Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls...
I have just taken delivery of my shiny new Kvant 600mw 642nm Laser and wanted to share my extreme delight with you...
Martin (Pelosh) was in contact with me throughout the whole transaction with regular e-mails and even taking the time to call me on the phone with updates.
The laser was built to order and I ordered it right before ProLight in Frankfurt, so bearing in mind these guys were tied up with that, the laser was built very quickly. Yesterday Martin contacted me with tracking information and this morning the laser was in my hands... And WOW what a laser!!!!!
Ok, first thing I noticed was the subtle 'Fragile' label on the package... No courier could ever miss this one...
On opening the box, everything was well packed in foam, with polystyrene chips and bubble wrap around the components...
This picture speaks for itself really... The build quality is amazing, far surpassing any laser I have owned before... The laser head itself is solidly built and is a work of art, shame to put it in an enclosure really...
Here is a closeup of that sexy laser head...
Now I have to admit, this component was not included in the package, but to be honest it *IS* essential
Now the bit we are all interested in... Yes, it's that beautiful, bright and *very* tight red beam...
Mwwwaaarrrrr!!!!!!
And finally, the spot... Exactly as you would expect from such a high quality product...
Currently I have no way of measuring it, but I am sure just by looking that this laser is well up to spec...
So, I would like to publicly commend and thank Martin and the team at Kvant for a first class product and superb customer service throughout the entire transaction... You *really* do get what you pay for with these guys... So thanks a million...
As soon as my second blue and new green arrive, I will start a new thread to show the build/upgrade of my RGB laser. At that point we can all enjoy pics of this baby in action...
At the moment, not much to see... The RGB is no more than a shell at the moment, sold the red and green out of it and am awaiting delivery of my 600mw 532 and another 200mw of 473 to compliment this new baby and my existing blue...
Also have a 1watt 532 in the post, so all I have at the moment is a 1watt green projector and a pile of optics, scanners etc...
But once those components all arrive, it'll be a different story
A couple of people have asked about the beam specs on this laser, so for those people and the rest of you who just love pretty pics, here is a pic of the red compared to a 1 watt green... Just so you can see how well the beam profiles match
When my new RGB is completed, I will be using 600mw of green so the brightness will also match, obviously the 1 watt green is too bright to mix with 600mw of the red...
Again, this photo doesn't do the laser real justice...