xTool S1

Nothing

It's not fast enough. It does an adequate job on 1/8" plywood but I wouldn't use it for 1/4" plywood.

Using their software. Just added a camera and now went back to lightburn and am much happier.

Would prefer other laser source for more freedom on material choices. Slowish, camera as add on woulld be nice

no plastic cutting (diod), but over all nothing really frustrates me ;-)

Nothing by far

not used it much yet

That it was advertised as a laser that can stand in a living room because it's closed and ventilation is so good and that's not true, I get a lot of smoke in my basement room and need to use a mask as well as an air purifier so I avoid breathing it all the time

I bought it on FB Marketplace. It's a 10W and I'm not seeing a 20W to buy. Wondering if I will be able to find a 20 or if I will have to go to a 40

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Speed, diode laser

Have no complaints the machine has been great.

Slow speed

limitations that come with a 20W diode - slower speed, lack of ability to cut clear acrylic, etc - not the machines issue just the technology

limited cutting dimensions

Need a bigger cutting area

No camera, and I would have liked a larger engraving size.

Editing functionality. I mostly use Lightburn to edit my patterns and export it as Svg so I can use it on xtool

Not being able to work with clear acrylic even though I've never tried it

Working area is small compared to the bed size, loud beeping. My computer is in another room from the laser and i have to do multiple trips if I forget to close the lid when calibrating the workpiece position. It has trouble cutting even 3mm opaque acrillyc glass.

Everything XCS. It is US biased software (I think I said it before but please no more eagles with stars & stripes in XCS!), I loathe the implementation of "Atomm" or design space, or whatever they call it now and all of the suggested projects. I like that I can access this, but the terrible UI/UX - splash screens and having to click so many times to get to what I need to do. If only it would just load up with a project screen, with a simple button that takes you to the projects, etc. So distracting and makes the user experience frustrating - IMHO. When it does load up and you've got to the main screen, it is okay. The tool head swap is frustrating, and I wish I could remotely click go (again another frustration is how many time you have to switch between the software an hardware - in my case my laptop is a few feet from the laser).

maintenance, proprietary software, lack of speed, mediocre features

Maintenance required, cost of equipment, proprietary software

New software from X TOOL changed to NEW name and made me relearn most of the controls

No camera

Underpowered (I got the 10w thinking it would be sufficient since I only do engraving) and upgrades are extortionately expensive - they clearly want you to just buy another machine.

Nothing, I like everything about it

Lack of camera

The air filters have to be replace quite often and they are a bit expensive.

Too frequent software updates that are often not needed for my use.

I could not get it working with lightburn. Looking online it seems to be a common problem

The fact that it cannot cut transparent or light colored acrylic

Inability to cut Acrylic

Nothing

XTool software is iffy, had to buy and use Lightburn

No camera, closed software environment

Software is rubbish

The smell of course!

I think I would have bought a Aeon laser instead of all the other lasers I bought.

The Bed Base. The honeycomb tray that it comes with should fit snug to the bed base in a jig or clamp so that it does not move and have a bit more breathing room under it. That was, when the honeycomb tray is removed, you are left with the removable tray bed that is a “JIG HOLDER”… Imagine that.

Larger bed

Better fume containment. I have an inline fan and vent to the outside, but still get more smell than I would like in the room.

Needs a camera

how the honeycomb mounts (or actually doesn't).

Needs a camera!

Pricing I believe xtool makes a great product but just like the new f1 ultra 4700, do you know what kind of a fiber laser you can purchase for $4700

I'd like better integration with LightBurn... so when I move up, I don't have to suffer through learning something new.

Larger bed size