Miner reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 150 Reddit reviews across 16 subreddits and 42 posts to rank the best Miner brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/BitcoinMining, r/cryptomining, r/dogemining, r/HeliumNetwork, r/AudioPost. Top-rated brands include Bitmain (3.8/5), Bitaxe (4.3/5), DG (4.1/5).
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Reviews150
Subreddits16
Posts42
Brands70
Products58
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#1
Bitmain
3.8
(22)
"Get a miner like the L7 used and start."
"Go with this https://usedasicminers.com/used-Bitmain-Antminer-S21-Pro-234Th"
"Used L7 mate. You can find good deals."
"S19k seems to be the best choice currently."
"Well know manufactures (bitmain, Canaan, iPollo, Goldshell etc)"
"Antminer S19J with braiinsOS.. Don't pay more than $400"
"Bitmain Antminer S19k Pro (Modular Setup)"
"Best to buy something older and 'inefficient' like an S19 or S21 for cheap, and have it programmed to run only during peak hour"
"L3+ , can get 645mh with 1kw power consumption"
"If you're looking for affordable S19s we have a few for sale, S19 95th 390$ or the S19Pro 110th at 550$ (second hand)"
#2
Bitaxe
4.3
(11)
"Bitaxe is probably the best, someone actually recently won a block reward with one of the small ones"
"Bitaxe computation is about 350- 1.2 TH/s (3-4TH/s on multi chip models) . So I’d say about 4X better chance on bitaxe on average models."
"Bitaxe is the most efficient and open source just like BTC."
"Bitaxe gamma is probably the best lottery miner."
"Bitaxe is probably the route to go. It's pretty simple."
"Grab a Bitaxe Gamma to start with or as others suggested a nano3."
"Scoop up 3 of these, set it and forget it 👍"
"If anything, get him a bitaxe."
"A bitaxe with a case or stand would be a great option."
"This is my-go to company for home mining equipment. Excellent customer service"
#3
DG
4.1
(11)
"I recommend the DGHome series. This machine only costs about $1,500 if shipped from Hong Kong. It consumes little power and makes little noise."
"I’d definitely recommend checking out the Elphapex DG Home 1. It’s a solid upgrade with much higher hashrate than entry-level miners."
"I’ve been real happy with my DG1 home."
"Elphapex DG Home 1: hash (2.1 Gh/s), energy consumption (620 W), efficiency (0.295j/Mh)"
"I suggest you start with DG home1, which is a low cost Dogecoin miner."
"DG1 is a great choice"
"I have elphapex dg home 1 seems to be stable and by pool/mege mining in Viabtc with other coins earning."
"I'm running the dg mini pre for 3 whole days now. So far so good."
"Dg home 1 is 2.1 @ 620w & d1 mini pre is 2.2 @ 500w. My home 1 is OC at 2.4gh (does push to 2.6 sometimes) @ 690w"
"Dg home 1 of D1 mini pre. Imo DG Home 1 is better as its a known company and is well tested."
#4
Rak
4.8
(5)
"Rak/MNTD or Sensecap, don’t really need to go any further."
"Rak 100% > sensecap 70%> bobcat2G 60%> finestra 30%> bobcat1g 3%."
"Raks by far are the better ones."
"For IOT, I only trust Rak and Seeed."
"I’ve heard that MNTD Rak miners are fantastic as well."
#5
Fluminer
4.8
(4)
"I got a fluminer L1. Slightly more than 2k but super quiet and runs on 220 or 110."
"I just got the fluminer L1 from mineshaft.pro and I love it. Super quiet and very good efficiency"
"I got a fluminer, kinda above your budget but it’s the best you can go while still keeping 110v. As efficient as an L9. So quiet too."
"I would look into something smaller like the Fluminer L1, Volcminer D1 Mini pre, or the likes."
#6
Canaan
4.0
(4)
"If you just want to consume 1-3kWh/day you could try a Canaan Avalon nano 3s or lucky miner LV08."
"Check out the Canaan avalon nano 3 or 3s. These are great little asics to.learn the fundamentals before going into full on asic machines"
"Canaan Avalon Q"
"Best beginners miners that are cost effective"
#7
Basehead
4.7
(3)
"Check out the trial."
"Great software that is constantly adding to features."
"I'm overall pretty happy with it."
#8
Soundminer
4.7
(3)
"Soundminer with Radium all the way, buy once cry once."
"Soundminer is an incredible piece of software."
"The cheap version of Soundminer does everything you said you wanted."
#9
Kryptex
4.3
(3)
"I would say kryptex, i have been use it since forever"
"Kryptex, nice hash wants kyc now."
"I think kryptex, since you don't need to kyc to mine and pay out"
#10
Astegon
4.3
(3)
"Astegon for sure."
"In a base with ore pits, astegon is now supreme."
"Astegon and Blazemut have level 4 mining without having skills that constantly pull them away from mining."
#11
Antminer
3.3
(4)
"If you don't want hydro I would recommend L9s as a solid beast to buy!"
"You can get an S9 for that price but it mines like 60 cents a day. It's great for a hobbyist just keep your expectations low... it will take a year of running 24/7 just to pay for itself."
"Go for used s9 or l3++"
"S9 is the way, but dont expect much"
#12
Goldshell
4.0
(3)
"Look at the Goldshell AE Box II. Mines Aleo and pulls about 560w"
"Mini doge 3 plus is probably your best and most profitable option. It is 500w on normal hashrate mode but, could be brought down to 400 on low power mode."
"I like the Mini Doge 3 Plus. It runs around 486 watts so its slightly above your power goals and its under 1k for 800+ MH of hashing."
#13
IceRiver
4.0
(3)
"Best one is ks5pro they go for about 2.5-3k."
"The KS5M 3400W at 15TH/s for $1800 is pretty powerful if you can contain a huge ASIC."
"The IceRiver KS2 Lite 500W at 2TH/s for $500 is pretty great as a home miner."
#14
VolcMiner
3.7
(3)
"I would look into something smaller like the Fluminer L1, Volcminer D1 Mini pre, or the likes."
"VolcMiner D1 Mini: slightly higher hash (2.2 Gh/s), lower energy consumption (500 W)"
"Volcminer Mini lite"
#15
Sensecap
5.0
(2)
"Get yourself a sense cap m1 or rak v2, best makes for supporting data traffic & uptime."
"In my opinion the one you should buy is a sensecap m1!"
#16
XMRig
5.0
(2)
"[XMRig](https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig) is the most performant miner for RandomX."
"Xmrig. The miner that all those program use (gupex, kryptex and all other)."
#17
SoundQ
4.0
(2)
"SoundQ is the way to go."
"Doesn't have all the functionality of Soundminer but it seems to do everything I need it to."
#18
Antminer S9
4.0
(2)
"I ended up accidentally buying 3 antminer s9's."
"S9 is a solid choice."
#19
Pyroclast
4.0
(2)
"It is genuinely a very good skill and scales decently."
"Pyroclast is okay, its the preferred choice for leveling untill you can swap to hexblast"
#20
Avalon
4.0
(2)
"I'm looking at getting an avalon nano s3. They're 259 euro, 6th/s at 140w."
"Avalon nano 3S is around 400, set it up as a lotto miner."
#21
L3+
4.0
(2)
"A spare l3+? You should put them all on a pool that allows merged mining."
"L3+ *IS* an ASIC miner. You'd hook up the same way as those."
#22
AMD
4.0
(2)
"Ryzen 5950x or 7950x, some CL12 memory (5950x) or CL30 (or lower) for the 7950x if you want to go with consumer hardware."
"In the $1K USD range, an AMD 7900X or 7950X is more efficient than the 3900X or 5900X"
#23
Anubis
3.5
(2)
"I've used about 8 anubis and haven't had any problems with them constantly collecting ore."
"For base mining Anubis is still a solid pick."
#24
D-Central
3.0
(2)
"D-Central tech makes a “Loki” its setup for 120v Ant miner s19 with a board removed"
"I ran an old S17 from D-Central last year, they're not very reliable so I would look at getting an S19 instead."
#25
Lucky Miner
3.0
(2)
"If you just want to consume 1-3kWh/day you could try a Canaan Avalon nano 3s or lucky miner LV08."
"What about Lucky Miner LV07, 1TH with 25watts consumption"
#26
ASIC
2.5
(2)
"My advice, buy an ASIC if you want to mine"
"I have some ASICS and I don’t recommend them. Lucky to get your money back."
#27
LV08
5.0
(1)
"Check out the LV08 lucky miner. Thank me later."
#28
KS3M
5.0
(1)
"I used KS3M Kas miners to heat my home and 2 families homes last winter."
#29
Lotto
5.0
(1)
"This is the perfect and user friendly machine"
#30
RAK
5.0
(1)
"Get another RAK/MNTD or SenseCAP M1. Both Raspi based with excellent performing radios."
#31
Team Red
5.0
(1)
"Team red miner for AMD cards"
#32
Ice River
5.0
(1)
"Ice river KS5L 12T probably be the best option, it will be released by end of April."
#33
Boar
5.0
(1)
"The best miner is one you can get 5 minutes into the game and its the boar."
#34
RAK Wireless
5.0
(1)
"The RAK v2 from RAK Wireless and the SenseCAP M1 are regarded as the best."
#35
FreedomFi
5.0
(1)
"So glad I bought the FreedomFi Hotspots."
#36
Nano
4.0
(1)
"Nano 3 it is then."
#37
Volcminer
4.0
(1)
"Best piece of equipemnt you could buy is a volcminer mini(500 w)"
#38
Elphapex
4.0
(1)
"Elphapex DG home 1, Volcminer mini, Goldshells."
#39
Jasminer
4.0
(1)
"Jasminers or Ipollo's or Bombax miners."
#40
Volcminer Mini
4.0
(1)
"The best piece of equipemnt you could buy is a volcminer mini(500 w)"
#41
ASIC Bitcoin Miner
4.0
(1)
"I ran an Asic Bitcoin miner in my house... it will work as a heater for a two bedroom house"
#42
WildRig
4.0
(1)
"I like wildrig, so far I've only encoutered CLI and not GUI miners"
#43
21TH Miner
4.0
(1)
"One 21 mines around 100 KAS a day. If you can sit and revisit in a few years, it’s a no brainer."
#44
T19 Miner
4.0
(1)
"Selling 340 T19's for $4/TH ready, tested and boxed in Colorado if interested."
#45
COTX
4.0
(1)
"I would buy a COTX x3 miner. Is a raspberrypi and you can repurpouse in case has no use in helium."
#46
Antminer S21
4.0
(1)
"I can vouch for him. Good guy. But be prepared for some work to build a system that will control the noise and heat!"
#47
Nebra
4.0
(1)
"My hope is just to use the new one click multilmining with hopefully all the projects yk"
#48
Raspberry Pi 4
4.0
(1)
"Any Raspberry Pi 4 based gateway 4 GB RAM or more will definitively be able to run all those projects and more"
#49
Bitmain Antminer X5
4.0
(1)
"That would be the Bitmain Antminer X5. But, they have been sold out since shortly after release."
#50
Mining Machines
4.0
(1)
"Whatever you mine, your budget should be buying several machines."
#51
P2Pool
4.0
(1)
"You can merge mine Litecoin and Dogecoin at the same time with that setup on P2Pool."
#52
Blazamut
4.0
(1)
"Personally I like Blazamut for my mining but I haven't played since early February."
#53
Digtoise
4.0
(1)
"Digtoise is best used for active mining where you are activating his partner skill in my opinion."
#54
Python
4.0
(1)
"A Python optimized for platinum laser mining is also optimized for tritium laser mining."
#55
Cutter
4.0
(1)
"I have a Cutter setup for Tritium mining on my FC."
#56
SoundParticles
4.0
(1)
"Checkout explorer by SoundParticles."
#57
MerryIOT
4.0
(1)
"MerryIOT miner it’s got the most powerful hardware +4gb ram 64 gb storage and a good cpu."
#58
DG Home
4.0
(1)
"The DG Home 1 is 600w so it would use about 14.4kwh per day."
#59
NerdQAxe++
4.0
(1)
"They just released the new NerdQAxe++. That’s a 4.5th/s little beast of a lottery miner."
#60
Dogecoin
3.0
(1)
"2 doge III+ is less wattage and same hash lol."
#61
Gekkoscience
3.0
(1)
"Gekkoscience"
#62
LTC/DOGE Merge Miner
3.0
(1)
"Get a ltc/doge merge miner .. a $1k btc miner wont be profitable"
#63
Bobcat Miner
3.0
(1)
"I have all bobcat miners, people hate them because they left the game... I got all the bobcat miners for under $100 off ebay."
#64
Hexblast Miner
3.0
(1)
"Hexblast miner isn't super super tanky but it's not squishy"
#65
Bitcoin Mining Machine
3.0
(1)
"I have this and it’s good and it’s fun to tinker with but the problem is with any bitcoin mining machine you loose more money than you get."
#66
Alephium
3.0
(1)
"Alephium seems promising as the next big asic minable coin."
#67
Stealthminer
3.0
(1)
"Sounds like you need a Loki Rig like a Stealthminer."
#68
InfinityHash
3.0
(1)
"Check out InfinityHash"
#69
GoMining
3.0
(1)
"GoMining. Shoot me a DM for a 5% discount code."
#70
Nerdminer
2.0
(1)
"Nerdminer works best with public-pool, view your stats at https://web.public-pool.io/#/yourBTCaddress
Nerdminer is a toy, that’s it, you’ll never earn any money from it, don’t take it too seriously."
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