Rossmanngroup Forums vs EEVblog

Rossmanngroup Forums and EEVblog both land on Worth it.

Rossmanngroup Forums

Worth it

Confidence: Medium

A free, deep community for component-level logic board repair . join if you solder Mac boards for work or hobby.

Worth it

Confidence: High

Free, unscripted electronics gear reviews plus a large community forum . ideal for hobbyists and engineers researching test equipment.

Rossmanngroup Forums versus EEVblog
Compare	Rossmanngroup Forums	EEVblog
Verdict	Worth it	Worth it
Best for	Mac logic board repair techs	Electronics hobbyists
Who it's not for	Consumers needing a device fixed . use the repair store instead	Anyone shopping for software . this is a blog, not a tool
Privacy	No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.¹¹	No known product vulnerabilities; forum has a compromised-accounts warning thread and no public security page.
Support quality	Admin posts direct technical answers in threads	Active community forum answers beginner questions
Public sentiment	Repair techs treat the forum as a go-to board-diagnosis reference, while third-party review coverage of the parent business is sparse and mixed.	Across Reddit and forums, EEVblog reviews are credited with driving gear purchases, though a minority find the style hard to love.
Biggest gotcha	Forum is free, but linked repair services cost real money . users report ~$700 jobs¹⁰	Forum posted a 'WARNING: Compromised Accounts' thread; use a unique password