Aquarius-2 Review and Pics!

[Sawt al Hurriyah]

I got this laser from Dragon Lasers in June of this year. After I ordered it, I could not concentrate at school for a WEEK until it arrived! I never thought I could afford a blue laser, but after a little good luck, and selling some of my stuff, I finally got one....well actually I got about 25% off. Anyway this lasers feels of very good quality when you hold it It is slightly thicker than most pen lasers, it is 17mm thick and 148mm long. I don't have anything to test the power with, but it was rated as less than 2mw. This laser uses one CR2 battery, which seem to be quite rare and expensive, I paid $30 for two. Unfortunately battery life is quite low. This laser is a battery hog. The beam is actually visible in the dark, and this laser could almost be used for star pointing, even though it is only rated 2mw. I heard this is becasue our vision centers closer to blue in the dark...or something like that. :nana:The laser has a very good quality beam with no artifacts or scattering. The beam is pulsed, so you can see a dashed line when you flash it across a wall. Overall this laser was well worth it, every time I show it to someone, they comment on how beautiful the color is!



Pros: Beautiful beam color, surprisingly visible beam, great beam quality

Cons: Uses rare batteries, uses batteries at an alarming rate



Here are some pictures:


Here is a size comparison, laser are from top to bottom, Andy 220mw Red, Nova X-105, Core, Aquarius-2.

This kinda shows the pulsed operation.

Here is a group shot of the beams.

Here are the beams in the dark.

Here it is through a Nova Lasers diffraction grating!

 

[Athoul]

You might wish to order some batteries through the internet. Here's some links to CR2 batteries for only a few dollars each.

http://www.batteryjunction.com/onecr2liphba.html

http://www.batteryjunction.com/cr2sacr2phli.html

Also battery station CR2 for only $1.50 each. But there is slightly over a $6 shipping fee. I've used several Battery Station brand CR123A's and they have all worked very well, in most some cases superior to the name brand ones that I had purchased at local stores. I'd imagine these would be jsut as good.
http://ww9.aitsafe.com/cf/add.cfm?u...tation+CR2 Lithium+Battery&price=1.50&units=1

Hope this helps keep the cost of you laser food down

 

[ACMarina]

Coool pics!!

 

[Lightmania]

The 3rd and 4th pictures had very 'Pink Floyd'ness feel to them.
Nice set!