Compact, smart and surprisingly powerful: in spring 2025 the LaserPecker LP2 quickly became the laser engraver I reach for every day. It doesn't move on rails, it runs from an app, and it engraved a double-sided metal card faster than any machine I'd tried.
Premium from the first minute
The packaging is beautiful and the machine is mostly anodised aluminium. It feels premium, sturdy and heavy. I've reviewed engravers that weigh less than my phone! Setup is simple: connect two wires, snap on the stand and you're ready. I was engraving my first project in under 15 minutes, including stopping to film.
You control it with the LaserPecker app over Bluetooth. You can import images, use presets, type text or sketch freehand, choose the material and go. It doesn't go as deep as LightBurn, but it does its job. There's also a Mac version of the app, which I used over Bluetooth from my computer.
A laser that doesn't move
The big difference from my other engravers is that there are no axes. The head stays fixed and steers the beam over a 10 x 10 cm area, which makes it very fast. My usual test, a black aluminium ID card with a QR code on both sides, normally takes 10–15 minutes. On the LP2 it took about three minutes for one side and two for the other, with no loss of power.
The included roller does two jobs. It rotates round objects like bottles, pens and glasses, and it can also act as wheels so the engraver travels along long pieces, turning 10 x 10 into "10 x infinite". The module can also detach from the base and run on a battery pack for engraving outdoors. I'd ordered one and it hadn't arrived yet when I filmed.
What I engraved
I tried birch plywood, MDF, cork, leather and even painted glass. Photo-style images needed some tweaking, but logos and text were clean and sharp. On glass, I coloured the surface with a brown pencil, engraved over it and cleaned it with isopropyl alcohol, and the design stayed. My logo on an aluminium water bottle looked like something you'd buy in a shop. The spatula test came out great too. It also comes with a cover that protects your eyes and helps with ventilation, and I saw very little smoke.