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Yeah my filter is likely reflecting some percent instead of transmitting it.

I measured 10mW with my own IR cut filter on my original Valkyrie 573nm, and 20mW without the filter. My IR cut filter isn't perfect so take it only as a rough estimate.

There's a guy I watched a video of the other day who tried overdriving a similar Nichia array:

It's really all dependent on the diode. DTR has a lot of tests on here where he pushes them far past what they were intended to do. But depending on the diode, you might kill it in 5 minutes or 5 years. It's a gamble.

Looks great! Can't wait to buy one soon!

Hey Mike! Glad to hear I have fellow active members here in Utah. I live in the suburbs of Salt Lake City.

I'm a computer geek and software engineering nerd from Utah. My username online has always been andrewProgrammer (since at least 2007), but you can call me Andrew for short. I came up with that name when I was young and first getting serious into writing software, mostly Flash games at the time...

I'm assuming the 405nm is multimode?

Mine just showed up :cool: Beautiful host and quality build. A very amazing color! My eyes are often drawn to the tiny amount of green in it unless I put it next to a shorter wavelength laser. Here's an image of #EAFF00 (~573nm, which is accurate to my eyes+monitor) vs #FFFF00 (~580nm, 50% red...

Definitely want to see a mint green 505nm in real life. There are so many wavelengths these days, they're reinvigorating the hobby.

These are amazing!!! And I love the host! I'll definitely be making this my next purchase.

I like the idea of that MXDL 3W host. Maybe I'll have to get back into doing some DIYs...

I wouldn't mind a side button if it had a shelf for the driver/button PCB or something to similar effect. But so many of these are just free-floating PCBs inside the tube and if the buttons don't break, then it's the diode pins that snap off... Even then, though, 1 of my 4 Laserglow Anser/Libra...

What I personally want more of are quality low-ish power (5mW to 50mW) pen-style lasers with tailcap buttons (the side buttons on pen-style hosts break too easily and feel cheap). My favorite example is the Z-Bolt BTE-4S (pictured below) but what I really want is that same style in a <50mW blue...

Count me in for a 57Xnm laser! Also, any plans to put the 561nm in your CNI-style host? I just bought your 593.5nm in the CNI-style and now I want more colors :)