well if you had a bad experiece with WL you might not want to buy from them again and the arctic is under speced so its not going to be 1W check out 33 reasons not to buy from wicked laser for 33 reason not to buy from them in my opinion if you want a good cheap reliable laser buy from laserbtb everyone will agree that they are a good laser seller they make the lasers themself not like dx or biglasers or any other BS company also if you are getting a laser over 5mW always ALWAYS wear safety glasses hope this helped you and i hope you enjoy whatever laser you buy. :yh: