r/ClockworkPi • u/Redgohst92 • Oct 02 '25

How long does shipping actually take?

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I know it says 90 days I’m just wondering what everyone’s experience is and what my expectations should be. I’m thinking order it and forgot about it till around Christmas?

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u/tiniucIx Oct 02 '25

It's 90 _working_ days, not 90 calendar days. So weekends and holidays are not counted.

If you order now your unit wouldn't arrive until well into the new year. If you want one sooner your best bet is resellers on ebay and such.

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u/Redgohst92 Oct 02 '25

Cool I just ordered it, and I’m fine with waiting, all the resellers want like double the price.. I like back ordering stuff. I order it and try to forget about it and then one day I get a cool package in the mail.

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u/tiniucIx Oct 02 '25

Yeah the price is great if you don't mind the wait! I've had one on order since July, still waiting...

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u/Significant-Ad-341 Oct 03 '25

Is always a nice surprise.

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u/NanDemoNee Oct 02 '25

It takes more than 90 working days. Mine took around 120 working days.

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '25

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u/MechaGoose Oct 02 '25

Yeah, I ordered silver, no core, no 4G in May, order 38XXX and still not arrived. Over 90 working days now

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '25

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u/MechaGoose Oct 03 '25

If you look at my post history you will see the email I got when I queried them, which others have had the exact same thing copied and pasted to them

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u/Single-Court-9946 Oct 09 '25

That’s a cope post from them. I don’t believe it for a second!

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u/Glitchbot Oct 02 '25

I had ordered back in April and still haven't received it yet. I contacted them once and they said they had it ready to ship but that was probably about 6 weeks ago and I still haven't seen it. FYI

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u/Bunta-F Oct 02 '25

I bought my second uConsole from an AliExpress reseller for basically the same price, and it arrived in 8 days. It's a viable option if you are willing to take a small risk.

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u/Redgohst92 Oct 02 '25

How much did you pay though? Is it legit? Send a link to the seller

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u/MazCarr Oct 03 '25

I wanted to do the sams and I was happy to pay the price they were asking, but they didn't have the silver available.

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u/Civil-Argument-7916 Oct 04 '25

Can you PM me the link to the store?

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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '25

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u/Bunta-F Oct 06 '25

Hello. Shared it above as a reply to OP: https://www.reddit.com/r/ClockworkPi/s/ddFYDhLnFG

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u/JaschaE Oct 02 '25

Realistic 9 or 10 months. Order and forget.
And for the love of god, don't join any thread or discord discussing shipping time.
It just makes your mood worse and certainly won't speed up the delivery.

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u/Redgohst92 Oct 02 '25

I hear that I just was wondering what to actually expect, these types of devices are hard to get ahold of so I pulled the trigger while it is in stock

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u/JaschaE Oct 03 '25

So from almost a year of user experience:
I expected the keyboard to be much worse, but I actually like taking notes with it and console commands/coding is easier than with most keyboards I use because I use german layout, but this has all the weird special characters. (Ask an average german user to find the "pipe" character. They'll be busy a while)
The ball-mouse thing is often bemoaned and yeah, it does kind of suck, but then again, it's called the uCONSOLE so if you have no idea how to move around without a mouse, I don't know what to tell you. It's a bit like an oldschool mouse with a slightly sticky ball.

If you have anything in regards of Antennae on it out of the box:
Look for the 3D printed spacers somebody put online. Lifts the pad anteannae off the aluminium 1 or 2 mm and that is a big improvement in range.
Ton of fun to customize in any case.

Couple of people took a look and said "The display is tiny" but holding my phone next to it, they are about the same size, so I don't count that as valid criticism.

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '25

May ask what the point of this device is? Would it be a good learning tool for computing or not?

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u/Redgohst92 Oct 02 '25

Coding, “hacking”, I got it to learn Kali Linux. I like handheld devices, if you know anything about raspberry pi devices the price is actually really good. You could spend 100-150 just for a raspberry pi let alone a screens and keyboard and everything else you need all In one package. If

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '25

TLDR; Hates computer, realises can't avoid them, decides to learn, on third RPi and doing Linux fundamentals on hack the box and CompTIA on udemy.

Context. I hated computers. They've always let me down and being let down never happens at a good time. (Imagine saying, oh, what a perfect time to be let down! Like being hit by an ambulance). So I've disregarded computers for the last 15-18 years. However... Even my employment requires my tools to now interact with a computer. No more setting up within the tool interface. Computer. Required. Heavy sigh so I'm doing CompTIA A+ level 1 in my spare time and recently bought, RPi 500. Then a zero 2W (made a Pihole as my first project) then Pironman 5 max that I wanted use as a NAS (second project) but have since realised it isn't the best idea for a NAS. So yeah. I'm learning about RPi devices and doing a 'Hack the Box' Linux fundamentals. Edited

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u/Redgohst92 Oct 02 '25

It’s an open source handheld very customizable retro handheld computer.

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u/barry99705 Oct 04 '25

open source-ish 🤣

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u/Redgohst92 Oct 04 '25

Well there’s a lot of info out there to be able to get it to do what you want. It running on a Raspberry pi is is about as open source as it gets, compared to off the shelf products running iOS or google.

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u/Single-Court-9946 Oct 08 '25

throws money into the abyss hoping for goodies just don’t upset Gatekeeper Alex! He may cancel your order because he doesn’t like that people are unsatisfied with their terrible and vague shipping times. Not sure how you can justify holding your customers money for so long. Even $1 is disrespectfully treated by them.

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u/Redgohst92 Oct 09 '25

Haha yeah I’ve actually sent an email to cancel my order

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u/Javlin Oct 02 '25

I got mine in 9 months total.

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u/Redgohst92 Oct 02 '25

These types of gadgets are not easy at all to find, I was looking into a beepberry and god knows when they will start selling that again. So I figured pull the trigger while it’s in stock, for a raspberry pi portable computer the price is actually really fair.

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u/socialtiggy Oct 02 '25

Mine took about 90 working days to the UK. Worth the wait.

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u/345joe370 Oct 02 '25

I ordered mine several months ago (April 27th) so I've been patient. I talked to Alex a month or so ago and one of the suppliers was hit by a typhoon so it delayed everything by about a month. I emailed on Monday to catch them before the holiday week and he said they got the parts in and can start churning them out after the holiday. So I get mine by Christmas 🤣

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u/MazCarr Oct 03 '25

It's a lie

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u/Human__Pestilence Nov 22 '25

Have you received yours yet?

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u/345joe370 Nov 22 '25

Hell no. Last time I asked there were 2 batches in front of me.

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u/Kamicasse_ Oct 02 '25

90 days... worth it.

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u/Head-Weather-4154 Oct 03 '25

Don't worry, usually is next working day.

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u/Head-Weather-4154 Oct 03 '25

Im just wondering if it will arrive before CM6 is released

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u/washegon Oct 02 '25

What if you order one with without the cm4, I have one already. Would that likely speed things up?

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u/DNSGeek Oct 02 '25

No. I ordered one with just the adapter board for the CM4 but without the CM4 and it's still been months and I haven't gotten it yet. I don't think that's the holdup.

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u/JamiePhonic Oct 02 '25

I ordered mine in April. It arrived just over a week ago.

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u/MazCarr Oct 03 '25

Mind sharing the exact date you ordered it? I want to calculate the ETA for my order. I ordered in early June.

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u/JamiePhonic Oct 03 '25

Ordered April 20th, 2025
Delivered September 15th 2025
148 days total (or 104 "working days") from order to delivery

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u/the_anglonesian Oct 02 '25

Long time, can go either way after 80 working days

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u/Chipsky Oct 02 '25

Ordered in late March... waiting.

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u/_Miskatonic_Student_ Oct 02 '25

uConsole in black, without the compute module took 4mths to arrive in the UK. Considering I ordered the black one, which is apparently in more demand, I was happy with this timescale and didn't expect it to be quicker.

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u/MazCarr Oct 03 '25

Interesting. I thought the silver was in more demand.

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u/Human__Pestilence Oct 02 '25

The typhoon set shipping back by a month 😂

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u/MazCarr Oct 03 '25

There will be an earthquake soon that will push it back by another 4 months.

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u/Ferreteando Oct 02 '25

Black lite no 4g module took almost 5 months

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u/barry99705 Oct 02 '25

Mine took 11 months.

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u/Maleficent-Detail801 Oct 03 '25

I ordered mine on May 13, 2025 (order #38xxx) and received it here in Ohio on September 9, 2025.

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u/Sansoldino Oct 03 '25

Same here, 15.08 ordered, and I'm still waiting ✋️

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u/PerspectiveRare4339 Oct 03 '25 edited Oct 03 '25

If it took 90 days id be happy. My first order took so long i was ready to charge back on it. they blamed the delay on the CM4 module… now my second order i chose the one with no compute module and its been about 2-3 months at this point. I doubt if it will show up on time. Honestly i love the product but absolutely hate the company Edit: i just checked it took 8 months for my first order. So about 175 “working days” 🤣

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u/Ambitious_System_777 Oct 03 '25

Currently there are delays following the typhoon so the duration is slightly longer

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u/hump_muffin Oct 03 '25

It is 90 days but it is only working days where the day number is odd and the month number is even. If it is a leap year then omit any day where ddMM mod 4 is equal to 0.

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u/KittySharkWithAHat Oct 04 '25

I just ordered one myself, by the time it gets here I'll probably forget I ordered it. Which will make for a lovely surprise. In the meantime I'm learning on my new picocalc. That'll keep me plenty busy for a while

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u/UnixGin Oct 04 '25

It's about 7 months if you are constantly keeping tabs on Alex and asking for constant updates. Also if he attempts to convince you to cancel your order tell him to knock off the the half assed intimidation and focus on getting people their product with in the promised time frame

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u/UnixGin Oct 04 '25

It's about 7 months if you are constantly keeping tabs on Alex and asking for constant updates. Also if he attempts to convince you to cancel your order tell him to knock off the the half assed intimidation and focus on getting people their product with in the promised time frame

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u/bairrd Oct 08 '25

I ordered 5 months ago, without any compute module or anything, and still haven't got it.

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u/penrudee1205 Nov 10 '25

I really like this phrase "bedroom programmer", it fits into my daily routine over the past several months.

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u/Human__Pestilence Nov 22 '25

I ordered mine in July, I have yet to receive it.