Price: $-$$
Power: 5W - 70W
Working Area:
Use: Cuts wood, paper, leather. Engraves wood, paper, leather, treated glass, some acrylic, stone, coated metal
Price: $$-$$$$
Power: 50W - 150W
Working Area: 16"x24" - 36"x55"
Use: Cuts acrylic, plastic, wood, paper, leather, foam, fabric. Engraves acrylic, plastic, wood, leather, glass, stone, plated metal, fabric.
Price: $$-$$$
Power: 20W - 100w
Type: MOPA vs not MOPA
Working Area: 4.3"x4.3" - 11.8"x11.8"
Use: Engraving most metals, painted wood, plastic. Some can cut very thin metal
Price: $$$-$$$$
Power: 3W - 15w
Working Area: 4.3"x4.3"
Use: Engrave plastic, silicon, glass, ceramic. Does a cold engraving
To learn more here's a link to XTool's article.
It gives a brief summary of the different types
of laser engravers.
Their best engravers section is very biased towards XTool.
We recommend looking at other laser engravers for a better price