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Re: Swim's NEW Overspec 5mW Pen Shop *IN STOCK* Got mine today... The sticker on it says <100mW. It's like a beacon and absolutely blows the crappy 5mW I have out of the water. Thanks much! Have some rep!

Well I already placed an order here on the forums for one of Swims Super Overspec pens but there are enough pages there for me to believe him to be legit. Other than that, thanks for the welcome!

apologies, my mistake for not reading. thanks

found this on eBay and was wondering if it was worthwhile or crap? 300mw 445nm Blue Laser Diode/lens heatsink soldered wire | eBay thanks

Hey all, My name is Kris. I'm kicking around out here in Portland OR and I have loved lasers since I got my first red pointer back in like 2000. I got a taste a couple years ago for the greenies when I was using a buddies AR and it had one mounted. it was beautiful especially when we were...

that's awesome... can you feel any kind of heat if you put it on your hand or anything?

that's it huh? Its never become noticeably warm, I have just read about duty cycles and wasn't sure if it was pumping out enough power to need 1 minute on and 30 seconds off or something. Thanks a lot

What should the duty cycle be for my 50mW 405? I love my greenie but this one is quickly becoming my favorite and find myself playing with it all the time. I certainly don't want to burn the diode out due to overuse. Its just a 5.00 ebay pen. Thanks

Re: Swim's NEW Overspec 5mW Pen Shop *IN STOCK* Payment inbound for Super Overspec, I'm in Oregon, do you think this could make it by Friday?

Yeah, the beam on this particular laser is oblong and not the perfectly circular dot. It is not focusable. It's just a 5.00 eBay violet pen so I don't expect an amazing laser. I was really just wondering if this was to be expected.

I apologize if this is in print somewhere I browsed for a few pages but was not able to find anything that really answered. I saw in the 445 section that they will always produce a oval or line and not a circular dot. Is this the case with a 405 as well? I notice that my 50mW throws an oblong...

Yeah, I was thinking of ordering one of the really overspec ones from the guy that is selling them on here. Ill probably contact him today or tomorrow thanks

Yeah it still dims right away, maybe not quite as much but it still does it.

I see, sorry for the ignorance here, I appreciate the guidance.

while I could understand that for a laser that I had been using for a while, this seems to happen in the first 2 seconds of turning it on is that still the norm? I dont notice that my 405nm pen does it.

I had a feeling that was going to get me yelled at, I was being extremely careful to not have it pointed in the direction of my eyes. anyhow, I wont be pointing it near my face again. I really wonder how strong this thing is, are there places that have things that can test it? Thanks again

I bought one of the eBay 5mW greenies just to play with and have observed a behavior that I wonder about. First off I havent ruled out batteries yet so that is a possibility. When you press the button it comes on amazingly bright and is ever so slightly visible in a well lit room but then...

I picked up an (advertised) 5mW pen style pointer on eBay and was surprised when I read the holographic sticker that says that the output is <50mW. do you think that it is 50mW? I can see the beam very very faintly sometimes in a lit room, pretty easily in a dark room, and like you couldn't...

Alright so I grabbed to thing to scrap it and figured that I would go ahead and tear it all the way down. I tossed the old diode but kept the driver board and all the brass bits as well as the pen tube. Would this make an okay host down the line or since I dont have the lens from the end would...

Thank you for the response, Ill just toss the thing in the trash and be done with it. Sounds like ti was a good thing I was wary of it.