BEWARE OF LENOVO EXPLORER! [repost from dangerous discussions]

Guest 161958

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Bought a Lenovo explorer on march 2018. The hinge that keeps the visor and the headband together broke with normal use on november because the plastic that holds the metal hinges is frail and low quality.

still within 1 year factory warranty, they took it for repair and then told me they would proceed with repairs only if I paid the repair bill which costs more than a new unit.

They actually try to scam people discouraging them with pay to call support hotlines, no mail addresses, and confusing clauses in warranty policies which they renew every year.

Since I do not want to waste time with them, my only option was to renounce to my right to have it repaired and report my bad experience so that people will boycott them.

Hope it helps people who are researching for vr headsets. Goin' back to my duct tape.
 
Did you buy it direct from Lenovo? If not I'd just take/send it back to whoever you purchased it from and ask for either a replacement or a refund and let them deal with Lenovo.
 
Had to be a bad unit. I've had an Explorer for over 300 hours in Elite and never had anything break. But I never flip the thing up, just take it off my head when I need to see the monitor to type. It looks better than all other hmd's I have (2 other) in Elite.
 

Avago Earo

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The same happened to mine (Visor hinge). I ended up super-gluing a strip of fabric cable tie where the original moulded plastic was. The clips that guide the cables to the strap also snapped, so I used two cable tie sticky pads and cable ties to rectify it.

The plastic is very thin and brittle so be aware.
 
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