# Seeking a highly recommended PCB manufacturer

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**Category:** Electronics\
**Created:** [November 3, 2017, 7:11am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/seeking-a-highly-recommended-pcb-manufacturer/6239 "2017-11-03T07:11:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Geekeric](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/geekeric/32/3312_2.png) [@Geekeric](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/Geekeric)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 7:11am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/seeking-a-highly-recommended-pcb-manufacturer/6239/1 "2017-11-03T07:11:53Z")

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Hey, buddy, is there anyone who has used Chinese PCB manufacturer? I heard the price is very cheap, but I need a more reliable one.

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**Author:** ![Paulcheffus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/977dab/32.png) [@Paulcheffus](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/Paulcheffus)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 10:44pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/seeking-a-highly-recommended-pcb-manufacturer/6239/2 "2017-11-03T22:44:20Z")

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Hi

I’ve used itead studio in the past  
[https://www.itead.cc/open-pcb/pcb-prototyping.html](https://www.itead.cc/open-pcb/pcb-prototyping.html)

Very good service and PCBs were perfect.

Cheers

Paul

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**Author:** ![major\_tomm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/major_tomm/32/9044_2.png) [@major\_tomm](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/major_tomm)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2017, 12:32am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/seeking-a-highly-recommended-pcb-manufacturer/6239/3 "2017-11-04T00:32:33Z")

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I went with Elecrow last time I wanted stuff from China, turned up less than 10 working days after I ordered. Got more PCBs than I ordered and they were perfect:

> [@PCB Pin Badges](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/pcb-pin-badges/5776):
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> I’ve been learning how to design PCBs recently and after my first batch I decided to do something a little more ‘arty’: [http://www.tomarcher.co.uk/2017/08/25/pcb-pin-badges/](http://www.tomarcher.co.uk/2017/08/25/pcb-pin-badges/) (The top one is an actual enamel pin for comparison)

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**Author:** ![Geekeric](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/geekeric/32/3312_2.png) [@Geekeric](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/Geekeric)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 8:03am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/seeking-a-highly-recommended-pcb-manufacturer/6239/4 "2017-11-06T08:03:11Z")

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Thanks,Paul. It seems good but their price is not competitive compared with other Chinese PCB manufacturers. Take [pcbway](https://www.pcbway.com/ww) for instance, $5 to prototype sounds really great. And seeedstudio and elecrow are also not bad. Personally I want to try pcbway because I’m impressed by their [feedback page](https://www.pcbway.com/project/share/).

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**Author:** ![Geekeric](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/geekeric/32/3312_2.png) [@Geekeric](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/Geekeric)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 8:14am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/seeking-a-highly-recommended-pcb-manufacturer/6239/5 "2017-11-06T08:14:41Z")

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wow,I am pretty impressed by this arty PCB. Btw, 10 days from China sounds nice.