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Originally Posted by luigi
I have two of the cheap ones for different cameras. The oldest is 3 years old and the other 2 years old. Never had a single problem with them. I don't think the remote is critical enough to pay for the Canon word on top of the plastic.
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That is not a surprise.
Both original Canon timer and those non-OEM 's are assembled in the same plant in China, with the same technology and using the same components (OK, maybe not exactly the same plant.. but you know what I mean :-) ).
The reasons why Canon's timer apparently does not have bad reports (and this statement should be properly backed with data) could be one or combination the following:
- There are not many of "originals" out there (because of the high price) compared to cheap ones, so according to simple statistical logic, there will be more complains for cheap ones.
- For cheap ones there is no warranty (but, for the price, who cares!) so people tend to complain.
- Most problems (90% I would say) with electronic gadgets in general are dodgy batteries and associated mechanism (contacts). This is the reason why many vendors never include batteries with their products.. and if they do, those will most likely be the cheap ones (you guessed right, in both cases they want to reduce the cost)