Can anyone in the UK lend me a laser power meter

[greenalien]

...only I've got a couple of new Kvant modules that I'd like to check out, (Red 640nm- 1.2W ; Blue 445nm - 1W) as well as the 1W 532nm Viasho green from last year's group buy.

Max power handling of the meter needs to be at least 1.5W, 4W would be better - and of course I'd pay all the postage costs. Alternatively, if there's anyone with a meter who's curious and doesn't mind a trip to Southampton...
(no I'm not offering to pay fuel costs - but a beer or two wouldn't be out of the question...!)

My intention is to do a review of all 3 items for the forum, and eventually produce an account of my RGB build.

Any help would be much appreciated.

[soforene]

Get ya booty down (up?) to UKLEM 4.5 in less than 3 weeks.

Bound to be clever bods with gadgets there.

[greenalien]

I'd love to get to UKLEM 4.5, but it's quite a distance away, and I'm pretty busy at the moment; furthermore, I'd like to get the power readings sorted out a bit sooner if possible!

[White-Light]

TBH I think you'll have more luck if you ask if someone near to you will test them for you if you visit. I can't really see people sending you power meters worth several hundreds of pounds through the post.

[danielbriggs]

Tell ya what, I'll bring my 5W Coherent LPM head down to UKLM4.5 Surfleet for you to use. I would post it, however while I do trust you, I DON'T trust the RoyalMail.
Best I can do,

Dan

[greenalien]

White light's suggestion is a good'un - is there anyone reasonably near Southampton with a Laser Power meter that would be happy to have a visitor for an hour or so one evening? (My offer to buy a beer or two still stands!). Thanks also to danielbriggs - ideally I'd like to get the testing done a bit sooner as I hope that by the time Surfleet comes around, I'll have everything buttoned up inside a projector - and ideally I'd like to get the figures for beam power before any losses from dichroics and mirrors.