I thought it might be useful for us to document PCB delivery times from various services.
Dates in DDMMYY format.
Order A
Board type: 2 layer
Ordered: 05/10/15
Shipped: 14/10/15
Arrived: 20/10/15
Total time: 15 days
Order B
Board type: 2 layer
Ordered: 12/10/15
Shipped: 21/10/15
Arrived: 27/10/15
Total time: 15 days
Order C
Board type: 4 layer
Ordered: 15/10/15
Sent to fab: 20/10/15
Shipped: 29/10/15
Received: 04/11/15
Total time: 20 days
Order D
Board type: 2 layer
Ordered: 30/10/15
Sent to fab: 30/10/15 (upgraded to super swift service)
Shipped: 04/11/15
Received: 17/11/15
Total time: 20 days
Curious one; despite the super swift service, the overall time is longer. The package was sent using ‘Commercial ePacket’ rather than ‘International Priority Airmail’ - I suspect this made the difference.
Order E
Board type: 2 layer
Ordered: 11/11/15
Sent to fab: 11/11/15
Shipped: 16/11/15
Received: 23/11/15
Total time: 12 days
Order F
Board type: 2 layer
Ordered: 5/11/15
Sent to fab: 5/11/15
Shipped: 13/11/15
Received: 23/11/15
Total time: 18 days
Order G
Boards type: 2 layer
Ordered: 04/12/15
Sent to fab: 04/12/15 (upgraded to super swift service)
Shipped: 09/12/15 (upgraded to UPS Worldwide Expedited)
Received: 14/12/15
Total time: 10 days
There were 5 designs in this order, upgrading one design to super swift upgraded them all for free (OSH park has common sense basically).
For prototypes I use Seeed Studio Fusion PCB fabrication service since a year. Quality is very good, I was also impressed with the shipping from China, as it was no more than an additional week with DHL.
I’ve heard good things about Seeed Studio’s service.
I’ve recently used Elecrow to try them out - I’m very impressed with them, it was the lowest overall price I could find anywhere but still had excellently short manufacturing and shipping time (I paid for DHL).