Comment by mardifoufs

I completely agree. For example I made the mistake of buying their multimeter and its completely trash, their usb tester is fine but only if you know it's quirks and update the firmware. When I got it originally it had a weird bootloop issue. They have interesting products but they definitely aren't as reliable as some of the bullet proof and oddly reliable Chinese manufacturers on AE. To be fair, their support was top notch

(Sidenote, this pattern is so common with AliExpress: very very good hardware but janky software. But God do I like the hardware since it seems like even the most niche, non mainstream stuff still see steady innovation and improvement. None of that 10 year old hardware that used to be common for almost all hobby tier niches haha.)