Of course it is a (semi) serious statement and of course, you are right in terms of manufacturing specifications for parts and assembly of products and how subcontracting is done and why (and it is always and only done to reduce the manufacturing cost).
However, let me clarify a bit further:
By "same components" I meant the components - namely micro-controllers, LCD's, keypads.. all those things that go into commercial products today are of very similar, industrial quality - except components used specifically for life support and/or military applications - they are all designed with this end application in mind, then individually 100% tested with traceable record and therefore 10x more expensive (and we are not talking about this here).
So my statement about "same" is based on knowledge of what is available on the market today for usual, everyday, consumer appliances.
I do not have a specific knowledge of Canon electronics products.. including this timer.
But, I still consider myself qualified to make general statements about their electronics products here... from the user and bystander point of view.
Canon's timer is made of usual materials - plastic case, standard PCB, standard parts, plastic cable with moulded connector.. and 5x price difference between this and cheaper product which is otherwise the same (or very similar) in both appearance and functionality simply does not go under my hat. Someone here doesn't have a right price...
But, at the end of the day, everyone makes his/hers own decision on how to spend their money.
clear skies,
Bojan
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Originally Posted by Dennis
If this is a serious statement, then I think that you should qualify it by explaining how you know, as opposed to believe, that this is the case.
I have worked in electronic and electro-mechanical industries that do their designs in-house, but sub contract component procurement, assembly, testing and packaging, etc. to 3rd party assembly plants BUT they also specified, in detail, which components went into their products, types of wiring used, thickness of contact plating, who is approved to supply those components, how the final assemblies will be tested, etc.
It wasn’t just a case of “assemble 10,000” and then “right at the end we’ll stamp the 1st 5,000 with Canon and the last 5,000 with a generic name”.
Cheers
Dennis
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Adam,
The quality of an item is not determined by which one would have been picked up if price is the same..
It can be determined very accurately by observing the failure rate over the prolonged period of time in use, under the controlled conditions.. and this information is what we do not have here, for neither of those two product we are discussing in this thread.