Overpriced or nah? 
Discussion
Overpriced, but well built and fun to play with. I have an Apollo LTC from 2018. Still works great, though mining shitcoins with its tiny amount of hash power isn’t worth it anymore. Also, it was a third of the price of this latest model and paid for itself in about 2 years. This one might never pay for itself.
Idk. Probably this is the price you pay for the fancy box
Ultimately, it’s a well designed product, well built, and is pushing an industry (home mining) that is still in its infancy. It may never be profitable, but is definitely still worth the price to the right person and I hope it succeeds so he can keep releasing new products.
I have the first series. It will never pay for itself. Better off getting a couple cheap S9s and play around with them. You’ll get more hashrate and the hardware will be much cheaper.
Yes, but also very educational. Nowadays I would go for a NerdMiner or BitAxe if you want to learn, this price point is very steep for the educational value. Nontheless, they're solidly built devices. I have an Apollo I and used it as a room heater until energy prices really made it not worth it anymore. Before that they were break-even for me.
These are more efficient, and should run break-even at around $0.10/kWh at current price/difficulty (before halving, 0.05 after). Don't expect them to pay for themselves, unless you have free energy. S9s are a lot cheaper, but also less efficient, so you need even freeer energy with those.
Buy a used Lenovo laptop and a used S19J Pro from Kaboom racks https://kaboomracks.com/miners/
I feel like an integrated node/miner is a bit like owning a combo TV/VHS. Best to keep them seperate
