Received the laser on Feb 11th and more than happy with it. It feels solid in the hand, beautiful blue beam and great burning capabilities. I especially like the on/off safety lock. As I've read in reviews the shutter does tend to move on it's own but not a huge deal.
Haha, I guess it's to be expected from China.
I do have safety glasses which I will wear and I have an extra pair in case I want to show a friend.
Thanks for the welcoming. I just posted an introduction in the welcome center.
My name is Rich. Was very fascinated with lasers as a kid but never went far with them.
Recently I noticed green lasers for sale on an app I have and bought one. It's a very cheap 'sd303' model that claims it's 200mw which I'm sure it's not.
Anyways after stumbling across this forum and using...
Recently ordered an HL-445 1W from Laserbtb on Jan 25th. Had some issues making the purchase due to paypal link not working.
The main issue I have with them is I paid for DHL and after a week of being in production they sent me an email with a HK Post/USPS tracking number which really sucked...