Anyone experience with bfglasers ?

I would like to buy a cheap and qualitatively good 100mW green
laser. The site from "bfglasers DOT com" shows a 100mW one for
100 USD. Can anyone tell me or it is a good product ??
Please give me some hints.

from all i've heard, i don't trust BFG anymore. initially, they were advertising their laser as a 150mW, for $280, several people from here bought them, they were consistently *way* underspec, and the emails BFG sent in response to complaints about this were filled with basically a lot of BS. now, suddenly, they advertise it as "100mW +/- 10mW" - meaning they're only *guaranteeing* 90mW, and selling it for $199 (not $100).

personally if i were you, i'd get the nova lasers x-85, which often ends up being 90-95mW average, for $159 or the X-105 (probably a bit higher than 105 average - novas are usually *over*spec a little from what i've seen) for $209, which is just $10 more than the BFG. i think you'll also be getting a longer warranty - i think the BFG warranty is only 30 days? whereas nova's warranty is 3 months, nova apparently has great customer service too etc....instead of BFG's excuses upon excuses.

of course there are other good laser companies too, many people like laserglow and optotronics, but these tend to be a bit more expensive and i was assuming you wanted a good, cheap laser if you'd like a full comparative price chart, see my price per mW chart here at LPF good luck choosing a laser you like!

Couldn't have said it better myself... Agree blindly with Marianne

--DDL

marianne said:

from all i've heard, i don't trust BFG anymore. initially, they were advertising their laser as a 150mW, for $280, several people from here bought them, they were consistently *way* underspec, and the emails BFG sent in response to complaints about this were filled with basically a lot of BS. now, suddenly, they advertise it as "100mW +/- 10mW" - meaning they're only *guaranteeing* 90mW, and selling it for $199 (not $100).
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Hopefully they've started selling the 150mWs as 100mWs so that they'll all be in spec, probably not though.

Thanks for your information Marianne. Nice table of different types & colors

BFG lowered their specs a lot more than they lowered their price; they are no longer the cheapest. Ultra Lasers, NOVA Lasers and Dragon Lasers all have lasers in the same price range and power, and they all have much better reputations. If price is your main concern, try DealExtreme.

BFG has a high-hassle warranty only. Meaning if you hassle them enough they might offer a return. Also my "150mW" won't burn anything so I doubt it is even 100mW.

Marianna summed it up nicely. Look elsewhere.

-- Rev