kustom:
Grumpy_Mike:
It is not a real Leonardo it is a rip off. Not even a clone because it is pretending to be a real one.For the price difference I think it is always better to support the real thing. After all it pays for a lot of things, not least of which is this forum.
How can it be a ripoff? The shematics for every Arduino board is freely available.
Yes they are but these are pretending they are real Arduinos and copying things like the trademarks and FCC markings when they have no legal right to do so. This is called passing off and is illegal. The customs in your country are within their rights to confiscate such a product. Some people have reported here that this to have happened to them. If they use the same layout and call it something different and say it is a clone then there is no issue because it in not pretending to be something it is not. They will just be using open source information to manufacturer a product, not pretending it is something else.
@lax123
because i know the boards get tested even though all parts might be from china
The original comment referred to getting things made in China not getting components sourced in China. In fact there are very few fabrication plants in China for semiconductors, components are sourced from all round the world.