Comparison table www.OpenBCI.com versus OpenBCI made in China

Last Updated on February 16, 2024 by pg@petergamma.org

www.OpenBCI.comOpenBCI made in China
shopOpenBCI shopeBay & Aliexpress
price (USD)500 – 2000230 – 700, and up to 2000
price
stability
stablestock market speculation,
but stable low prices
to this date
warrantya view month money back warrantyLife-time warranty
for some products on eBay
available sinceAround 10 yearsAround 4 years
uptating issuesnot the Wifi shieldWifi shield was made available and is updated
react on user wishespick up user wishes in the web, pick up products we review such the Greentek Gelfree S3 capyes,
pick up user wishes in the web,
also documentation was updated upon user wishes,
label products as if they where designed especially for us such as “for research and development”
support forumyesno
documentationyesno
locationUSAChina
establishedwell establishednot very well known yet
new developementswe do not know of suchupdate products
new products in shopyes
newsletteryesno
communityyesno
user feedback optiontrough forumthrough Aliexpress feedback form
communicationvery friendly
issues– controversial, accused for the violation of the unwritten rules for open source hardware
(which is not illegal, but an issue)
– We do not know who is behind it,
– no adress is given
– no phone number
– can long-term products be developed with these products or will it be gone tomorrow?

– A lot of different shops which seem to be connected
which move their products
more preciselyNot declared from where the ideas for their products are.
People critizised it to be a “clone company”.
Ideas and pictures seem to be taken over from www.OpenBCI.com without asking for permission from www.OpenBCI.com
user complaints
a user complaint that they sent a wrong product which was not worth sending back to China
(they sent a WIFI shield instead of a Bluetooth dongle)
remarksIs it a shop for for students under the direction of William Croft from www.OpenBCI.com? Is it a shop for students under direction of students?
Is it associated with a company or a university?
products which are offered– Ganglion
– Cyton
– with Bluetooth with transmission
– etc.
– new products such as cGrid around the ear, etc.
– Cyton
– newly made developments with up to 16 channels.
– Bluetoth and Wifi transmission
– Some products seem as if they where not designed to be sold as products, but for developers