Special thanks to Hap, my account is now activated.
In need of something better than my <5mW red toy I searched ebay for something more powerful, but all looked suspicious. Even the other big laser sites found with google looked sketchy. I turned to Wicked Lasers knowing my dad got a couple there, but found the USA shipping issue. Eventually LPF helped me find and trust Sanwu, no thanks to the many big toplaserpointers.com links everywhere, does that site even work? I ended up with the pocket series 250mW red laser, but am still waiting for the batteries to come. I ordered ultrafire non protected fearing the protected might not fit, but now it looks like Sanwu recommends them. I've got an RC airplane computer lipo charger I'll use. I've read about the great quality and how the seems are invisible. I easily found the front seem, which was quite thin, thinking that's how to access the battery compartment, but it took me a while to find the rear seem, it practically was invisible. I got a multi mode version, I noticed the switch sounds to simply click on and off and is likely separate from the mode changer, so is it safe to assume that "half tapping" without fully clicking on gives a short burst of power telling the controller to change modes?
Anyway, a few other questions I have are: does Sanwu not guarantee shipments to certain countries like WL? Is it a gamble just hoping your laser makes it to you at all? Could they honestly declare laser components inside but ship as one package with the host and the other package with the diode and driver without customs issues? Are Sanwu's safety glasses very good? They seem to filter out stray light on the wall with my 5mW laser, but I've used the glasses that came with my dad's 1W blue WL and the dot was invisible with the glasses on. Also, I'm just curious if there is an injuries thread to give people a reminder about safety? I'm sure even the most experienced laser users could use an occasional reminder of a real life example.
Oh, and Nutball does not reflect how I use lasers.
In need of something better than my <5mW red toy I searched ebay for something more powerful, but all looked suspicious. Even the other big laser sites found with google looked sketchy. I turned to Wicked Lasers knowing my dad got a couple there, but found the USA shipping issue. Eventually LPF helped me find and trust Sanwu, no thanks to the many big toplaserpointers.com links everywhere, does that site even work? I ended up with the pocket series 250mW red laser, but am still waiting for the batteries to come. I ordered ultrafire non protected fearing the protected might not fit, but now it looks like Sanwu recommends them. I've got an RC airplane computer lipo charger I'll use. I've read about the great quality and how the seems are invisible. I easily found the front seem, which was quite thin, thinking that's how to access the battery compartment, but it took me a while to find the rear seem, it practically was invisible. I got a multi mode version, I noticed the switch sounds to simply click on and off and is likely separate from the mode changer, so is it safe to assume that "half tapping" without fully clicking on gives a short burst of power telling the controller to change modes?
Anyway, a few other questions I have are: does Sanwu not guarantee shipments to certain countries like WL? Is it a gamble just hoping your laser makes it to you at all? Could they honestly declare laser components inside but ship as one package with the host and the other package with the diode and driver without customs issues? Are Sanwu's safety glasses very good? They seem to filter out stray light on the wall with my 5mW laser, but I've used the glasses that came with my dad's 1W blue WL and the dot was invisible with the glasses on. Also, I'm just curious if there is an injuries thread to give people a reminder about safety? I'm sure even the most experienced laser users could use an occasional reminder of a real life example.
Oh, and Nutball does not reflect how I use lasers.