Review (5/5): Noticeably different than cheaper alternatives
I purchased my glopro through beautybio, but was curious if anyone shared tips/tricks they liked here and wanted to add my own input. I previously had a $15-20 amazon version (cannot remember exactly which one, ordered several years ago) and this is NOTICEABLY different in quality. First, the needles on the glopro are actual needles. I'm pretty confident the cheaper versions are usually stainless steel "gears" cut into needle-size points--very different in feel from true needles. Also, having used the cheaper dermaroller, one thing I've experienced with the glopro I never experienced with the alternative is that I've had a layer of dry skin due to faster cell turnover in my skin (been using the glopro for about a month), so as I exfoliate with either a microdermabrasion scrub or dermaplaning, my skin after exfoliating is drastically improving in quality and visibility of fine lines and wrinkles. I was pretty skeptical when I purchased it due to the price point difference, but to me it is quite noticeable. The length of the needles are also gentle enough to use every day and when I get to a point where I want to maintain, I'll curtail my rolling to ~3 times a week (be careful about using products that are too intense, because you want to encourage cell turnover not damage and you can easily do damage with needles that are too long).
A few people commented on the empty sanitizer bottle, you cannot mail flammable materials with electronic materials, so the glopro being electronic with batteries/charger cannot have an alcohol-based sanitizing spray. I really like the spray bottle and the container of 70% alcohol I got to sanitize was like $.72, so a pretty reasonable solution to the mail restrictions. Hope this helps! As someone who bought both products I thought it would be helpful to contrast them. At a minimum, if you elect to go with a less expensive alternative I would highly recommend ensuring the needles are actual needles not stainless steel plates, and be careful about the length you select to prevent damage.