Lasorb 683

[wolfblue]

Anybody know when the LASORB 683 is going to be available? Should be better protection for 445's running less than 500mW than the LASORB 833 might provide.

--John

[MisterWilling]

I was told by pangolin the 445 lasorb is in production and will be ready to ship in two weeks. That was a week ago though.

[polishedball]

Is there really a need to protect the 445nm? I've done about everything but piss on the thing and it just keeps on lazing....

[allthatwhichis]

Is there really a need to protect the 445nm? I've done about everything but piss on the thing and it just keeps on lazing....

That was my thought; Macr did some fairly extensive "scientific" testing and it sounds like you could store em as house slipper beads until you wanted to use them and they'd be OK.

[Francesco]

I was told by pangolin the 445 lasorb is in production and will be ready to ship in two weeks. That was a week ago though.

This is correct, I expect to receive the L44-683 Lasorbs end of next week.

For the people who bought the L44-833 Lasorb (405nm), this part will work fine without any problems on the 445nm diodes.

[dave]

I would go a step further and say is there really a need top protect any laser diode? The only times that I have killed diodes has been thru stupidity! Now that I have said that I'm probably going to start zapping diodes!

Is there really a need to protect the 445nm? I've done about everything but piss on the thing and it just keeps on lazing....

[drlava]

I have been using the blu-ray version on all my 445's and never had an issue even without static protection after attachment.