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    Wicked Lasers 445nm <1W Spyder III Pro Arctic Series

    Wow, what a sentence! ;)
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    Wicked Lasers 445nm <1W Spyder III Pro Arctic Series

    I would be interested to hear how the Arctic compares to the other 445nm lasers you have there.
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    Wicked Lasers 445nm <1W Spyder III Pro Arctic Series

    I get the fire alarm, but how did it set off the burglar alarm? After exploding, did the battery tip-toe out of the charger and try to escape out the window?
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    Wicked Lasers 445nm <1W Spyder III Pro Arctic Series

    He may be saying that based on the fact that some Arctics have had blown diodes, to the point that the diode won't emit even a small bit of light. Usually when a laser diode is pushed to the point of damage, it will still emit a slight glow, but these Arctics are blowing diodes to the point...
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    Wicked Lasers 445nm <1W Spyder III Pro Arctic Series

    I'm still confused... What is this data? Is it something that was scanned, then emailed as an image file? Is it a spreadsheet? Is it a screenshot? An online database? Text in an email? In what format does this "data" exist?
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    Wicked Lasers 445nm <1W Spyder III Pro Arctic Series

    Wicked Lasers has a long history of what many would call shady business practices, going back to the very beginning when Chris Tao operated the company from his college dormitory in Storrs, Connecticut, before he fled to China to avoid legal trouble. Granted, the company has come a very long...
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    Wicked Lasers 445nm <1W Spyder III Pro Arctic Series

    Assuming for a moment that there's no other company selling a 1W 445nm laser for $199 or less (which apparently there is according to wyager), the difference between $199 and $239 is relatively insignificant, especially when you factor in shipping from China. When you then consider the...
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    Wicked Lasers 445nm <1W Spyder III Pro Arctic Series

    Yup, Wicked Lasers is now charging $299 for the 445nm Arctic. As Wyager mentioned above, as well as someone else back a few pages in this thread, Dragon Lasers has a 1W 445nm blue laser they call the Spartan for $239. I haven't seen a review of this laser, but I bet it's better quality than...
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    Wicked Lasers 445nm <1W Spyder III Pro Arctic Series

    You're right when you say "if that." I bet WL is getting these diodes right from Nichia for a few bucks per. Think about the price Casio must be getting them for to sell a projector for $600 wholesale that has 24 of them. With all the other parts, manufacturing/distribution costs...
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    Wicked Lasers 445nm <1W Spyder III Pro Arctic Series

    Now that you've given us an indication of quantity, tell us about the quality of the beam, which is more important in my opinion. Do those photons stick together?
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    Wicked Lasers 445nm <1W Spyder III Pro Arctic Series

    Let's not forget that WL is a Chinese company, and as such, they don't have to (and just plain don't) adhere to the safety laws that a US company would. More likely all the delays are simply due to sourcing the parts to make the things. Does anyone know how quickly Nichia is churning out these...
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    Wicked Lasers 445nm <1W Spyder III Pro Arctic Series

    If you have an automatic spam filter/folder, you should check it. I've heard that some people have had email from WL mistakenly labeled as spam.
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    Wicked Lasers 445nm <1W Spyder III Pro Arctic Series

    Did someone post pictures of the driver on a different forum? If so, can you please point me to them?
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    Wicked Lasers 445nm <1W Spyder III Pro Arctic Series

    Agreed, and this is the really strange part. I've burned out so many laser diodes over the years, and you always know they're toasted when you see that warm glow. With these Arctics, it seems almost as if the driver shorted and flooded the diode with direct battery current, but if that's the...
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    Wicked Lasers 445nm <1W Spyder III Pro Arctic Series

    So the quality of the G1 units is so poor that they're not even shipping them anymore now that the G2 units are available. Hopefully these G2 units will be everything everybody expected in the first place. This whole G1/G2 thing sounds like a classic case of "fast, good, cheap - pick two."...
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