Customer Reviews

Laser Toner Cartridge - 2.5K

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3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

I ordered this Brother TN-350 "compatible" Toner Cartridge with the expectation that it may not be as good as the "original" since it costs about half the price of an original. It is good from the very first page I printed. It remains to be seen if it will last up to 2500 pages as promised but for now I am very satisfied with the product.

Additionally, the packaging is good, additional info on FAQs was provided and an emailed inquiry was promptly responded to. Thank you,Inkers.

Got this today, popped it into the printer & it works like a charm. A few random black marks that I hope will go away with time. This appears, however, to be a Brother cartridge that has been refilled, not a newly manufacturered compatible cartridge. I suspect this because it has the word "Brother" all over it, including underneath a piece of black electrical tape. I purposely avoided buying a refilled cartridge because I've had bad luck with them in the past. Hopefully this one will work better.

Great value...same quality is OEM toner at a much lower price. Very pleased with the product.

This toner cartridge bound up after about 100 pages of printing.
Printer error indicating a paper jam even though there was no paper in the path.

This was the right cartridge at the right price. Even with shipping costs, I saved almost 50%. Dealer was excellent and prompt. Would deal with this one again in the future.

Many other brands of laser printers use toner cartridges that include the fuser drum assembly. Since the drums in those cartridges are usually perfectly good after the toner has been exhausted, I've always felt that it was terribly wasteful to throw away the entire assembly.

To Brother's credit they have designed many of their printers, so that the drum and toner are separate units. Not only is this a less wasteful design, in my opinion, it also makes it less costly to replace the toner. Although the Brother brand toner cartridges for my printer and my FAX machine (both use the same) are not overly expensive, I have found that these cartridges perform just as well for about half the price.

My toner cartridges from this vendor were individually packed in protective bubble sheaths, were delivered promptly and arrived undamaged. Thus far, I see no reason to pay more.

I bought this as a spare a few months ago. Today, when my old one was dead, I replaced with this new one. The fax machine can't recognize this one indicating there was no toner cartridge installed. After several tries, I gave up. I have been using generic brands(refill) for my fax machine for many years. This situation has never happened. I tried to return this to Amazon via it is return system. I found out it has passed the return period...so, if you are going to buy one of these as a spare one, make sure you check if it works when it arrives. Otherwise, you will have a big problem when you need it right the way and it doesn't work. And I also end up waste money when I tried to save some...

I just had a bunch of coffee, have a few minutes, so why not write a detailed review of an ink cartridge?

Bottom line: Works flawlessly. Yield is less than original Brother cartridge but being it is less than 50% the cost of buying a Brother replacement cartridge, you are way ahead money-wise.

Recommendation: Buy from Inkers. Nope, do not work for them or anything. They just have stellar customer service (see below) and the best price (plus/minus a few cents).

Detailed info:
4 stars on cartridge yield & quality: I use two Epson printers (one high end photo, one inkjet color) and a Brother HL-2070N for general B&W printing & hard copy archiving.

I have used 3rd party replacements on the Epsons with mixed results. It can be hit or miss and a waste of money to buy 3rd party ink, so when it came time to buy for the Brother, I turned to the trusty Amazon reviews. Many 3rd party ink manufacturers for the Brother got poor results, but this product got very good results - so I purchased the above Brother TN-350 compatible toner cartridge in early 2010.

I purchased through Inkers (seller) via Amazon. They had the best price and no shipping charge. In early 2010 it was just over $20 and has since come down in price.

I received it quickly. It installed easily and worked from page one without any problems. Also, there were no black marks on the initial pages and the black was crisp and dark.

I did find as it got towards the end of it's life (about 80% quality yield), but before the printer's low toner light came on, that the print quality diminished: still crisp, still very legible, just not as a rich a black. For archiving this less rich color was perfectly fine. For use in correspondences it was acceptable, but barely.

I would therefore guesstimate the yield to be about 80% of what I would have expected compared with an official Brother cartridge (assuming the Brother yielded 100% of its claim). However, as Amazon has the official Brother cartridge currently (November 2010) at $42 and the replacement at $17.44, I can get two for $35 and have a total yield from the two cartridges well over the original's - so it's a no brainer.

A word about Inkers, who I would rate 5 stars:
I initially purchased from Inkers as others noted they had great prices and shipped quickly. They did.

This time around I just clicked on my old Amazon order and was taken to this page. I saw the price had dropped to $17.44 and free shipping. When I placed it in my cart I noticed it was $17.44 plus about $9.50 for shipping (one cartridge). Yow. I canceled and tried again. Same results.

I went back to my old order and clicked the convenient Contact Seller button provided by Amazon. I sent off a note to Inkers on why shipping was added??

Would they email back? Always a sign of a weak company that takes forever or never (ah... ah...Borders Books...chooo) responds to emails. Anyway, the next day I did not get an email, instead a representative from Inkers called me. Wow, that was impressive.

She worked with me a bit to determine what was occurring. It turns out that even though I clicked the past order link from my account, Amazon randomly (or by a method unknown to moi) chose the seller for this product. I just needed to click the small link to see other sellers and then picked Inkers.

My first order they shipped über quickly and for the second they responded quickly to a question. In addition they offer a competitive price. So I would recommend buying both this product and doing so from Inkers.

Review is done, but I am still over caffeinated.

Good price, works well with our Brother MFC-7820N. It is a refurbished cartridge that's been refilled with toner - so you can save some green and go green at the same time :-)

I just got this toner, so I cannot speak for how long it will last, but it worked well for me. Prints look good.