OK I have been waiting for these for some time.
2 x 500 mw 808 nm laser pointers from CNI. They turned up at a friends house today, and our first results are very dissapointing. I think someone here has had the 1064nm version and reported it very impressive (it could have been Spec).
These units seem initally impressive, being able to ignite a chequebook within seconds. BUT the beam divergence is shocking, at 4 metres the beam is about 15cm wide (it starts out at 1mm) !! Focus has no effect.
I think that collimating these "lasers" is impossible because of the large apature laser "pump" diode installed. These are more like big IR torches, and I belive should not be labled "laser pointers".
We have emailed CNI, I will let you know the result.
Regards
Gold