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Nic McConnell @NicMcC83:

this is the most devastating review of anything i've ever seen

Scary Whitta @garywhitta· 1d:

Imagine if your printer was also your car. That's what owning a Tesla is like.

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[–] BigDanishGuy 46 points 1 year ago (4 children)

The equivalent of an old brother mono laser would be a Lada or a Toyota hilux. It may not be pretty, but it's simple and it will run forever.

We got rid of the old hl2030 in favor of a fancy color printer/scanner. Now we have neither.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago

We got rid of the old hl2030 in favor of a fancy color printer/scanner. Now we have neither.

Your words cut deep.

[–] clay_pidgin 8 points 1 year ago

Agreed entirely. I'm a big evangelist for Brother's business class black and white laser printers. I bought my hl2050 twenty years ago and I've only had to replace the toner once. It just works.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We got rid of the old hl2030

you monster! I love mine and I'll never part with it

[–] BigDanishGuy 3 points 1 year ago

I still regret the decision to this day. Best little printer there ever was.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Also maybe one of those OG land rovers Queen Elizabeth used to drive