Buyer beware on AliExpress


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    Default Re: Buyer beware on AliExpress

    Quote Originally Posted by Ioannis View Post
    I hope they are of decent quality and long lasting.

    The price difference is such that you cannot ignore.

    Ioannis
    All the suppliers on Alibaba seem to have the same model. The only major differences are price and rocker colour. Some do offer different casing colour, but I couldn't care less.

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    I just realized something. Look at the gray switch, the pins just stick out, there aren't any corners on the case to keep it perfectly upright. If it wasn't for the support bracket, the switch would be unsteady in a PCB.


    I have toggle switches that don't have 4 corners on the underside. I could ask my rocker lady if she can also include an extra batch of those brackets. The toggle switches have threads, I might be able to screw them on for extra stability, and strength.
    My Creality Ender 3 S1 Plus is a giant paperweight that can't even be used as a boat anchor, cause I'd be fined for polluting our waterways with electronic devices.

    Not as dumb as yesterday, but stupider than tomorrow!

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    They seem a copy of the copied toggle switch that we all knew!

    And while seem the same as you noted they do have differences, small or bigger ones. Even on the pins, their shape and the metal that seems copper but I feel it may be iron on the inside!

    War of the prices!

    But at the end you won't have a real plane go down, right?

    Ioannis

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