laserworld Purelight RGB

[wondertwnz]

I have a LW PL4000 that i have had for a year now and I am very happy with it. IT has a CNI Green and the Swisslas Blue and red both 1W and they are both still doing over the spec 1W today. I had a low output red only doing about 400mW when i first got it and they were AWESOME about replacing it in advance. They send me a new Red out right away without even waiting for the other red module. Got the new one in and dropped it in no problem, they paid for the shipping on both the replacement and the return.

I know others have had bad experiences but I think the higher end projectors (The Purelights) are pretty nice for the money. very comparable to other brands and a nice big case for future upgrades.
Just my 2 Cents.

Larry

[DanG]

Larry,

Wait, you have a PL-4000 (4 watt) projector at it is doing about the 1W spec for red and blue? That does not really compute...

There is also the problem that they are still illegal in the US but we'll ignore that for the moment. =)

[wondertwnz]

Larry,

Wait, you have a PL-4000 (4 watt) projector at it is doing about the 1W spec for red and blue? That does not really compute...

There is also the problem that they are still illegal in the US but we'll ignore that for the moment. =)

IT is the silly Laserworld specs but just like most Manufactures you really have to read the spec
They only guarantee 3.5W on that projector. I am still getting 1.2W from the red (Spec) 1w From the blue (Spec) and 1.25W on the Green (Spec) so still getting 3.45W after a year.
All of these powers are after the Dichros but before the scanners so I am sure they are still doing well over the 3.5W min at the laser which is how everyone specs there lasers not at the scanners as they really should I think.
But as I said you should know about how the specs from them and every other manufacturer are written before you buy from them so you know what you should expect.

As far as being legal they are if you add the parts like I did and get the variance.

I know a lot of people here do not like them and that is fine I was just responding with my experience not telling anyone to go out a buy one.

Larry

[DanG]

As far as being legal they are if you add the parts like I did and get the variance.

I know a lot of people here do not like them and that is fine I was just responding with my experience not telling anyone to go out a buy one.

Larry

I am glad that it is working well for you, really. You may know that I have... an unusual amount of experience with their products and while the list of things I am very good at is reasonably small, LaserWorld compliance is on it. The whole reason that a rift developed between us is that we refused to sell non-compliant products and many of their products could not be made compliant. The unit you have is one such model so while adding the parts to it certainly and unquestionably makes it better, it is still not a compliant projector literally about ten different ways. Even their "insurance policy" is a smoke screen I came to find out.

You've got an even bigger issue as well because if you bought it a year ago, I didn't sell it to you which means that it almost certainly had to come into the country illegally which is of course a customs problem. The only way to get it in legally at that time was for us to bring it in and have it held on a temporary non-compliant product import bond AND a rolling import duty bond (you can't pay duty on something that can't be in the country) until such time as we could hopefully make it compliant with the US regs and get it released from the bonds.

Like I said, I am not trying to make a big deal out of it and you will have no trouble from me, but I feel strongly that you should know that because it cost me a Brinks truck in legal fees and time to arrive at that conclusion myself and I don't want to see anyone else get stuck in that problem.

By the way, the model they should have sold you was a PL-4500RGB unless they just derated a 4500 to 4000 because there is no such model as far as i know. The spec of the 4500 is 3.4 "minimum" so that tracks and we generally experienced about 15-20% losses through the galvos and aperture glass after the dichros.

[euphoric]

I have a LW PL4000 that i have had for a year now and I am very happy with it. IT has a CNI Green and the Swisslas Blue and red both 1W and they are both still doing over the spec 1W today. I had a low output red only doing about 400mW when i first got it and they were AWESOME about replacing it in advance. They send me a new Red out right away without even waiting for the other red module. Got the new one in and dropped it in no problem, they paid for the shipping on both the replacement and the return.

I know others have had bad experiences but I think the higher end projectors (The Purelights) are pretty nice for the money. very comparable to other brands and a nice big case for future upgrades.
Just my 2 Cents.

Larry

yea i tend to agree that is it their cheaper line stuff that is of poor quality...most reviews on here which are bad seem to be based on the revolution series units....which are around 1 3rd the price of the purelight...ur not wrong reg the size of the units they are a beast haha..and i only have the 1.6w unit haha...but the sealed housing is pretty damn sweet...nothing worse than having to pull appart ur unit to clean every 2 weeks...

going to get some HP dicros from Swisslas and throw a set of CT6210's in...then maaaybe drop some heafy diodes in there later on...

[wondertwnz]

I am glad that it is working well for you, really. You may know that I have... an unusual amount of experience with their products and while the list of things I am very good at is reasonably small, LaserWorld compliance is on it. The whole reason that a rift developed between us is that we refused to sell non-compliant products and many of their products could not be made compliant. The unit you have is one such model so while adding the parts to it certainly and unquestionably makes it better, it is still not a compliant projector literally about ten different ways. Even their "insurance policy" is a smoke screen I came to find out.

You've got an even bigger issue as well because if you bought it a year ago, I didn't sell it to you which means that it almost certainly had to come into the country illegally which is of course a customs problem. The only way to get it in legally at that time was for us to bring it in and have it held on a temporary non-compliant product import bond AND a rolling import duty bond (you can't pay duty on something that can't be in the country) until such time as we could hopefully make it compliant with the US regs and get it released from the bonds.

Like I said, I am not trying to make a big deal out of it and you will have no trouble from me, but I feel strongly that you should know that because it cost me a Brinks truck in legal fees and time to arrive at that conclusion myself and I don't want to see anyone else get stuck in that problem.

By the way, the model they should have sold you was a PL-4500RGB unless they just derated a 4500 to 4000 because there is no such model as far as i know. The spec of the 4500 is 3.4 "minimum" so that tracks and we generally experienced about 15-20% losses through the galvos and aperture glass after the dichros.

At the time I bought it there was a PL4000 Model. Sorry for the wrong date but I went back and checked and I have had that unit since 12/12/2008 so over 2 years now. Sorry I thought it was 2009.
Larry