Brother MFC-J497DW Inkjet Printer Reviews
Review score:
5 / 5 – Updated November, 2024
Latest Price: £100
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Brother MFC-J497DW Inkjet Printer features
Some of the top features that we picked out for this product include:
- Inkjet printer – great for colour printing
- Print, scan, photocopy and fax all in one
- Send your files to print from your mobile
- Creates a photo print of your digital memories
- WiFi Direct – send files wirelessly without a router
Below is the full specification for Brother MFC-J497DW Inkjet Printer
Quality of Brother MFC-J497DW Inkjet Printer
As an appliance reviews specialist, you can probably imagine that we’re really keen to look at product quality as part of our reviews. Many appliances that we buy are expensive purchases and therefore we want them to last for several years. In order for this to happen we should do everything we can to buy good quality products. Below we’ll explore some of the top areas that you can use to identify a good quality product.
When buying Printers you should firstly think about the brand that you’re buying. In fact we often recommend that before you get into the detail of choosing a product, you should firstly spend some time researching the various brands. It’s also worth considering writing up your own list of brands that you’d be happy to buy.
As you’ve reached this Brother MFC-J497DW Inkjet Printer we can probably assume that Brother is a brand that you’re either happy to buy, or at least consider. The good news is that Brother is a hugely respected brand and known for making great Printers. In fact on average customers review products from Brother at 4.8 out of 5.
The next factor that can indicate how good quality a product is, are the features. You will have seen an extensive list of Brother MFC-J497DW Inkjet Printer’s features above, which gives you a good idea of how good the quality of the product is. When you have narrowed down your list of potential purchases you should compare the features to see if one product offers something of better quality than another.
Material is another great specification to help you determine if a product is likely to be good quality and durable.
Of course customer reviews are another fantastic source of information for determining the quality of Brother MFC-J497DW Inkjet Printer too. You’ll get a good idea from customers if they’re experiencing years of use or if there is a trend of faults/problems. Thankfully it looks like you’re already on to a winner with Brother MFC-J497DW Inkjet Printer simply based on the review score.
How expensive is Brother MFC-J497DW Inkjet Printer?
Price and reviews are the two most important factors for us to consider when buying products online. So whilst we’re aware you’re here to get Brother MFC-J497DW Inkjet Printer reviews, we’d be missing a really important piece of information if we didn’t give you details on the price.
In order to really get into the detail of the price we’ve looked at all 60 products that show up in the Printers at AO.com as well as the 29 from the brand Brother. We then end by analysing the price of both of those criteria combined, i.e only looking at Brother branded products in the Printers category, which we found 24 products.
In order to ensure we’re getting you the best deal when shopping online we’ve run a scan to find the best prices for Brother MFC-J497DW Inkjet Printer. Our most recent scan found AO.com to be the cheapest at just £100.
What is the average price of Printers?
As mentioned above we found 60 products for sale in the Printers category at AO.com. The average price of those 60 products was £182.83, which makes Brother MFC-J497DW Inkjet Printer below average against this average price.
Next we checked to see how much price can vary in the Printers category, and you might be surprised to learn that the cheapest product we found was actually £22.00 and the most expensive that we managed to find in the same category was was £654.00.
After that we thought it would be interesting to know, of the 60 products how many were more expensive and how many were cheaper than Brother MFC-J497DW Inkjet Printer. We learned that 40 products cost more than and 18 cost less.
What is the average price of Brother products?
Next up we looked at the average price you can expect to pay for Brother branded products.
Of the 29 Brother branded products, the average price was £152.72. With the most expensive coming in at £307.00 and cheapest being £10.00.
Although we then thought we shouldn’t just look at all Brother products, instead we should be looking at only their products that fall within the Printers category.
Average price of Brother Printers
In total we found 24 products from Brother within the Printers category.
The average price of these products was £177.33, which interestingly makes Brother MFC-J497DW Inkjet Printer below average for price against this criteria.
The most expensive of the 24 products was £307.00 whilst the cheapest was £22.00. With 18 products more expensive and 5 cheaper.
Brother MFC-J497DW Inkjet Printer Reviews
Let’s face it, reviews are a critical part of the buying process for buying any appliances online. In fact you could argue buying any product online full stop. It’s especially important though when buying products like Printers.
We’ve had a quick look at the reviews for Brother MFC-J497DW Inkjet Printer and at the same time also looked at some average scores from customers for similar products.
The review score we found for Brother MFC-J497DW Inkjet Printer was 5 / 5
We then wanted to look to see how that compared to other products in the Printers category. The average review score of all Printers is 4.7 / 5.
It’s also useful to know how Brother MFC-J497DW Inkjet Printer stands up against other products from Brother. The average review score of products from Brother over at AO.com is 4.8 out of 5.
Customer reviews are without doubt the best source of information we can use to get a really genuine and unbiased opinion of a product. Another type of reviews that is really worth exploring too are professional/expert reviews. Websites such as Which.co.uk are very popular and known for providing really detailed and insightful reviews for appliances.
Once you’ve spent a bit of time reading through the Brother MFC-J497DW Inkjet Printer reviews, we recommend that you spend a bit of time looking at reviews for alternative products. Some of our top picks include Brother HL-L2375DW Laser Printer reviews, Brother PT-H110 Compact Label maker Label Printer reviews or Brother ADS-2700W Scanner reviews.
If you’re thinking you’d still like to explore a few more product reviews after those above then a couple more great options could include Brother MFC-L3710CW Laser Printer reviews or even Brother PT-M95 Label maker Label Printer reviews.
Brother Printers
We covered the importance of choosing a great brand, earlier in the quality section of this review.
Judging by the fact that you’ve found this review, you’re probably already making a great choice in considering Brother for your purchase. Especially seeing as the average review score for Brother products is 4.8 out of 5.
There are, as you know, many different brands offering Printers, so our advice is just take your time to write up your list of brands you’d be happy to buy, and use that list to filter your search when shopping online. It’s a great way of really cutting down the number of results to look through.
Videos of Brother MFC-J497DW Inkjet Printer on YouTube
If you’re more of a visual person then video reviews can be a fantastic resource. Especially when you get the reviews that really get into the detail like features, pros and cons of a product. We have run a search for Brother MFC-J497DW Inkjet Printer reviews on YouTube and below is the top result for that search.
Summary
The fact that Brother MFC-J497DW Inkjet Printer scored 5 / 5 is testimony to the fact that this product is a great buy. With 3 reviews to read, there’s obviously a lot of love for this product amongst customers too.
Go and check out what customers have to say about this fantastic product by clicking on the “view reviews at AO.com ” button