Originally Posted by
Rodney Gold
Well, I am not speaking from "theory" but from actual experience.
Dealing with a Chinese manufacturer was a pleasure for us.. We did our homework and found a PRIME mnfgr and not a re-badging agent. I run a big business with 8 lasers in total , I could not be more pleased with our chinese lasers , they have given us better results than expected and have been real workhorses ..we run em 7-8 hrs a day week in and week out. I have only had one cheapy tube break and that was OUR fault. Spares are so cheap we imported a raftload for our machines , EG 60w tube $170 , motherboard $295 , stepper motor $48 , stepper motor driver $70 , LCD panel $120, lenses $30 , mirrors $22 and so on.
My sales person and tech support are always on line on skype and its real easy to communicate with em, the service is really very good , in fact the tech guy actually spent almost a day in support with one of my associates here that don't even have one of their lasers.. its another make , and they got her machine up and running.
A word of caution , those small desktop el cheapo lasers are junk , no matter where you get em from , it's like trying to buy a silk purse made out of a pigs ear. If you want a decent machine , like a 600 x 900 60/80w you are looking at about $4-5k with spares and transport.