Annual Update: Apart from the need to perform monthly printer cleaning and maintenance routines built into the printer software, this printer still works and remains my primary printer for documentation at home. I’ve only had to refill the inks once, and it’s still functioning well. I’ll keep you all posted if it happens to break down and needs replacement. If I do replace it, I’ll create a new video to review the printer that takes its place. 05/14/24: As of this date, we still use the printer as the home main printer and still works as good as new. We just noticed for the printer to always be printing all the colors out. Once a month we perform the printer maintenance built in the software to prevent the colors ink from dying out and causing problems. I am planning on uploading a follow up video because I’m still very impressed.

I have an Epson Eso Tank printer. I will give one warning for all printers. Use ALL your colors at least once a week to prevent the print head from drying out and clogging up. This is especially true of Eco Tank. You cannot remove the print head to clean if you forget, I have a test Excel page that I print once a week that print several large squares of each color.

I have had the ET-2500 for 7 years now and are only on my second full ink tank fill-up in all that time. It still performs well. A great all-round machine.

We have owned seven HP printers over the course of about three decades. Two years ago we got an Epson EcoTank instead and we have saved HUNDREDS of dollars in ink costs since then. Print quality was sometimes slightly better with the HPs but for us it is not nearly enough to justify the major difference in cost of ink.

It's kind of funny, in Asia printers with ink tanks has been commonly available for like 15 years or something, probably because people in "emerging markets" couldn't afford cartridges. It's nothing new, and there's no wonder it was fairly quick for them to suddenly offer this "new eco friendly ink tank technology" in western markets, they already had them for years already! :)

This printer ROCKS!! The amount of copies you can print in color is insane. Have been a HP loyal fan for 20 years... until now! Have had it for a year and it makes me smile every time I use it. I love the feature that allows me to email what I want to print from the app and it's sitting waiting for me when I get home. Truly a game changer

Dude, I have an ecotank l355, I have had it for what feel like ages since 2015 when I was in college, it still is rocking, I have only buy new ink once, a clone ink that came in bottles of 1 liter for 25 USD each and they still have ink and the last time I refilled my printer, 5 months ago, the ink still was good. One of the best investments I ever made, so much that paper is my biggest expenditure with my printer.

This is a late post, but figured I let everyone know what has happened to me. I have owned the ET-2650 since 2019 and early this year it died on me. I received as error message that required me to get a code from Epson to release the printer since it was software locked. This allowed me to perform maintenance on the printer through the internal software provided. The printer worked for another few months and went into software lockdown again. The error message I received was the same as the first incident, telling me my printer head needed replacing. I could not get a second release code from the Epson website, so I contacted support. They told me my issue was the printer head needed to be replaced and that I had to mail the printer to Epson for repairs and that I would be informed of the total cost of repair once they had it in their hands as there might be some other unforeseen issues. First off, I find it unacceptable that Epson has control of my printer and locks me out of it electronically. Second, the error stated what is wrong, and they expect me to send the printer out to them and hold it hostage for some price to be quoted that might exceed the value of the printer itself. I was very happy with this printer, but have moved to another brand and fill the ink cartridges myself. Epson can keep their Eco Tanks and shove it as far as I am concerned.

We bought the HP 2850 two months ago after getting tired of trying to find cartridges that did not print clearly. This EcoTank resolved that issue. It will be a money saver on ink. We love the wireless feature especially. I would buy again.

I have the Epson 2750 and I have to say that compared to my old HP I print lots of pictures. With the HP I was always wary of the cost, with the EcoTank if I see a nice picture I print it. I try to print at least one picture a week as some people have mentioned drying-out issues if you don't use it regularly. Never going back to cartridges.

The reason you had left over ink was because the ink levels drop once the ink travels to the print head, you can then top the tanks up with the leftover ink, if I remember correctly it does ask you once set up is almost complete.

I owned multiple epson printer from T60 to eco tank series from L110 ,L121, L300 and L3250. I print a lot and epson is my go to printer since 2010 reliable repairable

I bought one of these a few years back, it sounded great. I was called away shortly after purchase on family business for a couple of months. Returning, my Epson would not print. Ink had solidified in the printer jets. You cannot simply replace the print heads like you can with a normal ink jet printer, they are not accessible. I wound up junking my entire purchase. So for anyone contemplating this printer, consider your usage. If your use includes significant times between print jobs (weeks perhaps ?), you may wish to reconsider. On the other hand, if you print something in color daily, you can save a lot on ink. BTW, I wound up with a HP multifunction laser jet printer. Yes, the cartridges are expensive, but I need not worry about this printer clogging up and refusing to work at the precise time I need a high priority print job to run. Plan ahead !

I’ve had an Epson 2500 for 5 years and have saved a fortune in ink purchases. This eco concept is a blessing and don’t let anyone try to convince you otherwise. The print is sharp and clear and well worth the money. I’m sure the other printer companies are jealous of the eco success….

I had the Epson ET-4500 for over six years and the top feeder quit working, but the rest is still working perfectly. Great printer and saved tons of $$$ on ink carts. Wouldn't go back to a cartridge printer. I bought this new ET-4850 and so far, it's exceeded my expectations. Great printer!

I purchased a Cannon G7020 tank printer over two years ago and am still using the ink that came with mine plus I still have the two extra black bottles of ink that also came with the printer. The printer is better than any ink cartridge printer I ever owned.

My 4 year old ecotank 2650 still runs perfectly, I’ve only had to buy ink once, and it was this year. Never had a connectivity issue, or really any issue whatsoever with this printer.

I've had my HP EcoTank for 3 years, and it's been great! I'm only halfway through the original black tank. The issue with all inkjets is that the heads tend to dry out, especially for someone who prints as infrequently as I do. So any print job may include several head-cleaning passes, before I can get a good result.

Check to make sure the Maintenance Box, or Cartridge is replaceable. Otherwise it will become a disposable printer just like previous models. Also, can you change the Print Heads or is this another end-of-life item. These companies are greedy and evil and leave a big pollution footprint, from cradle to grave.

I had an Epson L3250 for more than 2 years by now, ever since the pandemic started. I have to say that it may be not one of the top printers on the market, but it is indeed one of the best cost effective I could say. And cost effective as something that makes it worth the price and pays up over time, but then even the printer itself was cheap for what it's worth. One "drawback" - not really one, but a characteristic of these kinds of printers - is that they need regular use, otherwise the ink might dry up and the printing quality won't be as good. But not regular as in printing something every day, all you need is at least once in a week, even a test page is enough to have all the tanks being put to use. Yet the printer's ink is the biggest strength, being extremely cheap compared to cartridges. I don't mind if it costs some of the printing quality, my main concern is to not spend a lot of money on something that is akin to a scam, when cartridges make ink cost more than gold. Even then, the printing is actually a lot better than my old cartridge printers. The Epson smart app is also a relief from the era where I had to use dodgy software to even make a black and white copy, all I need to do is to connect with the wifi. Speaking about it, the connection to the printer is consistent and easy, not only it works but it's one of the easiest I have used so far - and the only time it stopped working was when, by my own fault, disconnected some flat cables when removing clogged paper from the printer's feed. I wouldn't say the printer is all perfect, if you don't have wifi it's a bit harder to use, but I wouldn't say it's a scam. I would say it was a definite upgrade for my household, and for those who are concerned with either reducing waste (because you use only one bottle vs a bunch of plastic containers at a given time) or saving money, I would recommend it

I have a ET-7750 and I have had an X-Rite’s i1 Software professionally made profile for my 24" Ilford Galarie glossy paper. The results are amazing and the B+Ws are neutral. Even using cheaper glossy paper the results are really good. I use it for A3 drawings, 600mm x 297mm panorama prints. I'm very pleased with it. I regularly dab the print head resting pad with soft tissue paper to prevent smudges.

I really loved mine. Print quality decreased after 2 years and I was told that’s normal. Pretty annoying to spend 200-400 dollars on a printer knowing that it’s suppose to only last 2 years. At least that’s what I was told by someone that worked at Staples. Either way - it’s a great printer! Ink cartridges are HORRIBLE. Jeez. So expensive. I had an HP and I had to get new ink every couple of months but with the EcoTank, I actually got 2 years of use out of it without having to get more ink. I was in medical school so I did A LOT of printing.

I got an Epson L365. It's an ecotank, but before they even came up with the name ecotank. It's either 8 or 10 years old this year, its internals are kinda rusty, and I had to swap out the ink sponge thingy and also use that Epson program thing to reset the ink pad counter. But by gosh, it still WORKS. It prints full color stuff on photo paper, and hundreds of bw/color documents every time I need it to (which was like, once every 2 months lol). If it ever got stuck, it's nothing 8 rounds of head cleaning wouldn't fix. And I've always used 3rd party dye ink (non waterproof) and I guess it's just, that robust or something. I guess that's testament to the ecotank line?

I rarely print anything but when I do I need it working. So I bought an Entry Consumer Model ET-2814, no LCD, no fancies. Just a Scanner, Printer connected via USB to my PC, like old times. I think with easy refills it is not that big of a deal to have a same sized black tank, even the small tank is good for around 3500 pages which is still so much more than the usual cartridges.

Had a similar Canon printer. Print quality and ink price were good, but the printer locked in copy mode just after three months of use. When we finally reached a higher tech help level, we were informed that the firmware needed to be reloaded but that was not covered under the warranty and would cost $110. Check the fine print before any equipment purchase.

I bought an Epson L375 in 2016, after years of cartridge rip-off. I share purchase of the ink tanks with my son, who has a similar model. A 1/2 tank set usually lasts for over 2 years. And it works beautifully.

We have the Epson ST-3000 super tank printer. It's been in use for 1.5 years. No problems and prints great. We have saved a lot of money. Great review. If you look around ink cartridges come to several thousand dollars per gallon!!!

I own ET-2760 owned almost 3 years, and it works great, moved houses once, just keep level. It does not like light weight paper. Prints fairly good photos as well, scanner is excellent too. Some scanner options are cumbersome. Largest paper size is 8.5x11 paper, so no large photos, but does 4x6; 5x7; 8x10 fine. Looking at the ET-8550, hopefully better price at Christmas time.

After years of trying to thwart inkjet printers by refilling ink cartridges with syringes (a mess!), I bought the Epson ET-4750 Ecotank. It has refillable ink tanks, a paper tray, wifi, scanner and fax for $450. What I'm finding is that if I don't print something every week that requires all four colors, the jet head nozzles dry out and clog, and takes half an hour, 6-10 sheets of paper and a lot of ink, to get it to print a single decent page. All my ink tanks are half empty after printing a total of 40 or so pages, almost all of which were just black text. The print quality is poor to the point I would never try and print a quality picture. 20 years ago, I could put photo paper in my $250 inkjet printer, select photo quality and get a picture close to photo quality. The scam goes on.

With the competition between Epson, HP and Canon, I chose an Epson 4850 mostly because they are the pioneers in the ink tank market. HP fought tooth and nail to keep folks into cartridges. Canon I'll consider down the road for photo prints. I have printed a full ream which would've had me running out for ink, I barely touched the ink levels on the Epson so far. Love it and highly recommend.

*I have printed many 10s of thousands of full-color sheets with my Business Ecotank ET-15000. I've found a set of all four colors with the bigger black ink bottle, 127 ml, for less than $20 bucks a set! And the print quality is just as good if not better, than the OEM ink. I've only had to refill only once! This Ecotank workhorse has paid for itself many times over.*

The problem with these types of printers is that if they're not used often then the ink can clog requiring you to do a cleaning function. If you do this too many times then the printer will stop you from doing any more. Why? Cleaning uses up ink, where does the ink go? A sponge inside the printer. This sponge can only hold so much ink, so there's a counter that counts how many times you do a cleaning function, and once you reach that magic number then it wont allow you to do another clean. And thus your printer has been bricked. You can change the sponge, but you can't change the count value, so the printer will be unusable. Not sure if this is the case with all makes/models so make sure to check. If you plan on printer with it every week then there shouldn't be a problem.

The first ink jet printer I bought only printed in black and white. I only needed to print up homework, so it was cool. The first color printers looked kind of lame, so I didn't buy one. The second ink jet printer seemed okay, and it work well enough. The injet lasted a long time. I went to buy a replacement, and the price went from twenty bucks to seventy. I bite the bullet, and the ink lasted two weeks. I talked around, and that was the way it was. Noped out of printing at home. Some told me I could refill the cartrages, and I did refill. The bottles of ink lasted nine years, and even then I ran out black ink. I went to buy a new printer, and everyone told you could not refill them. So I noped out again. Then the ecoprinters came alonge, and they said we had to now pay for the printer because they were sold cheep to sell ink. The printers looked impressive, which means bigger. My first color printer looked like I over paid, when I paid eighty dollars for it. It was light, and made a racket. Thing is, it lasted for a whole decade, and I only stopped using it because the second bottle of black ink clogged the print head, and killed it. You shouldn't have to pay half a grand to print up something. We are being fucked aroound.

I got my Epson ET 2400 at christmas for 100.00 on sale. LOVE It. I do a lot of printing too.

ok - I will b purchasing to print my small self published booklet. Is this printer compatible with hp 2000 laptop? Did I hear u say it does double sided? thanks for answering my question! How fast do docs print? 🥰 Why did u not show it printing? does it take forever???

I have had my Epson Eco Tank for 5 years and it is still working fine. Have had occasional clogging issues but try to do print jobs frequently enough to avoid clogs.

I bought an Epson T-2711 in November 2019, never had a problem - yet to refill any of the tanks although the black tank is down to about 25%. The scanner side is pretty good although I do also have an Epson Perfection V-0370 Photo scanner for scanning photos & 35 mm slides and negatives. Compared with my previous HP 7000 printer - far, far cheaper to run with very similar results, very pleased. Wondering if HP stands for High Price?

I really loved my Epson ET-2760 for the first few months. Then I started having issues of printer being offline and constant errors of printing. The only way I can get it to actually print is to remove the printer and add it again to my network. I also have to use the run command to navigate to the printer spooler to stop the service and restart it. I do these things weekly. So I decided to use this one as a backup and went out to buy the ET-4850. Keep in mind, I spent $200 the first time and then 18 months later, I spent another $350. Now I am back to printing errors. Support for Epson isn't the best and it always falls back to something that is changing in my settings and becomes my fault. I really like using less ink and being able to refill the tanks because I print constantly through the day. I just won't be making another purchase for a third time. Eventually I will get fed up with "making it work" and just go out and buy another brand.

Thank you for this mate!! Super refreshing to have a review that actually tells you what you are getting, why you chose the model, and how it performs! 10/10 subbed.

I'm taking delivery of the 3850 (from Costco) in a couple of days and can't wait to put it to the test. Replacing an HP6500A + after the paper feed roller finally crapped out for the last time. (Repaired it twice) I should mention also there are a few other upgrades the 3850 has over the 2850 that weren't mentioned. (higher print speeds, an ethernet connection and a larger LCD screen to name a few)

The Epson Eco printer is the best. I’ve had mine for more than a year, and it’s perfect. And I use it frequently.

I see no mention of the waste pads filling up, which may be an issue down the road. If it counts how many times it has been used like Canon, it may be a terrible thing. If you can just clean/replace it it would be great. Canon got very criticized because of this and they put the sponge in a tray called "maintenance cartridge" with a chip. At least the chip is relatively easy to read and write. Another advantage of the Canon from what I've read is that the head is detachable, so you can replace it or, better, just clean it.

There is extra ink in die bottles because when you set up your printer it uses that amount of ink to fill the head. So it is a selling feature as there is no lost ink due to set up. There is also no heat components in these machines and Epson is the only brand that includes their print heads in their warranty.

I just moved my ET-4760 cross country and suffered some ink clogs that the cleaning feature (not power clean) fixed. Don't use the power clean if you don't have to, it uses way too much ink according to those that used it, and that may saturate your cleaning pads.

ProTip: Sam's Club carries the "special edition" ET-2850SE (with 2 bottles of black ink) and ET-3850SE (with 3 bottles of black ink), and both at $30 below MSRP. Just sayin' ...

My Epson 2711 i bought 4-5 years ago for 130 bucks including 4 bottles were not a scam. I still haven't needed to refill it yet and the printer is still as good as new today. I print a test page sometimes to keep it clean, so i never need to clean the printer.

What about the waste ink tank? Can you replace it once it is filled? I don't want to spend $300 in a printer that i have to throw away a few years later because a stupid cheap sponge in the waste tank is full and the printer refuses to print any longer. For $300 i would also expect an automatic loader for scanning pages (at least single-side) since i can have it on less expensive printers.

Trust me! It's worth the price.I have had an EPSON EcoTank printer for over a year now and the ink level is still at 96% capacity.

Thank you, for sharing your review of this printer. For many years, I had been using an Epson Artisan 725 (in arctic white) which, used six (6) ink cartridges until it died. So, to replace it about 18-months ago, I picked up an Epson ET-8500. This unit does everything as well if, not better than my old Artisan 725 and, I am very happy to have purchased it (smile...smile).

I have the Epson ET-3760 I print a TON and it seems to never run out of ink!!!! With Canon I was always buying cartridges. Love my epson

If you want a printer with a doc feeder you have to get the Epson ET-3850 which is significantly more expensive but you also get 2 sided printing. Personally I can save even more by buying a HP OfficeJet Pro 9015 for hundreds less + buy 1 set of extra cartridges $100 + 1 top quality ink refill kit $65 + 1 printhead cleaning kit $20 ( this is applicable for the Epson as well ). I've learned how to refill cartridges and clean the printhead ( KZfaq videos ) and now I save a lot more money. There's not a lot of difference fill a tank on the Epson or filling an ink cartridge on the HP. It's just a little more clean with the Epson but eventually you will have print quality issues that require you clean the print head with a manual operation.

You don't need USB to setup these printers with your PC. Just use its control panel to connect to your WiFi, then download the software from their site and the installer will handle setting up the network printing. Heck, Windows 10/11 can often auto-detect the printer after it's on the WiFi and set it up on your PC without you having to even ask it, though you'll be missing more advanced features if you do that(like free OCR Scanning to PDF).

I have had now my Epson ET-4760 now for quite a few year now with no issues at all. The ink bottles fill up the reservoir and there could be some ink let, just put the cap back on and use when it gets low maybe... I have not had to refill now for way over a year maybe almost two years. I also replace all my work printers with Epson EcoTank's. The print quality is great , just as good as my HP's can IBM's....

what printer would you recomend with tank ink, scanner, wifi, double sided? under 200€

My printer is an Epson Eso Tank. I am going to issue a warning to all printers. At least once a week, use EVERY color to keep the print head from drying out and becoming clogged. This particularly applies to Eco Tank. I have a test Excel document that I print once a week that prints numerous large squares of each color, but you cannot remove the print head to clean if you forget.

I purchased the Epson ET-2720 model in the uk. After some time, and hot weather, the heads have clogged. Only the Black and Cyan colours will now print. I have run many head cleans, but still not printing all the colours. The top section does not open up, and so impossible to gain access to the print heads, to manually clean/flush. I note from some video online that it has a standard looking ink cartridge system to which the pipes of the tanks are attached, and so in theory the dummy cartridges could be lifted out and access could be gained to the print head nozzles. This is a model I would avoid in the future. It seems that I may have to attempt to disassemble at some point.

Hello everyone, I'm considering purchasing this printer for my new small printer shop. Do you think it's worth it? Would you recommend it? Thanks, December 2023

Just bought Epson L350 and before purchasing actually watched this video and read all comments so helpful thanks to the community team.

Shaq does have an adorable smile lol. I like that he's not afraid to be goofy and fun of himself in movies and stuff. Seems like a good man.

I got one of these printers. I am extremely happy with it. I have spent the amount of a cheap new car on other printer cartridges. (I am talking about YOU HP!)

At first I loved my Epson Eco printer but it lasted just over a year probably one month over the year when it didn’t print colors right anymore so I took it back to Best Buy and they sent it out for repairs and I don’t know what happened there they said they were going to replace it but I’m not sure I want to buy another one as if the same thing happens after a year does anyone else have this problem

I got the Epson ET-2850 and I'm satisfied with it. For home use, just what I need and produces sharp images. With the eco tank and no ink cartridges, the amount of copies seem endless. However, to nick pick, the color looks faded and dull compared to high end printers with a four digit price tag. Guess you get what you pay for.

Shaq being on the commercial made me consider buying this printer lol

The best selling point for me is the peace of mind of having a printer that doesn't run out every hand full of prints.

We have an Epson L6190 with 24000 pages printed, more than 22000 in colour, office documents. I believe we are at the second set of ink bottles but all printer's reservoirs almost full, needed some cleaning from time to time but all nozzels in perfect condition, fast printing, best inkjet printer we owned and we had lots of them.

Please potential buyers of Epson printers. Don’t buy their printers. It’s a complicated scam. The eco tanks have a built in shelf life. Every time you use print or use the clean feature, it starts a count up. Once it reaches 100% the printer locks and gives you a “please service” error. If you look it up in the manual they tell you to contact an Epson certified repairer. You see. These tank printers have an ink disposable trey that contains sponges. And once it reaches 100% “waste” you can’t use the printer anymore. I called Epson and they told me I can’t replace the sponges myself because the printer also needs to be reset. Here’s the kicker, to reset my printer by a certified Epson maintenance guy is the same price of buying a new printer. Yes. My printer is essentially like a giant disposable object. Holy f*** this is greedy It’s such a complex scam that it goes under the radar because no one cares to understand it.

what if you dont use the printer for a couple of weeks or so? do the nozzles get blocked and the printer starts printing very badly?

I bought an Epson L360 with eco tank in 2018 and it's August 2023 and I still haven't changed the cartriges using the printer once a week in average.. I still can't beleive it! Also I have never had any problems cleaning the printing heads, I really recomend Epson printers 100%

I love this printer I got mine when Eco Tank first came out and it cost me about $500. I had spent around $300 dollars on ink that year that I just had to by me an Eco tank. It was a perfect solution, I want to print out more photo but not spend so much on ink. I literally would go buy trusted off brand ink refilled for the Epsom Eco Tank ET-2225 and the photos would come out beautiful. I’m sure spent less than $200 on ink in over 7 years, when I had my first printer I spent 300 in just a few month. It was a very good investment it was pricing at first but they’re a lot cheaper now compared when it first came out. I printed pretty much everything you can think of including business card, photos, portrait, and labels.

I have purchased two Epson eco tanks and both were factory defects. Spent hours of my time on phone with customer service to no avail:

Would the print heads become the consumable? Every 18 months the print heads need to be replaced. My experience!

ive been and still using Epson L210 since 2015. i must say im grateful i bought it back then..... should i give it a try for this one?

Does the print quality vary depending on the price?

I Have a L6190 and have done 33500 pages and still going strong ! best printer ever!

Waste tank replacement is small concern. I do not print much so do not know if related to time and automatic cleaning or pages printed? Also heard that with the Ecotank printers longer pathway for ink to travel to the print heads so if not printing often the tubing travelling from the ink source to the print heads can be a source of clogging. I am using Epson ET-2800 but may replace with laser printer since do not do much printing and they can sit for long period of time without concern of ink clogging of lines or print heads.

Really happy with my Epson L3210. Buying real ink instead of sponge soaked in ink feels so good. Back then I used to pay 800 bucks (in my currency) for an HP ink cartridge, but now I can get a 70ml bottle of third-party ink for a measly 50 bucks!! I can print all I want! 😊 PS - Genuine Epson 003 ink costs about 280 bucks per bottle. Still a lot more expensive than third-party inks, but still much more reasonable than those god-forsaken ink cartridges!!

HP had a monthly charge for ink. $6.99 a month. I've had my printer for 3 years and have only gotten ink once. Plus, it limited me on how much I can print. I'm fed up with printers. Now I'm looking into refillable.

I'm now on my third Epson eco-tank, really not sure why I buy them - probably because I live in a regional area and have left over link to use. So I have had an Epson 2820; 4750 and 4850 eco tank printers. The 4750 stopped working after about 6 years. It had done less than a year's work in that six years, still (apart from black) half full with original ink. Comes up with a scanning error and cannot get it fixed, unless I want to pay pretty much the same price. The 2820 lasted less than a year before it stopped working, so got a refund and used it to get the latest 4850 - less than a month old, so far so good, but not really keen on the life of these things.

My first question is how long do these tanks stay usuable? I feel you would run the same issue of having the printer clog and wasting ink after years of printing.

I have an older eco tank fax. I love it, scanning multiple pages with the feeder saves so much time. Only down side is the ink jets get clogged, and running head clean over and over again.

You had me at "it scans to PDF". Thanks. Good video. They're only 329CND in Canada.

I have one for three years now fantastic can’t complain just use epson ink only filled black once use for printing T-shirt paper !

Loved this printer. Till my year was up and i needed a replacement part. My issue with this printer is that atleast for the ET-2850 the waste tank cannot be replaced easily. They have to send one with a $215 hold on your card, and they have to send a reset code. Which is not available but by then(i understand that) But having to spend more than what i did on the printer to replace I've part is stupid

Good video! I have the lower end model. Print quality is excellent. The teeny, tiny screen is ridiculous and their menu commands are not particularly user friendly. TIP: I used to refill my HP cartridges so I had left over bulk ink supplies. I drilled a small hole in the bottom of the black ink refill bottle and added ink which worked just fine when it was time to add black ink to the printer. (you have ton use their special bottles)....worked like a charm! I simply taped the hole and store the bottle upside down. When I run low in the color inks, I will refill the other Epson bottles. I probably voided the warranty by not using their ink, but a year and a half later, so what!

thanks, comments was very useful also!

My old HP Photosmart Premium all in one which I had been running with an external CISS system for the last 12 years or so finally packed in. So I have replaced it with an Epson ET-2850. Very easy to fill the tanks up, and mine came with a spare black ink bottle, so I should be good for a long time :-)

the concept us great, with that said, we are on our 3rd in less than 2 years, 1st one just died, 2nd one used by my wife via wireless, but just " froze" for no reason. we had geek square tech out here on each one. now on our 3rd, it has had its issues, our D-I-L has one for last 3 plus years, works flawlessly, she home schools 5 kids, and prints 1000's of pages a month

Bought the ET-3850 today at Sam's for $299. It came with two extra bottles of black ink. I think the sale is good until January 6, 2024.

Great video. I think I am sold on the ET- 2800. I DON'T HAVE A SMART PHONE.....Can I use these printers on either my HP Windows 10 desktop, or my HP Windows 11 laptop? I have Bluetooth capability and tons of USB cables of all sorts (if needed). Your answer will decide if I buy or not....Thanks...

Can you use non-Epson branded ink to refill?

The only bad thing about ecotank printers is that they are expensive the machine but the ink affordable in my country.

I bought a really great $99 black and white laser printer for 99% of my work. I only use my color printer/scanner when needed. Big problem with ink jets is that they consume a huge amount of ink when you "clean print heads" (code words for "clean out your wallet").

My EcoTank needed the heads cleaning often as I did not print regularly. This eventually meant the printer heads failed.

How about the sponges in the back and how it does not allow you reset if the sponges are full of ink.

Do these still have ink pads that fill up and are hard to replace?

Is the app available for both Android and iPhone

I have the L3250 EcoTank, Wireless version, have it for almost 2 years, and it's GREAT! I don't careabout what other people say about the CISS system, for me it did what it was intended to do, ink saving!

My Eco tank 2850 is working like a charm, I would much rather keeping the ink level up an be able to print (in my case) 205 pages to the 15 to an cartridge. If all I have to do is to keep the ink level full I'll take that any day!

Unless you print color regularly the jets will dry up on any inkjet printer. On any tank-based inkjet printer the waste ink pads will eventually fill up and then you are pretty much done. There are a number of videos purporting to show you how to clean and reuse the waste ink pads but there are also a lot of videos saying that this doesn't really work. Particularly if you don't print much and you need color, get a color laser printer.

the epson eco printer i use has been excellent. certainly good value compared to the other options. i have printed thousand of pages before needing a refill. did have with one saying maintenance was kit was required, load of rubbish! it happened after a few years and i was able to find a free program online that unlocked the printer and guess what its still printing.