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Cheapest Laser Engraver You Can Buy

WHAT IS THE CHEAPEST LASER ENGRAVER YOU CAN BUY?

I’m a lover of laser engravers and on a quest to find the very best one.  I have some ideas on what would make the best laser engraver.  But for the moment I’m on a quest to find the cheapest laser engraver that you can buy.   And I want that laser engraver to actually be viable.  Did I find it?  Let’s find out.

HOW THIS STARTED

I try to read everything I can about laser engravers in the hopes to be some kind of expert.  I once stumbled across a video on YouTube entitled ” The Cheapest Laser Engraver on Amazon“.  The author had found a laser for $99 and he put it through its paces.  Sadly, by the time I saw the video the $99 laser was no longer available.  So I set out to find something equally inexpensive and to see if it worked.

The price point for budget lasers now seems to be about $200.  I did find a great laser for about $169 and I blogged about that here.  It took me a month or two to find anything cheaper than that.  Finally, I stumbled across a complete laser that cost cost $122.04 shipped.  Typically, to find the really inexpensive stuff you need to search the Chinese website, Aliexpress.  And that is just what I did.

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