Re: laser lifetimes

Posted by Christian-103 on
URL: http://confocal-microscopy-list.275.s1.nabble.com/laser-lifetimes-tp2187288p2187538.html


If the service contract for the confocal unit itself covers alignment (depending on your comfort level, you might not even need that), then often it's cheaper to just outright purchase a new laser than cover one for several years and never need to have anything done with it. 

In our facility, the diode laser have worked just fine for 5 years, of course some of them are not used daily.

I also suspect service contracts will go up, and the cost of lasers will go down over the course of 5 years.

While I have not offered you anything solid, I suggest you look at your comfort level, funding and get price quotes for replacement lasers and read the fine print on the service contract.  We removed all the diodes from our contracts.

Christian