Wavelengths: What do you guys think in regard to future wavelengths the hobbyist market will have access to? It seems like we've acquired a good chunk of wavelengths(at least from what we have in the late 2000's) and we are starting to reach of limit of new wavelengths we could acquire that are affordable? No? Any thoughts?
Companies: With the <5mW strike to the USA which came down last year we've seen many companies simply drop out of existence. Some even before(NovaLasers i.e). CNI refuses to ship to the US and if you want to purchase anything from them you'd need to get it shipped via a different country. RayFoss dosen't seem to exist anymore, however, we still have access to laserbtb and O-Like. Laserglow's prices are absolutely exuberant that few people chose to buy from there anymore. JetLasers, along with DragonLasers, is still around along with some very professional forum builders! What do you think will happen in the future? More companies will pop up? More will collapse?
These are just a few things I think would be good to get the forum talking about. I enjoy coming back months later to these kinds of threads and reading how people felt and this is no different! Im especially interested in the wavelengths and what you think will happen! :)
-Alex
Companies: With the <5mW strike to the USA which came down last year we've seen many companies simply drop out of existence. Some even before(NovaLasers i.e). CNI refuses to ship to the US and if you want to purchase anything from them you'd need to get it shipped via a different country. RayFoss dosen't seem to exist anymore, however, we still have access to laserbtb and O-Like. Laserglow's prices are absolutely exuberant that few people chose to buy from there anymore. JetLasers, along with DragonLasers, is still around along with some very professional forum builders! What do you think will happen in the future? More companies will pop up? More will collapse?
These are just a few things I think would be good to get the forum talking about. I enjoy coming back months later to these kinds of threads and reading how people felt and this is no different! Im especially interested in the wavelengths and what you think will happen! :)
-Alex