It's an ourage to put a 5mW in such a cool looking host and we are going to take care of that !

 

[jeffd]

Yep, wicked lasers sent it to me for review. Guess they realized how pointless it is and they dont sell the 5mw model anymore haha

 

[souljasai]

wow, did you ask them to review it? Could I ask them like you did, and would they give me one to review?

 

[kevinmassey]

Does that mean you have to send it back, or are they actually lettin you keep it?

 

[Pontiacg5]

I don't even think the host looks that good, I wouldn't know which way to point the damn thing.

That laser = fail. I'm glad you didn't buy it, that would have made things a lot worse! What was the asking price for that?

 

[rpaloalto]

5mW in that beast of a host. I'll bet the 3 LED's for the battery indicator use more juice then the laser. Plus the fact that it runs on a 18650 cell
Looks like their charging $197 for it

If their letting you keep it your going to have to turn that sucker in to a 150mW+.

 

[Prototype]

I think they were asking around $100usd for the 5mW Spyder III before they stopped selling them. The $197 model is 50mW's, still pricey for 50mW.