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[ccting]

YN?
I send my YNs for service after 1 month usage... and, they are not able to repair them for more than 1.5 months, and i am still waiting..

YN cheap but not reliable or.. just i am bad in luck?

[inkista]

Could be bad luck--the low price has to come from somewhere. Out of curiousity, which model? And was the foot plastic or metal? The earlier plastic-foot versions of some of the models (e.g., YN-560, YN-460 II) are known to be less reliable than the later metal-footed versions, which have QC inspection stickers in them.

Geeks who know electronics pretty much would fix the earlier versions by swapping out the bad capacitor for a good one, but this requires knowing how to discharge capactitors safely, how to desolder/solder connections, and knowing how many farads you need so it's not for everyone.

Personally, my YN-560 has been great and I've had it for about nine months. No issues at all. Metal-foot version.