So there have been a few people wondering about the iTeadstudio PCB service and how it compares to known cheap bulk places like seeedstudio.
A little over 2 weeks ago I ordered a set of 10cm x 10cm boards for a project I'm working on and we decided to try iTeadstudio this time around since it's $12 cheaper than anything comparable.
Ordered: Oct 4th
Shipped: Oct 11th (pretty quick considering they were closed until the 6th)
Received: Oct 25th
Everything looks great and there are no problems on any boards that I can see. Put one of them together last night and had no problems. Also, one thing to note, on their site they show that the boards are green with black silk only. Much to my surprise, they actually came with white silk, must be a typo.
Overall I'm thoroughly please with the order. Great looking boards like anywhere else for cheap! The owner also said they are about to offer a new shipping option that get's to the US in 4-5 days that cost 1/3 the price of EMS. Even if you go with the standard $3 shipping, 2 weeks isn't too shabby.
2 weeks is slow for $3 budget shipping? I've ordered other things from china that took 4-6 weeks. Either way, they are supposed to have a new shipping option soon that is around $10 for 4-5 days to the US.
I've never ordered within US. I ordered from sunstone, which is also china based (I am pretty sure, at least), and it was here within two weeks. Albeit, I paid 150+ for the board (10 x 7 inch, if I recall correctly) and shipping.
Got my boards from Itead as well a week ago. Looks great at a great price. A few of the vias have some metal "stuff" inside which can problebly be pushed out easily.
How do they cut your boards? Is it to the size they determine (the 5cm by 5cm or 10cm by 10cm) or is it by your specified dimension lines? Also, do they cut boards in "exotic" shapes like BatchPCB?
