WayPonDEV RPLIDAR C1 360 Degree 2D Lidar Sensor, 12 Meters Scanning Radius Ranging Module Kit, SLAM ROS Robot LIDAR Sensor Scanner for Obstacle Avoidance and Navigation of Robots

very good compare to the price

The USB cable that came with the product was broken (the board was receiving no power; the LED wasn't lighting up), I swapped to a different one and it worked. Almost thought the sensor was broken

Great value for what you're getting. Runs smooth and quite.

Cheaper/smaller than the Turtlebot4 standard RPLIDAR A1 with no exposed moving parts. Supposedly it takes 230mA where the A1 only draws 100mA, but with the C1 and an Oak-D-Lite, the Raspberry Pi 5 only draws 1.5A running SLAM. The ROS 2 driver is sllidar_ros2 (not rplidar_ros) so it takes a little configuration to use with the stock turtlebot4 bringup, but it works wonderfully - worth the work for me.

If you plan to use this indoors with ROS and within spec, you'll be very happy. It's a polished product with good documentation. It does not work well outside during the day however. Look at the S3 if that's your use case.

First impressions, this is a well made unit, quality manufactured with a great fit and finish. Just cool looking if you ask me. Quality cables as well. Of course it comes with an adapter board, gotta have that. Even includes a USB cable. Sadly, it comes with no paperwork in the box, no instructions, not even a thank you for giving us money note. Pretty lazy. Being that this is not exactly a plug-n-play device, buyers are going to need some help. As the other reviewer said, the QR codes do not work. I only get text after scanning. And after going through the hassle of typing in the URL on the box, it just goes to a completely blank page. Many dead links on the wiki as well. So, not only do they NOT tell you how to use the product, you are left to your own to figure it out. Really? Plain lazy. I believe I have it working and it does seem to work okay, but can't give too much feedback because I need to figure out more how to use it. Kind of frustrating. While it seems like a good sensor, it would not be my first choice, unless you are well versed with these kinds of devices.