I've only had my 505nm and 488nm a couple weeks now! dream come true seeing how these colors for a finished product were thousands of dollars recently, much larger and not portable! A BIG Thank You to Sanwu Lasers and of course Sharp!
K'sEO it definitely is a dream come true :) It certainly is so shocking to see this wavelength in such a inexpensive diode now, the PLT5 488 is actually still $999 on eBay lol Sanwu and Sharp are such good companies :)
So I finally picked one up. Very great light, mine looks a lot richer blue than the video portrays. Question, do you think the side spill could be resolved by coating the inner sides of the aperture with something black? What do you think might work? I'm wondering if a tiny o-ring would fit in there.
Luis Arias hey Luis, I did some measurements using the Mrad calculator on LPF and at 16feet the dot is around 4-5mm wide which puts the Divergence at apx 0.8-1.1 Mrad which would make sense because these are single mode diodes which in a short answer makes then a very tight dot and not a square or triangle. That also means the beam distance is really good on these. I hope this helps :)
Sanwu is having trouble at the moment keeping up with orders other then pocketlasers. Ordered their striker 7w blue and it may be months before I get it! Worth the wait but just letting everyone know. They are built to order as well but sanwu is having trouble with procuring the diodes...
That sucks that sometimes that happens :( I hope they don’t fall further and further behind. Definitely worth it, I have waited that long before but it’s hard
@@04mach1speed update, due to the troubles in China they could not send in in the foreseeable future and I cancelled the order for the time being. Building my own 7w!
Ubiquidic I don’t usually leave them on longer than 30 seconds but they don’t really get warm at all. Maybe the head temperature rises a few degrees but that about it.
Hi, can you compare the 488 nm vs 492 nm wavelength laser from Sanwu? Both lengths are beautiful and I thinking about buying 492 nm or 488 nm. I can't decide because both colors are nice. 488nm is only available with max. power 80mw at 492 is 150mw. Is it the big difference between 80mw and 150mw in visibility and power? thanks a lot
Hey E404, I don’t have the 492 from Sanwu :( their will be a pretty noticeable difference in output from 80 to 150. Not crazy noticeable but you’ll definitely notice the output increase. As far as color or wavelength, they’re very close and I have a 492-495nm C6 build and when I put them side by side, (the Sanwu 488 and my 495) they’re both beautiful and stunning. The 492-495nm is slightly greener. But I would honestly go with which one you can afford or like the most. They’re both pretty. You won’t regret either one :) hope this helps
Hi@@04mach1speed , allready purschased ► Sanwu Challenger 150mW 492nm. I have one more question about delivery time. How long has it been received from your order? I read one discussion that one boy waited three months for delivery. Thank you in advance for your answer.
Error 404 hey buddy. Podo (Sanwu owner) is usually pretty good about getting them in a reasonable (China) time lol! Both my Sanwus took about 3-4 weeks. It really shouldn’t take longer than that. Seems like a long time to wait but I’m used to ordering crap from China. Fasttech, Neal’s gadgets, and Laserlands. But 3, 4 weeks top. Please keep me updated :) I also read that 3 month issue too. I remember that happening. I think that was cause he was backed up and it was Chinese New Year. I think, lol
PhotonsAcrossTheAir Shipment for orders placed after August 8 will be severely delayed by two weeks to a month, for more . Unluck :( Laserponter protest in HongKong
Error 404 what!!? Really!? I swear China takes forever on everything!! I knew a dude who bought a flashlight from China and paid for 2 day air shipping and it finally arrived after two weeks lol jeez
Someone tried robbing me the otherday via going through my backyard door so I pulled out my 7W laser from Sanwu and told him I'd blind him if he didn't leave immediately Thank you Sanwu, much less costly than a gun :)
Did you ever actually test the power on this? Looks like they sell 100mw and 150mw variations now, so im assuming those are more accurately labeled nowadays
I always get way back into lasers around the time they come out with a new cheap diode. Last time it was the 440nm diode from sharp in a dragonlasers case. Gonna have to get one of these.
Got this thing in the mail yesterday and played around with it a bit, it’s a really pleasant color, and the beam is visible in a lit room. The size is really nice and I plan on getting other wavelengths of the pocket series, if anyone wants to get a sanwu pocket series they should definitely go with the 488nm if they have the money, or maybe a 492 if they want more power or something leaning more towards green. Mine is able to operate on normal AAA batteries just fine, it’s noticeably weaker but it’s still kinda bright, I’d say it puts out around 20mw on a AAA, so if you needed a lower power for some reason you might be able to use a AAA, you’ll just spend more money for replacements.
Energizer 1.5V lithiums seem to work quite well for lower output. Definitely seems to be around 10-20mW. Great for enjoying the color with very little risk to eye damage. Unfortunately rechargeable 1.2V NiMh don't seem to lase at all. I'll be using AAA's primarily since wavelength is key. 10440's can make the dot/beam much brighter/visible, but that also adds risk of eye damage due to higher milliwatt output. Personally I would rather have 5-10mW lasers in every wavelength vs high power lasers that require protective eyewear. Wavelength > Strength.
If you want high quality beamshape and brightness with green color, the common 532nm are unbeaten. I dont know if the 525nm from Sanwu is the same Kind of Green Laser Diodes as the 532nm, but they are the most visible, because closest to 555nm. The most exotic green Laser from Sanwu ist the 505nm - weak output, but amazing beautiful. For me i would prefer the 488nm (if cyan), because it´s a bit closer to blue as 492nm- but of course that is a matter of taste.
@@martinstahle2006 bro i dont even play with these metal nerd rods that shoot light in a very specific way anymore. I smoke weed, open my chakras, rock out on my fender telecaster, and hail Lucifer!
Sanwu is going through a lot of crap in the Hong Hong political turmoil. If they are allowed to sell lasers again, Podo said they hope to bring back the pocket series this month EDIT: Just checked their site. SWEET LORD GOD MARY MOTHER OF BABY JESUS, They are back to normal and everything is available again!! HALLELUJAH.
Snecho that would be soo cool. I have this weird feeling it’ll be sharp that successfully does it. I wouldn’t even mind 10mw max if it was Direct Diode yellow :D
PhotonsAcrossTheAir, I think so too. Either Sharp or NITCHIA. Either way, direct or DPSS, I wish Sanwu offered a yellow laser. Would be something of a collectors item in my eyes.
I have a Question✋...if you mix RED GREEN and BLUE lasers we get WHITE light. What happens when you mix CYAN YELLOW and MAGENTA lasers??...BLACK light??. please do a video on that.😯
Hey. That’s actually a good question. In paint and Ink you change the color by using very little of another color and that’s how it changes. In Lasers it technically works the same, you can go through hundreds of colors by just lowering and raising the current or output of the different wavelengths. That’s how RGB lasers work. They use Analog modulation. They use only three colors usually 520, 450 and 638. And the mind can be blown by just how many color combinations that will make. So back to your question of mixing Cyan Yellow and Magenta, your guess is as good as mine lol. But whatever color that it would make should still be able to be made by just changing the output of individual diodes of the RGB system :) hope this helps
So if mixing RGB(additive primary colors) gives us the entire VISIBLE spectrum, then I think mixing the opposite, CMY(subtractive primary colors), would cause them to cancel each other out and disappear or change into the entire INVISIBLE spectrum. Maybe infraRED and ultraVIOLET are part of the invisible spectrum😕. After all "Energy is Neither created Nor destroyed, it can only be changed from one form to another." -Albert Ainstein-
First, magenta lasers don't exist. But you could make one with a blue laser and a red laser collated into one beam. Additionally, the phenomenon of white light is an invention of our brains. White light doesn't actually exist. We think something looks white when the red, blue, and green cones in our retinas are being excited simultaneously. That being said, cyan light will excite the blue and green cones, yellow light will excite the red and green cones, and our invented red/blue magenta light will excite the red and blue cones. Thus, all three together would appear white. The eye wouldn't perceive a difference between white light created from CMY vs RGB.
Out of curiosity, do you have any interest or intention of selling these guys? They're still available by Sanwu, but I do like knowing something has been hand reviewed.
agvulpine I actually can’t let these go :( but I know quite a few people that have gotten this same laser and they’re all very happy with it, Sanwu is very trustworthy so you have nothing to worry about :)
I have green, red and 445nm lasers. I'm looking at the Sanwu 488nm 55mW or Sanwu 492nm 100mW (both available in the Challenger ii). I'm leaning more towards the 492 because of the stronger 100mW which should make the beam more visible. But will I be happy with the color of 492 over 488? Is 492 still cyan? I already have the darker blue 445nm and want a Cyan color that has a decent visible beam.
Nick Eagle hey nick, Yes 492 vs 488 isn’t really that noticeable, the only way you’ll tell a difference is side by side or to use a Spectrometer but 492 is still technically cyan, and if I’m not mistaking those are actually both the same Sharp diode it’s just the 488 is drivin much lower so their isn’t an upshift in wavelength. Me personally, I would go with the 492nm because it’s still gonna be absolutely beautiful :)
Don't forget that with Sanwu Lasers at high power range 465nm and 470nm are possible. This is already a clear difference to 445nm or 450nm. Sorry i am so late.
I think I found my next laser....man, that is absolutely gorgeous. The beam is so thick, but in an awesome, lightsaber-y way haha. My 1w 445nm is like that, but has crappy divergence (cheap diode, and it's now 5 years old)
superdriver777 oh yeah. Those M140s and beyond have such horrible Divergence. I wish it was cheap and easy to get it down to where 532s are :( thanks for the comment SD777 :)
@@04mach1speed Of course, and thanks for the reply! Yeah, my 445 is a LaserBTB 750mW-1,000mW build which I got in 2013. Still burns easily, and still lots of fun, but I need to clean the lens and the divergence is appalling hahaha
Hey one more question for you then I wont bother you any more haha -- Were those beam shots in fog, or just impromptu in a regular room? The first one in a bathroom I figured was with the room steamy, but what about the ones at the end?
superdriver777 you’re not bothering me, sorry I took a while to respond, I didn’t see this notification till it had been a few days :( but yes I used fog on all shots. I can’t see these if I don’t use fog, they’re too low powered. I will admit though it would be awesome too have a 1 Watt Cyan Laser :D
@@qaching actually its funny you say this because i cant even remember what they advertised when it first came out 3 years ago. i think it was 60 back when i ordered it. but yeah 100 now
Dog Stew those are the good wavelengths too :D I got plenty of Chinese lasers which are great in case you break them they’re not expensive. I wouldn’t mind finally getting a Dragon laser. Gota save some money though :(
@@04mach1speed I want to buy one of these eventually, their so beautiful! I bought the dragon lasers spartan 589nm yellow 50mw a few years ago and its still amazing, I highly recommend!
Ambrose Killpack hey Ambrose! 😁 hmmmm very good idea indeed. Holy crap, you’re right they’re literally almost the same size. I just take my pocket to Target and put them side by side. 😂 maybe I should buy one for that reason 🤔🤔
2tones hello 2tones, no unfortunately you cannot use 1.2 - 1.5V cells like alkaline or NiNM. I have actually tried just to see what happens and the lasers barely even lit up, I used an alkaline and tried to meter it and my meter goes as low as 1mw and it didn’t even register, so it’s safe to say that the driver needs a minimum of probably 2.5-3V for threshold current to be applied 😬 hope this helps :)
PhotonsAcrossTheAir and yeah. They don’t sell a lot of there lasers anymore, but I feel like once everything calms down over there they will start selling again
I have the 'mint green' 505nm laser, and I'm expecting the 488nm laser tomorrow afternoon! :-) The 505nm laser was advertised as 5mW but metered at 47mW; the 488nm laser is advertised as being 1mW; we'll see what comes out in the wash. :-) My spectrometer is still on the loose (I can't find it right at the moment) but when I do I'm going to perform those analyses pronto! My review of the 505nm laser on my website is at www.ledmuseum.net/51/505green.htm if anybody is interested.
telephony oh that's awesome :-) I will have to check that out. I would live to have a spectrometer but I can't afford one :( I honestly didn't know 488 could go as low as 1mw I have to honest a 1 mw 488nm pointer at 1mw would actually be kinda cool, you'll have to let me know how you like it :-)
My 488nm unit spectroed at 488.71nm, but it metered not 1mW, but 73mW! Spectrometers are expen$ive yes, but I happened to have somebody loan me theirs for a brief time in 2007 before I returned it, but when his business went down the tube in 2008, he so graciously donated it to me/my website! :-) Anyway, my evaluation of the studly little laser is at www.ledmuseum.net/51/488blue.htm if you or anybody else is interested.
telephony Cheater!!! lol jk that’s really cool, I was looking at ocean optics but good god they’re like 800 bucks. I could get a pretty mean DPSS half watt labby for that :D
Cooper 426 haha that guy I swear. He’s a smart dude lol! It would be so hard to make a 1 watt Cyan. You could just mix a powerful 462 and 520 and just tweak the current on either of them until the color is just right when firing through a dichroic filter. Or just build multiple 492s together in a box using some beam splitters. One of these days that’s how I’m gonna do my Magenta laser. I’m a procrastinator so it’ll probably never get done 😂😂
Alden Wade I actually just got the standard lens. Not G2 or G7. The standard is probably a 3 Element since the MRads (Beam divergence) is really good. If you wanna get a little more power with slightly worse Divergence I would go with the G2 :) hope this helps
PhotonsAcrossTheAir m.imgur.com/a/2M9Oxjl Just got the laser in the mail, noticed the dot kinda looks like a square at maybe 30 feet. Is yours like this also or is the diode not in focus with the lens?
Alden Wade hey Alden, yeah mine actually looks kinda like a square as well but not that bad to be honest. I noticed I can get it a little more focused when I unscrew it a tad. Maybe you can email Sanwu and ask why yours has such a large square. :(
Forget peper-spray! Never mess with a quiet man that carries a big laser 🤣💪💪
LOL!!! yeah no kidding! id be more afraid of this than pepper spray.
The 488 outputs a very beautiful color!
I've only had my 505nm and 488nm a couple weeks now! dream come true seeing how these colors for a finished product were thousands of dollars recently, much larger and not portable! A BIG Thank You to Sanwu Lasers and of course Sharp!
K'sEO it definitely is a dream come true :)
It certainly is so shocking to see this wavelength in such a inexpensive diode now, the PLT5 488 is actually still $999 on eBay lol
Sanwu and Sharp are such good companies :)
@@04mach1speed 488nm 110mW pointers are now around $70.
Cyan Laser
So I finally picked one up. Very great light, mine looks a lot richer blue than the video portrays. Question, do you think the side spill could be resolved by coating the inner sides of the aperture with something black? What do you think might work? I'm wondering if a tiny o-ring would fit in there.
get some musou black paint, or put feaux black short velvet in it. heat shouldnt be an issue unless you use it for a long time
Power would still be lost, but a custom-made cap set to the size of the actual beam at the start would work
@@davisbeauvais6965 I don't really think musou black is necessary
Update 3 years later. The tail button has died. Not sure what's up with it, but it's definitely a bad switch.
I do regret not getting an 18650 build since the battery life is very short on the Pocket.
They are beautiful!
488 or 505? - which is more awesome?
It looks amazing and I wanna buy one (:
But one question. Does it burn? Like the lazer
theyre amazing! no unfortunately they dont have the power to burn :( the day we see 1W cyans would be a huge breakthrough in laser tech.
@@04mach1speed there are 1w+ cyan lab lasers using opsl process. Also There is a 200mw 488 direct diode
Do you know the divergence on the lasers and if the laser dots are circular, or square shaped?
Luis Arias no I don’t off hand but I’ll measure for you when I get home :)
Thanks
Luis Arias hey Luis, I did some measurements using the Mrad calculator on LPF and at 16feet the dot is around 4-5mm wide which puts the Divergence at apx 0.8-1.1 Mrad which would make sense because these are single mode diodes which in a short answer makes then a very tight dot and not a square or triangle. That also means the beam distance is really good on these. I hope this helps :)
I'm seeing a notable lack of sonic colors references in this comment section
Give me one
I'll give you 3 $
CCz It's still not available in Bangladesh XD
I bought one but I don't understand how yours has such a dense and thick beam. Mine is barely visible.
Sanwu is having trouble at the moment keeping up with orders other then pocketlasers. Ordered their striker 7w blue and it may be months before I get it! Worth the wait but just letting everyone know. They are built to order as well but sanwu is having trouble with procuring the diodes...
That sucks that sometimes that happens :(
I hope they don’t fall further and further behind. Definitely worth it, I have waited that long before but it’s hard
@@04mach1speed update, due to the troubles in China they could not send in in the foreseeable future and I cancelled the order for the time being. Building my own 7w!
I really appreciate the effort you put into your responses to comments here. Thanks for the nice video.
Thanks so much for the kind words :)
LoL 488 Likes Today😂 (27.03.24)
I'm curious to know how hot the laser gets
Ubiquidic I don’t usually leave them on longer than 30 seconds but they don’t really get warm at all. Maybe the head temperature rises a few degrees but that about it.
@@04mach1speed ok
what is with the sanwu pocket 492 nm? why everybody purchase 488 nm or 505nm? Could anybody show a video with the 492 nm?
The 492 is using the same diode as the 488. The difference is that it is pushed harder thus making the wavelenth higher and increasing the power
When you realize the reason you've got bad eyesight:
Please share your link where to buy this from & currently how much does it cost. Thanks
why not get the 492 which is twice the power? has to be pretty similar in color
... Twice the power? So you're saying sanwu is false advertising?
Hi, can you compare the 488 nm vs 492 nm wavelength laser from Sanwu? Both lengths are beautiful and I thinking about buying 492 nm or 488 nm. I can't decide because both colors are nice. 488nm is only available with max. power 80mw at 492 is 150mw. Is it the big difference between 80mw and 150mw in visibility and power?
thanks a lot
Hey E404, I don’t have the 492 from Sanwu :( their will be a pretty noticeable difference in output from 80 to 150. Not crazy noticeable but you’ll definitely notice the output increase. As far as color or wavelength, they’re very close and I have a 492-495nm C6 build and when I put them side by side, (the Sanwu 488 and my 495) they’re both beautiful and stunning. The 492-495nm is slightly greener. But I would honestly go with which one you can afford or like the most. They’re both pretty. You won’t regret either one :) hope this helps
Hi@@04mach1speed , allready purschased ► Sanwu Challenger 150mW 492nm.
I have one more question about delivery time. How long has it been received from your order? I read one discussion that one boy waited three months for delivery. Thank you in advance for your answer.
Error 404 hey buddy. Podo (Sanwu owner) is usually pretty good about getting them in a reasonable (China) time lol! Both my Sanwus took about 3-4 weeks. It really shouldn’t take longer than that. Seems like a long time to wait but I’m used to ordering crap from China. Fasttech, Neal’s gadgets, and Laserlands. But 3, 4 weeks top. Please keep me updated :)
I also read that 3 month issue too. I remember that happening. I think that was cause he was backed up and it was Chinese New Year. I think, lol
PhotonsAcrossTheAir Shipment for orders placed after August 8 will be severely delayed by two weeks to a month, for more . Unluck :( Laserponter protest in HongKong
Error 404 what!!? Really!? I swear China takes forever on everything!! I knew a dude who bought a flashlight from China and paid for 2 day air shipping and it finally arrived after two weeks lol jeez
How's the divergence on this one?
Sharp used to be British
luke james did it really!? That’s actually kinda cool, not gonna lie :D
I just ordered a pocket 635nm 300mw and it’s coming soon!
Did you get it?
Laser! *Cyan Laser Theme*
Glad I'm not the only one that thought of the Laser Wisp from Sonic
Someone tried robbing me the otherday via going through my backyard door so I pulled out my 7W laser from Sanwu and told him I'd blind him if he didn't leave immediately
Thank you Sanwu, much less costly than a gun :)
Did you ever actually test the power on this? Looks like they sell 100mw and 150mw variations now, so im assuming those are more accurately labeled nowadays
Was there fog in those beam videos?
Oh yes absolutely. I wish they powerful enough to not use fog. But that would be several watts :/
Just ordered one before watching this video. Can’t wait!
You’ll love it!
@@04mach1speed how well does it burn? And any artifacts in the beam?
The177Hunter not very good actually, the power is too low. You still high? 😂😂
@@04mach1speed lol, had the 488 for a bit now. Love the color and yes it does burn. Cuts thru electrical tape and lights matches when focused.
@@The177Hunter thats impressive because mine definitely wont. but i think mine is only on a 3E lens and 60mw
Wow photonsacrosstheair those are awesome. The blue color so beautiful, I want one!😊
Thanks
I always get way back into lasers around the time they come out with a new cheap diode. Last time it was the 440nm diode from sharp in a dragonlasers case. Gonna have to get one of these.
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Hi I am a wisp :3
+Cyan laser are you!? :D
Got this thing in the mail yesterday and played around with it a bit, it’s a really pleasant color, and the beam is visible in a lit room. The size is really nice and I plan on getting other wavelengths of the pocket series, if anyone wants to get a sanwu pocket series they should definitely go with the 488nm if they have the money, or maybe a 492 if they want more power or something leaning more towards green. Mine is able to operate on normal AAA batteries just fine, it’s noticeably weaker but it’s still kinda bright, I’d say it puts out around 20mw on a AAA, so if you needed a lower power for some reason you might be able to use a AAA, you’ll just spend more money for replacements.
Get the proper damn battery for the laser man, triple A's are a joke for this laser
Energizer 1.5V lithiums seem to work quite well for lower output. Definitely seems to be around 10-20mW. Great for enjoying the color with very little risk to eye damage. Unfortunately rechargeable 1.2V NiMh don't seem to lase at all. I'll be using AAA's primarily since wavelength is key. 10440's can make the dot/beam much brighter/visible, but that also adds risk of eye damage due to higher milliwatt output.
Personally I would rather have 5-10mW lasers in every wavelength vs high power lasers that require protective eyewear. Wavelength > Strength.
If you want high quality beamshape and brightness with green color, the common 532nm are unbeaten. I dont know if the 525nm from Sanwu is the same Kind of Green Laser Diodes as the 532nm, but they are the most visible, because closest to 555nm. The most exotic green Laser from Sanwu ist the 505nm - weak output, but amazing beautiful. For me i would prefer the 488nm (if cyan), because it´s a bit closer to blue as 492nm- but of course that is a matter of taste.
@@martinstahle2006 bro i dont even play with these metal nerd rods that shoot light in a very specific way anymore. I smoke weed, open my chakras, rock out on my fender telecaster, and hail Lucifer!
@@martinstahle2006 fuck tho i lost that mini one and could never find it :(((
Lovely nice compact size
DANIEL Giles oh yes :D funny how they have been sitting in my drawer for months and haven’t touched them :(
What lens is in the 488 nm pocket laser?
Could you really see the beam at night?
cool review !
waoww
:)
Sanwu is back selling all there products!!!!
Please,how much is it Wats??
Where i can buy it??????????
Sanwu Laser 😉
I know I’m a year late but I went to the link and they were all unavailable do you know when they’ll be back in stock?
Sanwu is going through a lot of crap in the Hong Hong political turmoil. If they are allowed to sell lasers again, Podo said they hope to bring back the pocket series this month
EDIT: Just checked their site. SWEET LORD GOD MARY MOTHER OF BABY JESUS, They are back to normal and everything is available again!! HALLELUJAH.
I’m glad to see everything is back to normal. I haven’t purchased anything in forever from them but I’m glad to know I can now :)
PhotonsAcrossTheAir Yep, just waiting for that 589 diode ;)
Snecho that would be soo cool. I have this weird feeling it’ll be sharp that successfully does it. I wouldn’t even mind 10mw max if it was Direct Diode yellow :D
PhotonsAcrossTheAir, I think so too. Either Sharp or NITCHIA. Either way, direct or DPSS, I wish Sanwu offered a yellow laser. Would be something of a collectors item in my eyes.
Sales have resumed again as normal, just order mine.. 😊👍
ভাই দাম কত
Too costly
Yes. But you can’t expect to pay 20 bucks for a lasers.
I have a Question✋...if you mix RED GREEN and BLUE lasers we get WHITE light. What happens when you mix CYAN YELLOW and MAGENTA lasers??...BLACK light??. please do a video on that.😯
Hey. That’s actually a good question. In paint and Ink you change the color by using very little of another color and that’s how it changes. In Lasers it technically works the same, you can go through hundreds of colors by just lowering and raising the current or output of the different wavelengths. That’s how RGB lasers work. They use Analog modulation. They use only three colors usually 520, 450 and 638. And the mind can be blown by just how many color combinations that will make. So back to your question of mixing Cyan Yellow and Magenta, your guess is as good as mine lol. But whatever color that it would make should still be able to be made by just changing the output of individual diodes of the RGB system :) hope this helps
So if mixing RGB(additive primary colors) gives us the entire VISIBLE spectrum, then I think mixing the opposite, CMY(subtractive primary colors), would cause them to cancel each other out and disappear or change into the entire INVISIBLE spectrum. Maybe infraRED and ultraVIOLET are part of the invisible spectrum😕. After all "Energy is Neither created Nor destroyed, it can only be changed from one form to another."
-Albert Ainstein-
First, magenta lasers don't exist. But you could make one with a blue laser and a red laser collated into one beam. Additionally, the phenomenon of white light is an invention of our brains. White light doesn't actually exist. We think something looks white when the red, blue, and green cones in our retinas are being excited simultaneously. That being said, cyan light will excite the blue and green cones, yellow light will excite the red and green cones, and our invented red/blue magenta light will excite the red and blue cones. Thus, all three together would appear white. The eye wouldn't perceive a difference between white light created from CMY vs RGB.
Out of curiosity, do you have any interest or intention of selling these guys? They're still available by Sanwu, but I do like knowing something has been hand reviewed.
agvulpine I actually can’t let these go :( but I know quite a few people that have gotten this same laser and they’re all very happy with it, Sanwu is very trustworthy so you have nothing to worry about :)
What lenses are in your lasers?
I think they’re just 3E because Sanwu was the one who built it. I never took the lens off.
How long do they take to come to the US
Mine actually only took about 2 weeks
@PhotonsAcrossTheAir Great Vid by the way!
K'sEO thanks so much :)
Q: what was the shipping duration on the Sanwu lasers?
Asking for a friend
so sorry it took so long to respond. yeah i think it took about 2.5 weeks. around 15-20 days
@@04mach1speed cool 😎.
Got a 1w ebay blue laser and got some good Nitecore batteries for it. It's Keeping me busy lol
I have green, red and 445nm lasers. I'm looking at the Sanwu 488nm 55mW or Sanwu 492nm 100mW (both available in the Challenger ii). I'm leaning more towards the 492 because of the stronger 100mW which should make the beam more visible. But will I be happy with the color of 492 over 488? Is 492 still cyan? I already have the darker blue 445nm and want a Cyan color that has a decent visible beam.
Nick Eagle hey nick,
Yes 492 vs 488 isn’t really that noticeable, the only way you’ll tell a difference is side by side or to use a Spectrometer but 492 is still technically cyan, and if I’m not mistaking those are actually both the same Sharp diode it’s just the 488 is drivin much lower so their isn’t an upshift in wavelength. Me personally, I would go with the 492nm because it’s still gonna be absolutely beautiful :)
Don't forget that with Sanwu Lasers at high power range 465nm and 470nm are possible. This is already a clear difference to 445nm or 450nm. Sorry i am so late.
im getting a mint green 520 nm 150mw is that good? its 120 on the site just not aware of what numbers mean is that a fair price
Star Lord oh yeah that’s actually a great price, you will absolutely love it :) you’ll have to let me know how you like it
sweet! ty so much i saw this and i was omgg the size and everything is perfect and yess i will let u know when i get it maybe my 1st youtube vid lol
Star Lord 🙂😁👌 you’re welcome. Yeah Sanwu is very well known for making quality lasers so I’m pretty sure you won’t be disappointed 😬
I think I found my next laser....man, that is absolutely gorgeous. The beam is so thick, but in an awesome, lightsaber-y way haha. My 1w 445nm is like that, but has crappy divergence (cheap diode, and it's now 5 years old)
superdriver777 oh yeah. Those M140s and beyond have such horrible Divergence. I wish it was cheap and easy to get it down to where 532s are :( thanks for the comment SD777 :)
@@04mach1speed Of course, and thanks for the reply! Yeah, my 445 is a LaserBTB 750mW-1,000mW build which I got in 2013. Still burns easily, and still lots of fun, but I need to clean the lens and the divergence is appalling hahaha
Hey one more question for you then I wont bother you any more haha -- Were those beam shots in fog, or just impromptu in a regular room? The first one in a bathroom I figured was with the room steamy, but what about the ones at the end?
superdriver777 you’re not bothering me, sorry I took a while to respond, I didn’t see this notification till it had been a few days :( but yes I used fog on all shots. I can’t see these if I don’t use fog, they’re too low powered. I will admit though it would be awesome too have a 1 Watt Cyan Laser :D
@@04mach1speed Thank you for the reply! So even at night, these are not very visible? That's a shame. I still want one haha
couldnt find any info if the diode is single mode or multi mode. do you know?
Petersilius Zwackelmann im pretty certain that it’s single due to the very good beam divergence and tiny the dot is at 10 yards. Hope this helps :)
@@04mach1speed yes it is a single mode diode, there is a 200mw multimode diode but its pretty expensive
Cyan and ment cyan?
Ricciere Rigoni I actually have no idea why it says that on Sanwus site. It should be Cyan and Mint green.
do you know howmuch mw it has by now please?
I have a Hyperion LPM. its been calibrated.
@@04mach1speed so howmuch mw does this laser have?
@@qaching about 66mw
@@04mach1speed wtf not 100mw as advertised?
@@qaching actually its funny you say this because i cant even remember what they advertised when it first came out 3 years ago. i think it was 60 back when i ordered it. but yeah 100 now
Nice color
Ride84XL yeah it’s pretty cool 😎
Thank you for this review ! Is this model focusable ?
No problem :)
No it’s not. You can unfocus it a little bit but it’s not supposed to
I go to them for the 488 ,492, 520 but the common ones I got from China to keep the colection under 3 hundred
Dog Stew those are the good wavelengths too :D I got plenty of Chinese lasers which are great in case you break them they’re not expensive. I wouldn’t mind finally getting a Dragon laser. Gota save some money though :(
@@04mach1speed I want to buy one of these eventually, their so beautiful! I bought the dragon lasers spartan 589nm yellow 50mw a few years ago and its still amazing, I highly recommend!
Ambrose Killpack I wish :/ I’d have to take out a second mortgage 😂
Ambrose Killpack me too :(
I would absolutely love a yellow. I feel like my collection would be complete 😎
Ambrose Killpack hey Ambrose! 😁 hmmmm very good idea indeed. Holy crap, you’re right they’re literally almost the same size. I just take my pocket to Target and put them side by side. 😂 maybe I should buy one for that reason 🤔🤔
The other is 505nm?
Yes it is
Do you have 492nm 100mw?
mcn that one I do not have. I wanted to a while back but never got around to it. We’re you thinking about it
Can you use regular AAA battery or Eneloops instead of 10440 Lithiums?
2tones hello 2tones, no unfortunately you cannot use 1.2 - 1.5V cells like alkaline or NiNM. I have actually tried just to see what happens and the lasers barely even lit up, I used an alkaline and tried to meter it and my meter goes as low as 1mw and it didn’t even register, so it’s safe to say that the driver needs a minimum of probably 2.5-3V for threshold current to be applied 😬 hope this helps :)
PLEASE SELL ME ONE OF THESE! Ive been looking for one for a while, and I can’t find one for sale. I’d greatly appreciate it if you helped me out!
Sanwu doesn’t sell them anymore? I hate parting with these things
PhotonsAcrossTheAir it’s all good. I understand. I just REALLY want a cyan one!
PhotonsAcrossTheAir and yeah. They don’t sell a lot of there lasers anymore, but I feel like once everything calms down over there they will start selling again
Judd Farr I really hope they do :( I can actually build you one since I’ve done a few now. I would literally just charge you for parts and shipping
You can build me a diode for my pocket? I’d be totally down if you could! I have two sanwu pockets, so I’d be able to switch out the diodes!
How to buy
Status Dude Sanwu lasers :)
@@04mach1speed what meaning you i no understand
Status Dude sanwulasers.org
do yo need need laser safety glasses
Jan Kiki End you’re really supposed to have safety glasses anything above 5mw but I never use mine lol
Well my rule is anything over 80mw you might wanna use laser safety goggles for.
thanks guys
I really want to get the pocket series 488nm or should I save some money for beter ones
Jan Kiki End well what lasers do you already have (power and color/wavelength)?
I have the 'mint green' 505nm laser, and I'm expecting the 488nm laser tomorrow afternoon! :-)
The 505nm laser was advertised as 5mW but metered at 47mW; the 488nm laser is advertised as being 1mW; we'll see what comes out in the wash. :-)
My spectrometer is still on the loose (I can't find it right at the moment) but when I do I'm going to perform those analyses pronto!
My review of the 505nm laser on my website is at www.ledmuseum.net/51/505green.htm if anybody is interested.
telephony oh that's awesome :-) I will have to check that out. I would live to have a spectrometer but I can't afford one :( I honestly didn't know 488 could go as low as 1mw I have to honest a 1 mw 488nm pointer at 1mw would actually be kinda cool, you'll have to let me know how you like it :-)
My 488nm unit spectroed at 488.71nm, but it metered not 1mW, but 73mW!
Spectrometers are expen$ive yes, but I happened to have somebody loan me theirs for a brief time in 2007 before I returned it, but when his business went down the tube in 2008, he so graciously donated it to me/my website! :-)
Anyway, my evaluation of the studly little laser is at www.ledmuseum.net/51/488blue.htm if you or anybody else is interested.
telephony Cheater!!! lol jk that’s really cool, I was looking at ocean optics but good god they’re like 800 bucks. I could get a pretty mean DPSS half watt labby for that :D
When I got my Ocean Optics USB2000, they cost approx. $3,000.00!!! :-O
telephony holy hell!!! I was way off! Lol
we’re you using fog?
Yes I was using fog, it would be nice if we had cyans with enough power to see without fog 😱
PhotonsAcrossTheAir yea that would be really cool! there is probably some upcoming 488nm lasers that are like 150mw
Cooper 426 that would be even better. Could you imagine a quarter watt of cyan. Pretty cool
PhotonsAcrossTheAir we gotta get stryopro to build a 1W 488nm 😱 😳
Cooper 426 haha that guy I swear. He’s a smart dude lol! It would be so hard to make a 1 watt Cyan. You could just mix a powerful 462 and 520 and just tweak the current on either of them until the color is just right when firing through a dichroic filter. Or just build multiple 492s together in a box using some beam splitters. One of these days that’s how I’m gonna do my Magenta laser. I’m a procrastinator so it’ll probably never get done 😂😂
What lens did you get? I’m looking at getting the cyan 492 laser but I’m unsure of the lenses
Alden Wade I actually just got the standard lens. Not G2 or G7. The standard is probably a 3 Element since the MRads (Beam divergence) is really good. If you wanna get a little more power with slightly worse Divergence I would go with the G2 :) hope this helps
PhotonsAcrossTheAir i ordered mine last night with the g7 lens, really excited to get it!
Alden Wade oh good :D yeah the G7 is a perfect balance of 3E and G2. You will absolutely love it! 😎
PhotonsAcrossTheAir m.imgur.com/a/2M9Oxjl
Just got the laser in the mail, noticed the dot kinda looks like a square at maybe 30 feet. Is yours like this also or is the diode not in focus with the lens?
Alden Wade hey Alden, yeah mine actually looks kinda like a square as well but not that bad to be honest. I noticed I can get it a little more focused when I unscrew it a tad. Maybe you can email Sanwu and ask why yours has such a large square. :(
can they kill zombies?
please say yes ;_;