iBox Nano $189 SLA Printer

[OpenBox3D]

https://plus.google.com/u/0/communit...28815498830080

this is the community formed by the backers.

[brbubba]

https://plus.google.com/u/0/communit...28815498830080

this is the community formed by the backers.

Thanks for the link. Based on that these printers aren't looking very good at all. Lots of horrible looking prints there, even the "good" ones look like crap.

[Masaoken]

The bigger turn off is that the printer costs $100 less than the Kickstarter backers invested. Many of those people are still waiting to receive their backer rewards while printers are being sold on ebay for $150!

[A_KS_Backer]

The bigger turn off is that the printer costs $100 less than the Kickstarter backers invested. Many of those people are still waiting to receive their backer rewards while printers are being sold on ebay for $150!

Actually, some Kickstarter backers paid as much as $549 ($250 more than iBox's current retail price) for an early preview (a beta version) of the iBox Nano. Others, paid as low as $189 for one. The issue is that while all of these backers paid for their printers back on November 14, 2014, some of them are yet to receive their rewards from iBox. Alternatively, anyone can make a purchase on iBox's website, or through iBox's eBay store, and they are assured "next day shipping" by iBox Printers Inc.

As it turns out, not only did those "Early Beta Bakers" end up receiving "betas", but iBox has thus far failed to upgrade, correct or improve any of the issues that were discovered early on. So it can be said that all iBox Nanos that were sold to backers in October & November of 2014, are one the same design as those being sold to customers in September 2015. Nano Recipients have and continue to report the same issues with cracking acrylic sheets that make up the body of the printer, but more importantly, cracking build plate holders in addition to bad WiFi dongles, bad power adapter, bas USB power cables... and on and on and on...

What is even worse is that iBox had initially started a support forum, and slowly but surely, they were being more and more selective about which issues to address and which to ignore. If you were to visit this forum now, you'll see that as of the time I am posting this, there have been several issues posted by iBox Nano users that you will note are still awaiting a response from "support".

Not bad enough?
Well, then this might be: iBox is no longer responding to support questions sent to it via its support@iboxprinters.com address! So it appears that anyone whose received their purchased Nano, is waiting for one, or is considering buying one should know that they are, literally, "on their own"!!!

To watch this disaster as it continues to happen, please go to the Kickstarter comments section as well as the iBox Printers "Support Forum".

[curious aardvark]

that's a shame, it looked like an interesting printer for tiny detailed items.

Guess you'll all have to buy a peachy instead :-)