[gaseous (Patrick)]

All right, I've had it with these cheap ebay laser collimators. I've got one which was perfectly collimated right out of the box, but the beam is so dim you can only use it in full darkness. Another is brighter than the sun, but beams a rectangle rather than a dot and I'm having the dickens of a time trying to collimate it into anything smaller than a dinner plate diameter. My chances of going all Dr Frankenstein on them and somehow combining the best qualities of both are doomed to end in tears and industrial-strength obscenities, so...

If I'm willing to shell out some proper money on a laser collimator (instead of ongoing installments of $20), what's the best brand? I can see Howie Glatter and Hotech as a couple of options that seem a step up in quality. Any preference for use in a dob? Thanks all.