The Chessnut ‘clock’
Just seen the pricing on this thing.
First presale: $367.20
Second presale: $390.15
Normal price: $459
I don’t know about the rest of you but I would expect almost zero unit sales of this. The price is ludicrous.
I get the point; trying to enable you to play with just the clock and the board. As close to OTB as possible. However, they’re asking people to fork over the cost of a multi functional device like a tablet for a product with limited use. Those of us who don’t like using the app and prefer to use Chessconnect aren’t even likely to consider this product at all.
I bought the DGT 3000, built a box to enable me to use a Bluetooth gateway and connect the clock via chess connect, all for well under £100.
This is the product they should make. I’d have gone down that route to save on the DIY aspect if it was available before I went with the DGT.