scorpion from Megalaser.com review

daryl

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Hello gang, I'm a long time lurker, first time poster.

I own one laser, and I bought it in November 2006, I recieved it from megalaser.com about 5 days after they shipped it.

The model is the 120mw scorpion, and it's a AAA green laser.

I bought it to reward myself after a long year in my first business.

now that I've seen what other lasers can do from the favorite companies on this forum, I feel like I should have ordered from one of them.

The laser is powerful yes, but it's no 120. It's performance is very much like an 80mw that it really acts like a 120 for the first half second of use.

it's an 80. I paid 599.00 cdn. for a good quality 80 mw laser.

sigh.


Since I got the laser I have noticied that this company is almost never discussed on the internet, and the only review is the same one on every website.There's the odd post from 03'

I was inpulsive, and my laser is cool, but when I see what I could have gotten,I don't feel great.

for the coin I was expecting more

see the thing to do is do the research BEFORE you throw down the order to get one.


I would post pics, but I hear that's not the thing to do

daryl
 
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Re: scorpion from Megalasers.com review

you cant ask for a replacement or a refund? or is that possibility expired?

EDIT: nevermind, the website deosnt even exist anymore.. or maybe that its just down..?
 
Re: scorpion from Megalasers.com review

sorry, it's megalaser.com


doh
 
ooo, ive heard this site mentioned before.. but nothing about it's products.. have you asked them if you could get a replacement or refund?
 
well, no I haven't

but I don't really have much of a case do I? I mean it IS a 120mw, but just for a moment it seems. So isn't that how "they getcha?"

I'm not bitter, I just needed to shop around before I bought one
 
daryl said:
well, no I haven't

but I don't really have much of a case do I? I mean it IS a 120mw, but just for a moment it seems. So isn't that how "they getcha?"

I'm not bitter, I just needed to shop around before I bought one

The description of their power is suspicious. They describe it as both 120mW and <120mW. <120mW being useless and misleading, you could call a 40mW laser <120.

Not much fun having an under powered laser so see if they'll refund or replace. Be interesting to see if they'll honor their 12 month warranty with you.
 
yea they both work now... weird how megalaser only sells <40mw and <125mw. ther they both look excatly the same
 
It being my first laser, I bet I would think a 40mw is just as cool,

hey I'm going to try some match lighting stuff, and I'll let you guys know how that goes
 
Ya, you have to watch out for the <mW game. Our lasers are <5000mW :whistle:. In reality I am sure the laser does do 125mW though, but what is common with AAA pointers is that the battery drains so fast that after the first 10 minutes those batteries will not be able to output enough power to get the laser to 125mW or the laser over heats too quickly which also will lower the power.
 
oh there's no doubt it's a quality model, it doesn't have any noticable heat warming up,

it's just when you see the solid green beam for the half second , it would be cool to have that type of beam regularly occuring from the front of the laser....
 
madz, do you know if the life between a, say, 60mw envee is different from your 120mw? if they use the same diode.. 500mw, would the higher powerr one have a shorter life?
 
depends on how much amperage needs to drive the diode ( some lase at 170ma some need 500ma etc etc ) and how close that is to the diode maximum. it also depends on how well seated and cooled the diode is. if a diode doesn't have proper heatsinking ( good amount of metal and good contact/thermal conductvity it will run poorly and generally have a short life.
 
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