
| Value for Money | 2.9/10 |
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| Reviewer Rating | 2.6/10 |
| Overall Rating | 3.3/10 |
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Full review by
guymark
on 26th Aug 2008
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User Rating : 2
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Good Points: Cheap to buy
Bad Points: Expensive to run.Drinks ink because of the cleaning cycle - even if I print less than 1 page PER WEEK, my cartridges will need replacing about three times per year - that's 12 cartridges.Ghastly running costs for light users. Might be ok if you get the ink printed before it is all wasted on the cleaning cycle.
General comments: Brother Multifunction machines are cheap - because they must make huge amounts on the ink.If you absolutely must buy this machine - use cheapo ink as I don't think using their own ink makes the slightest jot of difference when you get the famous Error 41 (Print head dead - though it works just fine in test mode!)For inkjet, stick with Epson or HP, for lasers, Brother are not too bad - but mine seems clunky and noisy - and only seem to get part-filled toner carts when you buy them new - unlike HP which always give full toner carts. Bear this in mind when comparing costs - a Brother unit may only have half the stated page count before you need to buy more toner.
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Review by
bbrn
on 20th Jun 2008
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User Rating : 9
Respect : 0
The newer machines are nice. I like the 1820c the best. I mainly send and receive black and white copies. I like the option of color if I want to copy photos. I print the photo from my computer and make additional copies on my fax machine. This is a replacement machine. The other exact model had a major failure about five years ago and it was replaced by Brother. I had the other unit for 1 1/2 years before it died. I upgraded to a fax/scanner with no telephone receiver at my office, and brought ...
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Review by
Sheila Burke
on 6th Jun 2008
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User Rating : 1
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Easy to use, but no backup or support. Ours has just developed an Error 41 but we don't know what that means.
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Review by
tudgey
on 17th May 2008
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User Rating : 10
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The Brother Colour 1820C has good colour, is fast, and is reliable. A great machine for phoning faxing and copying, a recommended buy.
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Review by
hypnoticsean
on 10th Mar 2008
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User Rating : 1
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Will never buy this model again Error 41 a main problem, when contacting a brother dealer, they wanted to send an engineer at an extortionate price cheaper to buy a new unit from a different manufacturer, I would avoid this model!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Review by
Guest.
on 3rd Jan 2008
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User Rating : 1
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I find that the Brother Colour 1820C consumes vast quantities of ink due to a clean cycle brother have installed.
With the machine being barely 2 years old, error 41 has appeared on the screen requiring technical assistance which costs more for an engineer to come out than the machine itself. I would advise you to avoid this fax machine like the plague
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Review by
Guest.
on 9th Dec 2007
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User Rating : 1
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My advice is - Do not buy a Brother Colour 1820C! Mine has gone wrong (error 41)after 3 years of only light use, it is not apparently worth repairing, and I will switch manufacturers because of this bad experience.
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Review by
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on 4th May 2007
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User Rating : 1
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I would STRONGLY urge all future consumers NOT to purchase a Brother Fax 1820C. It's nothing but trouble.
FrankEast's full review | 111 words
Review by
charlie77
on 5th Apr 2007
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User Rating : 0
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It eats expensive ink - Brother has set this up so that it uses ink all the time on the unnecessary cleaning cycle. What a brilliant money making wheeze for them. Run a mile from the Brother Colour 1820C fax machine, as it is an absolute money pit.
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Review by
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on 20th Aug 2005
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User Rating : 0
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I purchased a Brother Colour 1820C , 6 months ago, and have only had six faxes sent to it and now the colour cartridges are empty, I have been in touch with Brother, and they have said that it goes through a cleaning cycle every couple of days and this uses some ink, if I had known this I would not have purchased this model of Fax machine.
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