I just took delivery of an Acebeam W30 which was sent to me in Australia by Skylumen - thanks Vinh! The flashlight performed beautifully until I decided to perform a stupid experiment. I wanted to see to what extent I could excite the phosphor with my Sanwu Striker 7 watt blue laser. The short answer is not very much! And the reason is that the Striker burnt the absolute crap out of the phosphor layer, which now looks as though someone has scribbled on it with a black Sharpie.
So please don't ruin your W30, or I suspect just about any other device with an LEP coating, by trying what I tried. It has been a costly mistake.
So please don't ruin your W30, or I suspect just about any other device with an LEP coating, by trying what I tried. It has been a costly mistake.