Here is the story of this HIBI MIA. I put it together to see whether it works – it does – and was a bit surprised by the fact that its screws appear to be regular Allen screws from the hardware store, without any branding, and it didn’t even come with a tool. Also the white USB-C cable seems to be rather generic, although one might have expected a Botanical themed cable as well.
Judging by the fact that one of these things usually seem to go for around $150, it puzzles me how little love was put into it. In fact, not even the case that it came in fits the Botanical aesthetic, as it is purple. I might be spoiled by other manufacturers, but this piece of hardware sadly feels disproportionate to its price.
I’ll be putting it back into its box and try to sell it, to recover the costs that I ultimately ended up paying for what I had actually ordered – which was luckily well below the price that this item usually goes for.