My Laserworld Disco 500g 500mw Green Show Laser System has arrived

[stanwax]

There are many factors that determine the ultimate output of a DPSS laser but the primary limit is the size/power of the pump diode. There is a chance you could increase the drive to it but without knowing the specs it would be very easy to kill it. Some lasers are designed to run well under the pump diodes max. so that they have long life - similar to the argon in that respect - but without knowing the spec of the diode you wont know how far you can go, and a fraction too far for a tiny ammount of time and the diode will die.

Rob

[White-Light]

Don't want to hijack the thread, but I've put the power test on mine up here in glorious High Definition (hope you're OK with this Jem - there are no faces on there):

Shows a really good look into the Laserworld RS case for those interested.

http://vimeo.com/2103065

(May take a few seconds to buffer)

Test was from cold but showed 115mw Green and 489mw Red after a few secs on = 614mw total.

From warm earlier we had 120mw Green and 557mw red = 667mw total.

Maybe I just got lucky.

Having heard some people didn't get the promised flight case on their auctions, I emailed on winning my auction and said I now look forward to receiving the laser in its flightcase. Maybe they thought I was a professional reviewer given this specific request so I got a better laser. I did of course review but mine was positive in the end.

I'll copy this into Majorlees review as well just to give a balanced view on Laserworld.

[apdevelopments]

Well even tho the Laserworld is under powered it does give a good show.
I have been playing with it with my smoke machine and its not to bad.
Its quite bright and gives the equivalent amount of light of a old 2 watt argon that I used to own.
Its actually to bright for use in a large room in the house.

[SilentShaddow]

I think that some people over estimate how much power they need out of a unit to produce a decent show, ultimately if you your laser works, produces the nice shows you want and has enough light then your quids in for not buying a higher power laser. Sometimes I think that many would be better off investing in a half decent smoke machine rather then handing out loads off £££ trying to compensate with adding more watts.

[apdevelopments]

I know what you mean. As its only recently I started playing with laser again I still have my old argons in my mind and how actually inefficient they were.
Our old 2 watt argon would struggle to give anything near what a new 300mw green dpss of todays standards with visible light even tho the wattage is higher with a old argon.

[Dr Laser]

Is it TTL driver. ?? Actually I'm familiar with laserhead. I had one of those some time ago. Well it's dead now. Added to a pile of Lion-lasers, S-Ky and Laservers. I don't know any company with a good reputation (CNI, Laserwave, KVANT) who makes small heads. Try KVANT. They may have something this size. I have RGB project which is build well but parts.... OMG!

[KevSki]

Well it has arrived. I brought a Laserworld Disco 500g last week from Laserworld Switzerland. I paid £500 for it on ebay......................................

................I did feel like jumping on it at the time.

Now the Laser is back together I am going to sell it on for hopefully what I paid for it.

I am feeling alittle miffed about it and dont know if you can get more power from if but its probably not worth messing around with it.

Time to think again.

Hi there!
I'm a little confused! If you are unhappy with the product , it seems a bit strange to just sell it on.... especially as it does not seem to meet the spec you paid for?
I'd be concerned that if it goes wrong (?) the buyer would be back to you like a shot, you would then have to tackle Laserworld anyway about the underspec, you surely would risk loosing a laser and your money.

If these manufacturers keep getting away with producing inferior products it brings down standards and reduces enjoyment ( and trust!) for us hobbyists!
Kev

[apdevelopments]

I have sold it on to one of my sons friends who owns a mobile disco.
He fell in love with it and as there is actually noting wrong with it except for being under power I decided to get rid.

I am not even going to go down the road of sending it back to Switzerland as I know that it will disappear along with all my money and I would not be do anything about it.
At least selling to my sons friend it has gone to a good home where he is happy with it and I am happy with the funds back into my pocket.

Now I can start building my own system from scratch.

[soforene]

That's why forums like this are such a Godsend.
Anybody wishing to purchase a LaserWorld projector would get a good idea of the quality of their products by asking in here.

Generally Shite.

[Jem]

That's why forums like this are such a Godsend.
Anybody wishing to purchase a LaserWorld projector would get a good idea of the quality of their products by asking in here.

Generally Shite.

Hmmm... I wans't going to get involved in this thread, but what the heck

I had the pleasure (yes pleasure) of seeing RGBLaserfan's RGY Laserworld projector recently. I won't divulge here what he paid for it, but, suffice to say that I thought it represented excellent value for money. It was very well built, had all the safety features in place AND came in a superb flight case.

O.K., there were a 1001 things that I could pick holes in if I really wanted. But, and it's a big BUT, I still think it was good value for money as an off the shelf product that you plugged in and it worked without needing any prior knowledge of lasers.

I think the problem is that once you become involved in a subject and learn something about it your expectations suddenly become higher. Also, us guys on the forum are into building our own stuff (which not everyone is capable of) and we learn from each other which are the good lasers and which to avoid.

A good case in point is that when I joined the forum Lasever lasers were the flavour of the month, so I went ahead and purchased some. A couple of months down the line and everyone was screaming that the Lasever lasers were of poor build quality. I felt gutted when I read these posts, having just spent a load of money on their product. However, my Lasever green is still working brilliantly and i'm still happy with it (will be selling it soon though to fund a higher power one ).

I guess the point i'm trying to make is that as an entry point into the world of lasers some of the Laserworld units aren't really that bad. I know that for what RGBLaserfan paid for his there would be NO WAY you could put together a decent analogue modulated RGY system as a self build unit.

Just my twopenneth

Jem