Expensive if you need to be competitive with higher volume. Old fusion splicers can be inexpensive. Tradeoff is they take longer to to do alignment and are muc

Expensive if you need to be competitive with higher volume. Old fusion splicers can be inexpensive. Tradeoff is they take longer to to do alignment and are much heavier than modern splicers. I got a FSM-30S for sub $3k on eBay years ago. $350 for calibration. I see listings now for under $500. Paid for itself very quickly vs. hiring out as a little ISP. Wasn't hard to learn from YouTube videos and material from Fiber Optic Association.