Creality Falcon2 Pro S Review: Enclosed, With a Camera

Creality makes the Falcon2 in two forms: an open frame, and this enclosed Pro S. For a laser in a house rather than a dedicated workshop, the enclosure is the one to buy.

Where it wins: the camera

A camera above the bed shows the material on screen, and you drag the design onto the exact spot. That matters most for the work beginners actually do. A newcomer to lasers is usually engraving one-off gifts on offcuts with odd shapes, not production runs on squared stock. Without a camera, placing a design on a scrap of walnut is a fiddly process of jogging the head and test-framing. With one, it takes seconds.

The camera also enables batch positioning, so the machine can lay a design onto several loose pieces on the bed at once.

Safety, and where it leaks

The Pro S has a flame detector, limit switches, a lid safety lock, an emergency stop and a laser-filtering cover. The flame detector is the most important. Diode lasers set wood alight more often than people expect, especially on slow cutting passes, and a machine that stops itself is the backstop for the one time you step away.

The enclosure itself is weaker. Several reviewers report smoke escaping around the cover panels. An enclosure that leaks smoke is still useful as a laser shield, but it means the exhaust has to pull hard enough to keep the box under negative pressure. See laser safety and ventilation. Expect to tape or gasket some seams.

Power and bed

The 22W diode is in the same class as the xTool S1’s 20W module. Creality rates it at 15 mm basswood and 10 mm black acrylic in one pass. Basswood is the softest common laser wood, so a hardwood cut will be much shallower. Like every diode, it cannot cut clear acrylic.

The bed is 400 x 415 mm: narrower than the S1, but deeper.

Against the S1

Pick the Falcon2 Pro S if camera placement is the feature you would use every day. Pick the xTool S1 if you want swappable laser modules, a wider bed and a tighter enclosure, and can live without a camera.