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Katsunami · 01-30-2016, 05:07 PM

This is really rantworthy. I've got quite some cables in the house, and stuff lying around such as AC-adapters. I've been cleaning out stuff I don't need anymore, and organizing stuff I do need. (Kind of not smart to throw out my laptop's backup drive, for example.)

To make things easier to organize, and to (finally) start labeling things, especially cables, I decided I wanted a label printer. So, I read some reviews, and thought to take advantage of the Dymo cashback action that I stumbled upon while doing so. I ordered the Dymo LabelManager 280. Have a look:

Looks nice, doesn't it? Its description states that it has a "big, clear screen, easy to read in any circumstance." (Translated from Dutch.) For all intents and purposes, it looks as if this thing has a backlight. I read some reviews, and saw no complaints, so I ordered it.

When I got it today and turned it on, it turned out to have a crappy, low-resolution, non-backlit screen that all but impossible to read. After taking a look at the user guide, and specifically searching for it, it turned out that this device does NOT have a backlit screen.

Could I have known that this device didn't have a backlit screen? Yes, I could have downloaded the manual; I could have read even more reviews or specifically search for possible problems, but IMHO, there is only so much review-reading I'll do before deciding.

I am of the opinion that product shots such as the above ones should be prohibited. That is misleading. I am fully aware that products sometimes don't exactly look like as on the pictures, but this is ridiculous. On the last picture, the screen of that label printer is as bright as the computer screen for *** sake, while in reality it looks like a 320x200 black and white laptop screen from 1981... without the backlight.

This thing is packed up already, and slated for return to the seller. I'm going to either get a desktop label printer, or one that can connect through wifi and use the computer to make the labels. Probably from Brother, just because I've never had problems with the two printers I have from that company, and out of spite towards Dymo for making products look like something they're not.

01-30-2016, 05:07 PM	#27082
Katsunami Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,111 Karma: 34000001 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: KPW1, KA1	This is really rantworthy. I've got quite some cables in the house, and stuff lying around such as AC-adapters. I've been cleaning out stuff I don't need anymore, and organizing stuff I do need. (Kind of not smart to throw out my laptop's backup drive, for example.) To make things easier to organize, and to (finally) start labeling things, especially cables, I decided I wanted a label printer. So, I read some reviews, and thought to take advantage of the Dymo cashback action that I stumbled upon while doing so. I ordered the Dymo LabelManager 280. Have a look: Looks nice, doesn't it? Its description states that it has a "big, clear screen, easy to read in any circumstance." (Translated from Dutch.) For all intents and purposes, it looks as if this thing has a backlight. I read some reviews, and saw no complaints, so I ordered it. When I got it today and turned it on, it turned out to have a crappy, low-resolution, non-backlit screen that all but impossible to read. After taking a look at the user guide, and specifically searching for it, it turned out that this device does NOT have a backlit screen. Could I have known that this device didn't have a backlit screen? Yes, I could have downloaded the manual; I could have read even more reviews or specifically search for possible problems, but IMHO, there is only so much review-reading I'll do before deciding. I am of the opinion that product shots such as the above ones should be prohibited. That is misleading. I am fully aware that products sometimes don't exactly look like as on the pictures, but this is ridiculous. On the last picture, the screen of that label printer is as bright as the computer screen for *** sake, while in reality it looks like a 320x200 black and white laptop screen from 1981... without the backlight. This thing is packed up already, and slated for return to the seller. I'm going to either get a desktop label printer, or one that can connect through wifi and use the computer to make the labels. Probably from Brother, just because I've never had problems with the two printers I have from that company, and out of spite towards Dymo for making products look like something they're not. Last edited by Katsunami; 01-30-2016 at 08:41 PM.