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Mr._Nex
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Greetings All -
Been lurking around the forums for a few months and finally decided to join up. I'm looking for a little expert advice about a few lasers/companies. I've only purchased through Wicked Lasers thus far (yeah, I know), but I'd like to get something a little higher powered and little more wallet-friendly.
My budget is around $400 and I'm looking to get the best quality/mW for the money.
The models I'm considering are:
Dragonlasers' Hulk Series 100-149mW ($379.99)
Nova Lasers' Alpha125 Handheld Laser - 125mW ($389.00)
Optotronics' PPL-100 - 100-124mW ($389.00)
Laserglow's Aries-75 - 75-99mW ($379.00)
(I'd post links, but first post...you know the deal.)
I've read quite a bit about each, but I'm trying to determine how they stack up against one another. Some specific questions might be in regards to why the Aries is seemingly more costly (mW/$) than the others. I'm also curious as to user experiences with the Hulk (does the laser tend towards 100mW or 149? Seems like quite a wide range).
As I mentioned, I have a few WLs with excellent divergence, so that's not my main concern. This laser will be for burning first, star pointing second (not serious star pointing, more "check out my laser slicing up the sky"-type star pointing).
Thanks in advance for your expert opinions!
-Nex
(Damn it if you usual UN wasn't taken already...feel free to drop the "Mr." when replying...we're all friends here, right?) :
Been lurking around the forums for a few months and finally decided to join up. I'm looking for a little expert advice about a few lasers/companies. I've only purchased through Wicked Lasers thus far (yeah, I know), but I'd like to get something a little higher powered and little more wallet-friendly.
My budget is around $400 and I'm looking to get the best quality/mW for the money.
The models I'm considering are:
Dragonlasers' Hulk Series 100-149mW ($379.99)
Nova Lasers' Alpha125 Handheld Laser - 125mW ($389.00)
Optotronics' PPL-100 - 100-124mW ($389.00)
Laserglow's Aries-75 - 75-99mW ($379.00)
(I'd post links, but first post...you know the deal.)
I've read quite a bit about each, but I'm trying to determine how they stack up against one another. Some specific questions might be in regards to why the Aries is seemingly more costly (mW/$) than the others. I'm also curious as to user experiences with the Hulk (does the laser tend towards 100mW or 149? Seems like quite a wide range).
As I mentioned, I have a few WLs with excellent divergence, so that's not my main concern. This laser will be for burning first, star pointing second (not serious star pointing, more "check out my laser slicing up the sky"-type star pointing).
Thanks in advance for your expert opinions!
-Nex
(Damn it if you usual UN wasn't taken already...feel free to drop the "Mr." when replying...we're all friends here, right?) :