That’s a real bummer Birdseye. My Ortur has been pretty easy, but that’s the deal with chineseum stuff isn't it? One works great, another is a complete disaster. I don’t have much faith in Ortur since their shakeup either. I’m just planning to ride this LM3 until it scatters then I’ll move on. 

For what little it’s worth, I’ve heard great things about xTool in general. They were my original plan before I saw the Ortur stuff and how much cheaper it was. Since I was brand new to lasers, I didn’t want to go too big up front and find out I wasn’t going to use it. I’ve never used an xTool, but they’d be on my (very) short list if the LM3 goes splat. 

Good luck!!

Ryan/// ~sigh~ I blew up another bowl. Moke told me "I made the inside bigger than the outside".