I wasn't planning on making my own. I was asking what specs you might think a home unit would need to reach for it to actually work. It seems if they can come close to working @ $1000, they should be able to make a viable product at $2000-$2500. Which is certainly what I would pay.

Remember the TRIA's actual manufacturing price can't be more than $200. This jacked up price of $1000 is middleman and retail price jackups similar to the old example of how nike shoes cost $5 to make but they sell them for $120 at Finishline. Absolutely they can make a real machine that can effectively kill hairs just as good as the salon machines for around $1k-2k but they are impeded by the FDA and possible frivolous lawsuits by idiots who don't know how to wave a light over hair. What really makes me mad is how these damn salons and big salon laser companies have a grapplehold of the laser hair removal market and will price gouge us until someone intelligent realizes there's a huge market in making an at home effective real laser machine. The laser hair removal companies are comparable to the damn oil companies!

You are correct, the home market is huge. Even people who couldn't afford a $2000 device, would likely get a few friends or family members together and buy one. I believe they could profit far more with mass produced consumer devices than the low quantity sales to salons/dermatologist.

Maybe if something more powerful gets released over seas I can have a friend ship me one. I had a friend send me (from overseas) a HDMI device that fakes the HDCP security into thinking my HDMI capture card is a valid TV, I'm sure I could get a laser hair removal device sent over.

Too bad the parts can't be purchased and one rigged together, but I doubt anything like a kit will exist for 10 years.

For it to actually work, it needs to have the specs of the professional machines, i.e. in this case a professional diode like LightSheer. Btw, you need a low pulse, not a higher one, for it to work well. The best machines out there go down to 3ms compared to this 600ms. Unfortunately, I don't think a machine like this will ever be available for home use due to safety issues.