Meet the Nadex Pioneer!
Yes, it's yet another product of Shanghai Weilv, the only remaining manufacturer of manual typewriters on the planet. And it's not a new design, but the same thing as the Royal Epoch (click for my review) and other "brands" from the same factory. I have no doubt that it's just as bad, and the two-star reviews on Amazon confirm my hunch.
Take a close look at the "typing" in the photos. No, the Nadex cannot produce proportional, crisp, aligned typing like this. It's laser printed!
Don't waste your money on a Nadex. But wonder, with me, what might happen if someone decided to pour a few million dollars into creating a proper typewriter factory, with high-quality materials and careful assembly. We need a good new manual typewriter for the rest of the 21st century!
Newly manufactured, GOOD typewriters in this century would be wonderful, of course! I wonder what they would cost, though? A quick search revealed this: In 1925, an Underwood 5 could be purchased for $42.95. In today's dollars, that would be equivalent to $774.70, according to the source I found. With so many factors to consider, I'm not sure that's even a ballpark figure. But if I could buy a new manual typewriter with Underwood 5 quality for $800, a machine that would outlive me, I would certainly buy one.
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