As the title states, I just ordered an X125 from Nova and I'm curious about a few things.
Well, for starters I should preface that I am also curious about shipping, seeing as how Nova Lasers has a free non-trackable shipping option to the US and since I chose it I am now apprehensive about it...do they at least have delivery confirmation if not tracking (a la the US Post Office ?) I did try to call them (got the machine both time) and I also emailed them about it...haven't heard back yet though.
Shipping aside, I used to be the owner of a Wicked Laser Fusion model about 2 years ago, the 125 mw model. After about 2 months of use I sold it on Ebay.
I always felt that it was somewhat underpowered and the divergence was somewhat off too, seeing as how i could never light a match, and that the spot would grow larger and larger at relatively short distances. At night time it looked good, but that was about it.
I believe I did my research this time around and based on what I've read mostly here and a couple of other sites, I avoided Wicked this time around as well as TechLasers....not that there's necessarily anything majorly wrong with them, just that there are better values to be had, right?
So, what can I expect from the Nova X125?
Well, for starters I should preface that I am also curious about shipping, seeing as how Nova Lasers has a free non-trackable shipping option to the US and since I chose it I am now apprehensive about it...do they at least have delivery confirmation if not tracking (a la the US Post Office ?) I did try to call them (got the machine both time) and I also emailed them about it...haven't heard back yet though.
Shipping aside, I used to be the owner of a Wicked Laser Fusion model about 2 years ago, the 125 mw model. After about 2 months of use I sold it on Ebay.
I always felt that it was somewhat underpowered and the divergence was somewhat off too, seeing as how i could never light a match, and that the spot would grow larger and larger at relatively short distances. At night time it looked good, but that was about it.
I believe I did my research this time around and based on what I've read mostly here and a couple of other sites, I avoided Wicked this time around as well as TechLasers....not that there's necessarily anything majorly wrong with them, just that there are better values to be had, right?
So, what can I expect from the Nova X125?