Comments on: Study: Remanufactured cartridges can double costs

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:49:14 +0000

I am not a brand loyalist, but I bought a Staples brand toner cartridge for my HP laser printer and found that the printouts were of considerably lower quality than those made from the HP cartridge. The toner simply did not adhere to the paper as well. I switched back to HP and saw a marked improvement in print quality. I won’t claim that this was by any means a scientific study, but for me at least, it wasn’t worth the lower price, and it wasn’t nearly as big a savings as Hoopla reports.

By: brother gartridges

brother gartridges — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:00:45 +0000

I think programmes such as these are great. I shall see whether there are more people that are interested in helping

By: Hoopla

Hoopla — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:39:53 +0000

Sure, a study commissioned by HP is finding that non-HP brand ink cartridges are not as good. I would be as likely to believe that as a health study funded by Marlboro that cigarettes are not bad for your lungs. In my experience, equivalent-replacement cartridges by Rosewill and Linkyo perform just as well as HP and Brother toner cartridges. For example, a single HP 12a cartridge costing about $60 performs NO BETTER than one from a competitor costing $95 for a 5-pack (that’s $19 each!).
No thank you, HP. I will continue to buy “compatible” alternative cartridges.