WTB 589nm 50mW+ handheld

[Bogart]

I've been wanting one for a long time, and the supply situation seems to only be getting worse.

I've seen the 5mW pen for sale on aliexpress, but if I'm going to buy one, I really want something brighter than 5mW.

So I thought I'd post here, asking if anyone wants to sell theirs. Maybe you have one collecting dust in a drawer somewhere that you wouldn't mind parting with.

I'm aware that it won't be cheap.

Any takers? PM me.

 

[Lasermodder]

Honestly you’re going to have a really hard time finding one here. The only handheld I have seen over 5mw at that wavelength is this one here

Yellow Laser Pointer Pen 589nm Cheap Wholesale HTPOW

HTPOW 50mw yellow laser pointer is built by a non-slip texture and increase user security structure, distributed heat is good!

www.htpow.com

Which is crazy expensive. If you can afford it though, it’s what you’re looking for.

 

[Sowee7]

good luck on finding one, those are getting harder to find by the day, the only company that has ever produced them in handhelds were CNI , and they have stopped producing them recently, hope you do find one though, do not buy from the website that lasermodder sent, it looks a lot like a scam, especially as they have a 3000mw 589nm handheld, the highest power any 589nm handheld got to was 265mw (correct me if im wrong) and it only stayed that high for a few seconds

 

[Lasermodder]

good luck on finding one, those are getting harder to find by the day, the only company that has ever produced them in handhelds were CNI , and they have stopped producing them recently, hope you do find one though, do not buy from the website that lasermodder sent, it looks a lot like a scam, especially as they have a 3000mw 589nm handheld, the highest power any 589nm handheld got to was 265mw (correct me if im wrong) and it only stayed that high for a few seconds

Agreed. This was mainly to be use as a deterrent to buy one anyway considering its price. I would only buy from this site if I had a good LPM, and could use PayPal in combination with a credit card that can handle chargebacks easily.

 

[brendon7358]

I have been curious about this. It's only 10mW though https://biglasers.com/product/yellow-laser-pointer-pen/

 

[Sowee7]

I have been curious about this. It's only 10mW though https://biglasers.com/product/yellow-laser-pointer-pen/

Dont buy that, it looks a lot like a scam, first, the pointer they have in the pictures isn't even a cni 589nm pointer, it's a cni 593.5nm pointer, you can tell by the host. Next, even if it was 593.5nm it wouldn't be 10mw because cni never released a 10mw 593.5nm laser in the GLP host

 

[julianthedragon]

Good luck, be (very) patient and keep your eye out. I managed to find a 50mw from a member here only 2 months ago and wrote a review about it you can find in my sig.

Then just last month someone from Germany sold another one on eBay and the winning bid was around 590 euros. They're expensive and not easy to find but every now and then one pops up

 

[gazer101]

Do you want a laser that looks yellow to the human eye or actually emits yellow photons? The former is easy to create with an RGB laser

 

[Bogart]

Do you want a laser that looks yellow to the human eye or actually emits yellow photons? The former is easy to create with an RGB laser

Thanks for your replies all.

Yeah, I want one that looks consistently yellow/golden to my eyes while wearing my glasses that suffer from refraction if I look anywhere but in the center of the lenses.

Back in 2012 (I think) I saw a Ghostland Observatory show where they had two laser scanners that I think were 589nm (in addition to 6 RGB scanners). It was really an amazing show. The whole sky above the audience was essentially filled with bright fat vivid beams, and they had some great effects.

I saw another show of theirs some years later, and was disappointed that they didn't have the 589s anymore, and only 4 RGB scanners. It wasn't the same at all.

 

[Omnias]

Good luck, be (very) patient and keep your eye out. I managed to find a 50mw from a member here only 2 months ago and wrote a review about it you can find in my sig.

Then just last month someone from Germany sold another one on eBay and the winning bid was around 590 euros. They're expensive and not easy to find but every now and then one pops up

wow, amazing find on the yellow laser! I had checked several times before on whether yellow lasers are generally available, but ever since early 2020 with dragonlasers discontinuing laser pointers, it seems to be nearly impossible... I just want a nice 5mw laser in yellow, such as 589nm, ideally powered by a common battery size such as AAA

 

[Thorsteenster]

No idea on the reputability of BeamQ but they have this 589nm listed:

589nm Yellow Laser Pointers Pen Portable Laser - $499.00 : BeamQ Laser, DFB Laser, Solid State Laser, Gaussian Laser and more Laser Solutions

BeamQ Laser 589nm Yellow Laser Pointers Pen Portable Laser - Yellow laser pointers provide a brilliant and rare beam of laser light that is ideal for any application that requires a 593nm or 594nm light frequency.Wavelength(nm):589Output power(mW):>0.6,1,2...,5Transverse mode:TEMOperating...

www.beamq.com

Several values listed for Output Power, but no selectable options to choose which.

Edit: Looks like the same one as this one on AliExpress and is <5mw:

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/2251832763710256.html

 

[ZRaffleticket]

I've tried buying from beamq twice, and both times they have ripped me off and never sent me anything... They "sell" products they cannot acquire, and leave you in limbo without a word. Would recommend against buying from them.

 

[Thorsteenster]

Yeah, even looking around on Amazon there's slim pickings. Most are billed as "pet toys" and others are well over 5mw.
Here's one though:

https://www.amazon.com/Pointer-Interactive-Presentation-Remotes-Chargeable/dp/B09Y4D7NFB/ref=sr_1_4?crid=R4HA3JDZS77W

Here's a link to the 80mw 450nm on DTR's Ebay store, first is the diode itself followed by driver and module options.

80mw 450nm | eBay

 

[Bogart]

No idea on the reputability of BeamQ but they have this 589nm listed:

589nm Yellow Laser Pointers Pen Portable Laser - $499.00 : BeamQ Laser, DFB Laser, Solid State Laser, Gaussian Laser and more Laser Solutions

BeamQ Laser 589nm Yellow Laser Pointers Pen Portable Laser - Yellow laser pointers provide a brilliant and rare beam of laser light that is ideal for any application that requires a 593nm or 594nm light frequency.Wavelength(nm):589Output power(mW):>0.6,1,2...,5Transverse mode:TEMOperating...

www.beamq.com

Several values listed for Output Power, but no selectable options to choose which.

Edit: Looks like the same one as this one on AliExpress and is <5mw:

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/2251832763710256.html

Thanks. I actually found one recently, a DL Spartan came up on eBay and I made sure to swoop in right away and grab it.

It shipped from the UK to the US without any trouble.

Unfortunately it's a bit unstable. I can see it mode hopping, and the LPM shows the output ranging from ~10 to 40mW.

I'm still pretty happy with it. It looks gorgeous at night.