Battle of the Diode Lasers: xTool S1, Roly Lasermatic, WeCreat Vision 

The LaserMATIC has the largest passthroughs in the industry, so yeah, you don't have to cut your wood. The difference between the 20W xTool and the 30W LM is 11W more power. The difference between the LM 30 and the xTool 40 is closer to 6.5W, so not as advertised on a power meter. BTW, WeCreat has a new conveyor, as well as a new module and model in the works. I pick the LaserMATIC 30 over the xTool 40W every day of the week; I own both. The xTool was pushed to market with all its bugs to quickly to try and compete with the LM, but they just missed too many opportunities. Support is paramount! Leo listened to folks about the fan, and they've already changed it.

I watched a bunch of reviews before purchasing my laser. I went with the Xtool S1 as this was my first laser and knew I would have questions while learning it. There is a lot of information on them now that help with any issue or learning something new. So far its been a good machine with good support and no complaints on my end.

Just ordered the Roly..... might have waited for the larger machine, but I'm super excited to start using it when it shows up

I printed out spacers to hold honeycomb in place. Not a big deal and it is fine. On the rotary I just place it in the same spot so it works just fine.

I love my Lasermatic, can't commit on the Xtool, never used one.

I have the Xtool S1 and I'm running pretty much exclusively on Lightburn now. The Focus reminder bit me once and it sucked. You can setup a reminder in your device profile by adding a Job Checklist and putting whatever you want on the checklist. After ruining that one piece due to focus I set one up, took about 2 minutes and now everytime I push start it pops up and I have to click Yes a second time to get the job started. It does require extra setup that XCS does automatically but seems like a fair tradeoff for not using XCS.

So one thing I think would make a good video, the real differences between Lightburn and XCS. I see youtubers saying the same as you did. Now Im coming from CNCs and 3d printers where we hear alot of the same things. I do totally get what your comfortable with is best. Granted I started recently on xcs 2.0 and I know thats better than it was. But I am not really hitting things I wish xcs could do, or roadblocks with projects, which is my experience with other 3 axis machine software. Mostly I am just saying a video going through the exact same project showing the work flow difference between the software would be interesting and helpful

Man I'm so torn also with xtool there's a trade in for coupon off the s1 that I haven't been able to get to work and was thinking of getting the s1 with 10 watt cause that's what I have in my xtool d1 10 watt but also heard the s1 is much safer even being a 10 watt with 600/mms. But even with the 40 watt s1 and coupon for trade in the lasermatic is still cheaper by a couple hundred bucks and but not sure is lasermatic you can chamge out you laser head power like you can with xtool s1 I don't think you covered that in this video so not sure if you know that with xtool you can change you watt heads. Other great video man xtool and lasermatic should just give free lasers to everyone lol

I agree the WiFi works very well.

Thanks for this comparison video! A great overview of both machines! Do you have a ball park timeframe when the larger Roly is coming out?

Design in Lightburn, export SVG and pull into XCS and run the job.

My main beef with the Roly is the enormous spot size and ration of x to y at 30 watts.

Thanks again for your efforts, sir. At the moment, and after your info, I am still leaning towards the Xtool because of the WiFi issues on the MK2 in combination with Lightburn. I don't want to push cables through some walls, I think this problem with the WiFi is a missed opportunity by Roly. Now its up to me to do some more research if I will choose either the 20W or the 40W. Of course the 40W is more powerful, more speedy, etc, but I also do fine cardstock jobs for which i used a Cricut untill now, and want to do some minor engraving. And as you mentioned, sadly enough the Xtool can't be used as a 10W. Question, are your links affiliates? If so I will make sure I use that one when I am ordering.

I had two Roly LaserMATIC. First one didn’t turned on and sent back. Second one, laser module grind when it moved along the bar and sometimes it will go everywhere. Plus, camera has too much noise to do any form of calibration, sending it back. I wish you would had stuck with your title and talked about WeCreat!

The green and black theme reminds me of Xbox

Elegance? Really?