Laserwave 532nm.2W, 637nm.1W, 445nm.2W

[whitephantom]

Recently purchased Laserwave 2X 532nm.2W, 2X 637nm.1W, 2X 445nm.2W . Review coming soon on product performance, improvement, quality, after sales service and support.

[polishedball]

the better question would be, shouldn't this then be in the product review section.

[andy_con]

what a pointless thread

[polishedball]

Almost as good as this one http://www.photonlexicon.com/forums/...220#post266220

[norty303]

Given that you've said you're going to review the after sales service and support, should we assume you needed some?

[Steve Milani]

waiting for full report review

[hitekvoop]

Well, while the OP is busy crafting their review, I'll step in and provide my own (sans pics )

I too bought a set of laserwave laser modules:

2w 532nm
2w 445nm
1w 637nm

There's really nothing much to say about the green and blue. Both are TEC cooled (works great, but definitely sink the green driver). My only gripe is the fast axis on the Green is Y, while the fast axis on the blue (and red) is X. Not a huge deal, but give some interesting looking long-throw beams when everything is fully aligned.

Now, on to the red... Laserwave is selling a 900mw AND a 1w 637. So, without doing my due dilligence (doh!) I thought 1w>900mw... duh and bought the 1w head. This head is TEC cooled also (I think) and makes its beam by knife-edging 8x170mw red diodes. This can be clearly seen on the output window as I'm not sure how the focus is set from the factory. Unfortunately, I'm running the lasers through a beam table, and without hogging out the apertures I was leaving most of the red as scatter off the edges of my aperture holes. Here's where post sales support comes in... I emailed my "chinese girlfriend" and she was happy to offer me credit on what I'd already paid to exchange the 1w for the 900mw (which is a single, larger diode, and NOT TEC cooled). I happily sent the 1w back (shipping to china is 4x more than shipping from china) and received the 900mw in exchange. I'm very pleased with the incredibly fast shipping and service I received from.... Goldenstar Laser (Props!).

Last thing: The 1w and 900mw 637's are not the same beam height! The 900mw matches the 2w 532 and 445's, but the 1w is taller. So if you're looking to go RGB, the 900mw is a better choice. This also explains why GSL's current crop of RGB projectors are coming with 900mw 637 and not 1w.

Oh, and last but not least, the (new) pricing on the 2w 445 is ridiculous. I ordered two within two weeks of each other and the price had fallen by 40% in that time. PM Winni and ask how much 445's are going for, you'll be SHOCKED how cheap they are.

So, there you go... threadjack complete.

-rick