Yea i have seen a lot of complaints with the Arctic but they do seem to be getting better, I'm hoping that then i get my G2 they would have worked out a lot of the kinks and rushed product defects the G1 had, only time will tell.
As far as the Sonar goes, I'm going to keep it. At first I thought you had a typo there when you said "cancel the Sonar" since you were talking about the Arctic before and after it. I looked at a lot of the options for substitutions on the Sonar like; Rayfoss & O-like. Rayfoss has had even more QC problems than WL and someone here on the forum has the O-like and does not like it at all. Lot of scatter and a poor beam. I believe that even more now since yesterday i received a 130mW E2 Evolution from WL and today i got my O-Like 150mW adjustable "Cute" laser. Here is a thread i started 150mW O-like "Cute" or 130mW WL E2 Evolution when i was deciding which to get, I decided on the O-like for price reasons and ordered on 8/4, then I decided to get both and ordered the WL on 8/15. I got my WL yesterday on 8/17 only 2 days later and the O-like today 14 days later.
The adjustable cute laser makes for a smaller dot close range, great for burning, but overall divergence is significantly worse when focused to infinity when compared to the E2. I really like the small "cute" host and feels nice, but very clear i think WL has much better quality and overall refinements. Has a nice case, came with a real manual. Also the E2 beam is visiblely brighter even though the O-like is suppose to be a 150mw laser and the E2 is only 130mW. I think my LaserBee II will be arriving tomorrow so I will test the true outputs soon and post a comparison. I think WL has a much better reputation for being overspec than O-like. Arctic not a good example, since it doesn't specify an actual output but it does say <1W and i've seen people getting over 1W but you have to take of the regular lens and just let it be exposed.
In summary, like these two I just got, my money is on the WL Sonar being the better laser. The focusable O-like blu-ray will be great for burning but i bet you it will be less than 200mw where the WL will probably be slightly over. And focused to infinity the WL will probably be better and for less money. And considering how long i've had to wait for it and there isn't the same hype that the Arctic had, i doubt they will be rushing as much on it.
As far as the Sonar goes, I'm going to keep it. At first I thought you had a typo there when you said "cancel the Sonar" since you were talking about the Arctic before and after it. I looked at a lot of the options for substitutions on the Sonar like; Rayfoss & O-like. Rayfoss has had even more QC problems than WL and someone here on the forum has the O-like and does not like it at all. Lot of scatter and a poor beam. I believe that even more now since yesterday i received a 130mW E2 Evolution from WL and today i got my O-Like 150mW adjustable "Cute" laser. Here is a thread i started 150mW O-like "Cute" or 130mW WL E2 Evolution when i was deciding which to get, I decided on the O-like for price reasons and ordered on 8/4, then I decided to get both and ordered the WL on 8/15. I got my WL yesterday on 8/17 only 2 days later and the O-like today 14 days later.
The adjustable cute laser makes for a smaller dot close range, great for burning, but overall divergence is significantly worse when focused to infinity when compared to the E2. I really like the small "cute" host and feels nice, but very clear i think WL has much better quality and overall refinements. Has a nice case, came with a real manual. Also the E2 beam is visiblely brighter even though the O-like is suppose to be a 150mw laser and the E2 is only 130mW. I think my LaserBee II will be arriving tomorrow so I will test the true outputs soon and post a comparison. I think WL has a much better reputation for being overspec than O-like. Arctic not a good example, since it doesn't specify an actual output but it does say <1W and i've seen people getting over 1W but you have to take of the regular lens and just let it be exposed.
In summary, like these two I just got, my money is on the WL Sonar being the better laser. The focusable O-like blu-ray will be great for burning but i bet you it will be less than 200mw where the WL will probably be slightly over. And focused to infinity the WL will probably be better and for less money. And considering how long i've had to wait for it and there isn't the same hype that the Arctic had, i doubt they will be rushing as much on it.
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