Cheaper on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MU0JJWV
$13.99 (item) + $4.99 (shipping) = $18.99 for a black one.
This drop is: $22.30 for one
and isn't subject to Massdrop's return policy.
tophercTo be fair, they don't appear to be the same. The bearings in these drop pictures appear to have ABEC 9 bearings, so these should spin for a very long time and very smoothly. The amazon product isn't clear to the quality of the bearings, other knock offs of this type appear to have ABEC 7's, but this is just a quick eyeball check. So please validate this on your own.
BobrazKnockoffs of what? it's just a piece of plastic with holes and bearings (and I recognize those bearings, they cost $2 for 1 piece), it's not a car or an electronic device.
TenryuuAs long as they don't market it with the same name as these, I agree wholeheartedly. If they call their product the same ('Giggle Hands') then it's a deliberate attempt to fool buyers.
Ray Ban sunglasses are just a few pieces of plastic and varnish and a few screws, yet a pair of Ray Ban sunglasses made by another company and sold on AliExpress are just that, knock-offs.
Doesn't matter if we're talking cars, stereos, sunglasses or fidget toys. If it's made to look like someone else's product to the point that you're fooled, then it's knock-offs, pure and simple.
BobrazRaybans also are much more designed than this, and you wear them on your face so good materials are important, but for this any plastic will do and there are countless models out there that are very easy to print, mill or manufacture, unlike handmade glasses.
You can't compare this to Raybans.
It's like comparing a stick with burned end and a pilot pen, and you can't call other sticks with burned ends knockoffs either.
TenryuuDude, I totally understand what you are trying to say. However either you are trolling me 🤔 with your stick and pilot pen analogy, or really did not catch the gist of what I'm trying to say. The only thing I'm trying to say is this:
(1) if you intended to buy 'Giggle Hands' spinners, but because a seller presented their own product in a way to fool you, you ended up buying something else thinking it was 'Giggle Hands' spinners, then you fell for a con and bought knock-offs. And that's not cool.
(2) if you intended to buy 'Giggle Hands' spinners, but in the end you willingly chose another product because a seller presented their own product in a favorable way (even if both products looked a lot like each other), then it's OK, you bought a similar product.
Knock-offs = product ABC, made to look like product XYZ (from a brand, image, design, etc. point of view), willingly, to fraud people into buying it, thinking they bought XYZ. 👎🏻
Competing products = product ABC, similar to product XYZ but differing a bit, and hoping to sell to you on its own merit, without making believe it's something else. 👍🏻
Materials, complexity, etc. don't come into play. Could be pens, Rolexes, spinners, glasses, or t-shirts. For me the intention to fool the buyer is the chief aspect to consider.
BobrazBecause these ones aren't "knockoffs"?
This is just someone slapping their own "brand" on an existing design that has been coming out of China for the last year or so. There are several "brands" doing the same thing... they're all the exact same design, likely made in the same place.
This drop is: $22.30 for one
and isn't subject to Massdrop's return policy.