Longer RAY5 Laser Engraver, DIY Laser Engraver 5W Output Power, 3.5” Color Touch Screen, App Offline Control, Engraver Tool for Metal/Glass/Wood Engraving Area 15.75"x15.75"

The media could not be loaded. I purchased the Longer Ray5 20W engraver 4 months ago. It's been a great tool to help get my small side-hustle up and going. As expected, there was some assembly when it first arrived. However, it was pretty straight forward and required only minor tuning once it was up and running. After running it quite a bit over the past 4 months, it was time to clean the laser. While taking off the metal air conduit to get to the laser window, the conduit broke. I contacted Customer Service, and they quickly responded, and are now sending the replacement parts. It's nice to know that some companies still treat their customers with respect.If I had anything negative to say, it would be that some of their instructions and videos are several years out of date and using modules and components that are very different than those found in my machine. That said, it's usually not so far off that you can't figure it out with some basic common sense.

Longer Ray5 10 Watt Laser, purchased 3-2023 from Amazon.I wanted to add a few lines to my review after using the Longer Ray5-10 laser. I have been having a blast with it. I can now make things I never could prior to purchasing this laser. In conjuction with Lightburn laser software it is a great asset to my shop. There is a learning curve but so much help is available on the Youtube channels. I am amazed by this machine.When I received my Longer Ray 5-10 Watt Laser, I found it well packaged and arrived in perfect condition. Assembly was easy. I purchased this Longer Ray5 10 Watt Laser to help my daughter with a production laser engraving job she was working on. To accomplish this, I mounted the laser to a 3/4 in. thick hard flat compressed wood board and covered that with a 20 gauge steel plate. I made custom legs as I needed the rigidity and placed them so I could use them to align my engraving fixutre plate. I also moved the touch pad control up higher as I needed to slide my fixtrue in and out from the front.After installing lightBurn on my computer I quickly discovered that this is some great software. It was easy and intuitive to use. I was able to create her logo and engrave it on the first try. I almost couldn't believe it. I was able to adjust the power and speed easily. I am engraving on the top of a 2" diameter ABS plastic ball where the graphics are 1 1/2 inch wide. The Longer Ray5 10 Watt Laser was able to do this easily. I adjusted the height on the laser modual to just clear the ball and pushed start and was pleasantly suprised to see it engraved the logo on top and down the sides of the ball witout a rotary table or a Z axis move. The precise laser beam does a great job. The ease of use of this laser and software is amazing. This is the first laser machine I owned. Before I began assembly, I had a couple of questions and Longer customer service was attentive and answered my questions in a timely manor.I was very impressed by the touch screen and its functions. I have a touch screen on my 3D printer and wanted one on my laser machine, and the Longer Ray5 10 Watt Laser comes with one standard. I highly recommend this Longer Ray5 10 Watt Laser. To show you how the Longer Ray5 10 Watt Laser engraves on a ball I clipped the Longer logo and imported it into Lightburn and engraved it on one of the 2 in. diameter balls. See pictures. I still have to make 2 slide in fixtures and may include those after completion. Each fixture plate will hold 36 2 in. ABS balls. I also will make an enclosure wit a vent.Dale

Well made. Easy to assemble thanks to having the hardware for each step in separate bags. I upgraded from a Ray 5 10W that I was very pleased with but with the 20 my cut times are cut in half. Also engravings seem to have better definition of image details. I had some questions that I needed assistance from tech support and they have been very helpful. Another reason why I chose this machine was that it received good reviews from several experts on Youtube some said that it was comparable to Xtool machines.. I also purchased a Longer camera and it was easily installed and both work well with Lightburn. Definitely a good buy for any novice. Big performance with small cost, always a plus.

I had my husband put the engraver together for me, and I'm glad I did. The written instructions weren't fantastic, so he used the video aids. He said the guy in the video kept inadvertently covering what he was doing with his hands, which made it hard to see, but he did get it figured out.I had a bit of trouble getting started with engraving because even though I followed the directions for setting it up with LightBurn, the laser head kept trying to move out of bounds, which caused the machine to error out. I found that I had to actually manually position the laser head to my starting point and use the "frame" button in the software to make sure I was staying in bounds. I am not sure how it would work with the computer-less functionality though, and I'm not brave enough to try it.It takes a bit of playing with the settings to get a nice even burn without it being too light or too dark, but once you figure it out, it works really well and I'm really happy with the quality, especially considering this is an entry-level engraver. I very well may decide to upgrade in the future.

What can't I say about this? I love this laser. Perfect for just starting out, or getting a bit more into it. Obviously, it can't really hold much to the really fancy enclosed machines, but for a basic frame laser it's much more than I expected. I got this around Christmas as a present to myself and had gotten such a good deal on the 10w. After setting it up, which was fairly easy, I was surprised at how powerful it was. My brother and I did some research to see what it could accomplish and while I haven't personally tested how strong the laser is, it was much more than I expected. Overall the quality of the frame and laser seem pretty decent. It's not terribly noisy when running, but the pitch can be quite annoying to some if you don't like higher frequencies. The laser itself seems to be fairly accurate and cuts a nice clean line. Definitely recommend an air assist system or something to help with the smoke, which sadly it didn't come with but they're easy enough to find.

This unit is exceptionally well-made, sturdy, and easy to use. I downloaded the free Laser GRBL program, and it worked well. This is definitely a good starting point for anyone who wants to start laser engraving.