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Creality Falcon T1 review – A 5-in-1 modular laser engraver tested with 20W fiber and 40W diode laser modules

Creality Falcon T1 5-in-1 Laser Engraver review

Creality sent us a sample of the Falcon T1 5-in-1 modular laser engraver for review. The company describes it as the world’s first 5-in-1 laser engraving and cutting machine that supports five types of laser modules in a single unit: 20W diode laser 20W, 40W diode laser, 20w fiber laser, 60W MOPA laser, and 5W UV Laser 5W. The laser heads can be swapped tool-free in just 15 seconds. It works with an HD camera and AI system and can engrave and cut a wide range of materials including wood, leather, acrylic, metal, glass, crystal, and plastic. Diode laser modules are ideal for cutting and engraving wood, leather, and acrylic, the fiber laser module is better suited for marking and engraving metal, the MOPA laser module supports color marking on metals such as stainless steel and titanium, and the UV laser module uses cold processing for high-precision work on glass, […]

Creality Pika review – An affordable, portable 3D scanner with infrared and blue laser modes

Creality Pika portable3D scanner review

Creality has sent us a sample of the Pika portable 3D scanner for review. In some ways, it shares some of the features of the high-end Sermoon S1 3D scanner, like blue laser and NIR structured light scanning modes, but it’s more affordable and compact, works out of the box through USB or WiFi, and is offered in a design and form factor similar to an action or point-and-shoot camera. In this review, I’ll start by listing the specifications, then go through an unboxing, and test the Pika with an (underpowered) Android phone, before spending more time testing the portable 3D scanner on a powerful mini PC connected to an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB GPU dock. Pika 3D scanner specifications and host requirements Pika (CRS15CPK) specifications: SoC – Unnamed octa-core processor clocked at 2.0 GHz Display – 3-inch touchscreen display Scanning Modes 7 Parallel Blue Laser Lines Working […]

Creality Sermoon S1 review – Part 3: 3D scanning with Khadas Mind 2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB dock

Creality Sermoon S1 3D scanner review with Khadas Mind Graphics 2 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB dock

At the end of last year, I received a Creality Sermoon S1 high-end 3D scanner for review. After checking the specifications and going through an unboxing in the first part of the review, I used the 3D scanner with an Intel Core i5-13500H laptop with 16GB of RAM running Creality Scan 4 software on Windows 11. The laptop specs were below the minimum hardware requirements (NVIDIA GPU, 32GB RAM), and while I managed to scan a face and bust using infrared mode, it was a struggle with 4 to 5 FPS scanning, and I wasn’t able to use Blue light scanning at all. Luckily, shortly after the review, Khadas informed me they planned to send a Khadas Mind Graphics 2 dock featuring an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 560 Ti 16GB graphics card and a Mind 2 mini PC with 32GB of RAM and an Intel Core Ultra 7 155H 16-core Meteor […]

Creality Falcon A1 Pro Review – An easy-to-use, fully enclosed 20W laser engraver with a built-in HD camera

Creality Falcon A1 Pro review

Creality has sent a review sample of the Falcon A1 Pro fully enclosed laser engraver and cutting machine. It’s designed to be easy to use out of the box since it’s mostly pre-assembled. It is equipped with a 20W blue laser and can engrave and cut a wide variety of materials such as cardboard, wood, bamboo, rubber, leather, fabric, acrylic, plastic, and more. It notably supports cutting 10 mm thick basswood and 8 mm thick black acrylic. The machine can engrave materials at a speed of up to 600 mm/s, and offers smart features such as auto focus, real-time flame detection, and an HD camera for accurate workpiece positioning. It’s compatible with a range of laser engraving software, such as LightBurn and LaserGRBL for Windows and macOS, but we’ll use Falcon Design Space in this review. Creality Falcon A1 Pro Laser Engraver Specifications Main laser module Laser power – 20W […]

Creality Sermoon S1 3D scanner review – Part 2: Using Creality Scan 4 software with Intel Graphics

Creality Scan 4 Sermoon S1 3D scanner review

Earlier this month, we checked the specifications and did an unboxing of the Sermoon S1 high-end 3D scanner with support for blue laser and infrared scanning. I had some concerns about my host machines due to the fairly high minimum requirements: Intel Core i7 Gen7 CPU, NVIDIA GPU (6GB VRAM), 16GB RAM, Windows 10/11 (64-bit). I had planned to use an ASUS Vivobook 16 laptop with a 13th Gen Intel Core i5-13500H SoC with a 12-core Raptor Lake processor and integrated Intel Iris Xe Graphics, as well as 16GB of RAM to run Creality Scan 4 software. After talking with Creality, it was confirmed to me that a “dedicated graphics card” was required. I have some good and bad news. The good news is that I might get a mini PC with an NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) external GPU for review. The bad news is that I have to […]

Creality Sermoon S1 high-end 3D scanner review – Part 1: specifications and unboxing

Creality Sermoon S1 3D scanner review

Creality has sent me the Sermoon S1 high-end 3D scanner for review. It supports blue laser line and infrared structured light scanning, offers high accuracy up to 0.02mm, scans objects from 5 x 5 x 5 m3 to 4000 x 4000 x 4000 mm3, and looks like a pretty cool device overall. I’ll start the review by diving into the specifications, before going through an unboxing to check out the 3D scanner and its accessories. I’ll then need to study a bit more before testing out with different objects in the second part of the review. Sermoon S1 3D scanner specifications Scanning Modes Blue laser lines Single Blue Laser Line Scanning rate: 108,000 measurements/s Working distance – 200 to 600mm Outdoor Scanning – Below 100,000 lux Laser Safety – Class II (eye safe) 7 Parallel Blue Laser Lines Scanning rate: 756,000 measurements/s Working distance – 150 to 400mm Outdoor Scanning […]

Get the Creality Falcon2 Pro 40W laser engraver at a discount and gifts for Halloween (Sponsored)

Creality Halloween Event

Creality has just launched a Halloween sale for its laser engravers and accessories with up to 53% off and free gifts with a highlight of the promotion being the Creality Falcon 2 Pro 40W laser engraving machine. Creality Falcon2 Pro 40W highlights As noted in our previous article about the Falcon 2 Pro 40W, the laser engraving machine focuses on safety with a fully enclosed design,  class 1 safety certification,  systems for airflow, lens, and flame monitoring, and five safety protections namely bidirectional limit switches, an active stop function, a security lock design, an emergency stop button, and a laser protective cover. So you can carve or cut your Halloween pieces with your kids without having to worry. While safety is a priority, the Falcon2 Pro 40W is also a very capable and features-rich machine with a powerful 22W or 40W laser module, a built-in top camera for accurate alignment […]

Creality RaptorX is a high-end portable wireless 3D scanner with 41 blue laser lines and NIR scanning (Sponsored)

Creality RaptorX 3D scanner

Creality RaptorX is the world’s first wireless 3D scanner supporting 41 blue laser lines and NIR scanning. The high-end 3D scanner adds WiFi 6 connectivity compared to the earlier Creality CR-Scan Raptor 3D scanner along with much higher accuracy and other features. The new RaptorX 3D scanner features 41 blue laser lines (34 cross laser lines and 7 parallel laser lines) and infrared structure light (NIR). The 34 cross laser lines are used to scan large objects quickly, while the 7 parallel laser lines scan fine details with a resolution down to 0.02mm. The laser also implements a unique face & body algorithm to capture the human body scan more accurately and much faster (as quick as 2 minutes). The RaptorX is capable of scanning tiny objects fitting into a 5mm cube up to larger pieces within a 4000 x 4000 x 4000mm volume.  You’ll find other technical details in […]