​Your main concern should be can you hold it with one hand.

This happens to be my favourite site for buying from Asia.
I've ordered so many items from them and never been stung yet by customs. I don't try evade tax either nor do i tell them to.
I have ordered this tablet and the HI8 from them too. selling my Linx 7s because of them.
VI8 is pretty decent device.
I pulled the key for office 365 then updated the device to windows 10. i then did a clean install after it. I removed the "recovery" parition to windows 8.1 wimboot files. Back them up if you need too. you will have to mount the recovery partition and copy to another source. They are hidden.
I rooted the android rom to remove all the east Asian apps and modified the build.prop to set the region as UK, language to english and the timezone to GMT. always defaults to this when i do a factory reset if and when required.
windows 10 runs in compact mode and i have around 11gb free. I intergrated all the drivers into my windows 10 installation.
the only thing that bugs me on the VI8 is when switching to other OS from 10. I have to use an updated version of it as i can't use the windows 8 version. the messege pops up and boots into android. when i switch OS from android it loads windows and pops up with the messege about me switching OS again from within windows. i have to click cancel or else it will boot back to android.
decent work around.
The 2gb ram on this is a lot better than the 1gb on my linx 7, however on my unit i have an unkown brand emmc(generic emmc) for the 32gb storage.
it feels like they cut corners with this.
another point i want to mention is when i installed windows 8, the speaker was popping all the time and it crackles a bit in android. when i updated to 10, no issues with sound in windows at all.
this device was then passed onto a family member to use.
i use the HI8. slightly more (i think i paid £60). The screen is much better on this. 1080p i beleive. the emmc is samsung according to my unit and i feel it doesn't struggle in certain operations where the VI8 does.
however the HI8 have a HDMI port of any variety. it does have a slightly better CPU.
another thing to mention is that with the Chuwi devices, i am able to change how much ram to give towards graphics in the bios. i used to own a pipo x7 which was limited to what value i could have but on the pipo i can go all the way to 512.
cherrytrail devices are coming out and i image these will get updated just like everything else. but if you want a tablet now that is great for watching movies/streaming, light surfing and the best of both OS's then these devices fit the bill(HI8 over the VI8 for watching movies unless you need HDMI).
the cameras are poor on those if that's something you're after.

oh and even though i ordered from the normal warehouses, mine came via royal mail in about 3-5 days.

I've made 49 orders from these guys, with many of them being this size. I have not paid any fees for anything. Just don't get it sent DHL, send it by standard post.

Of course, with all orders from overseas, you must be willing to accept the possibility of this. It's part and parcel of importing stuff above £18. Having said that, they marked a value of about £15 on the package.

+hmrc +UK courier handling fees

First order through the BangGood app gives 10% off don't forget!

I don't understand all that but isit good? I mainly want it for streaming movies and the odd porn binge will this be good enough? I got a HP one and its so slow now it's not even worth turning on

Essentially customs do not sit and check every package at every facility (port etc). They do a sample on certain sites on a random (but regular basis), you can get caught once but not again, just depends on when they are checking.

This happens to be my favourite site for buying from Asia.
I've ordered so many items from them and never been stung yet by customs. I don't try evade tax either nor do i tell them to.
I have ordered this tablet and the HI8 from them too. selling my Linx 7s because of them.
VI8 is pretty decent device.
I pulled the key for office 365 then updated the device to windows 10. i then did a clean install after it. I removed the "recovery" parition to windows 8.1 wimboot files. Back them up if you need too. you will have to mount the recovery partition and copy to another source. They are hidden.
I rooted the android rom to remove all the east Asian apps and modified the build.prop to set the region as UK, language to english and the timezone to GMT. always defaults to this when i do a factory reset if and when required.
windows 10 runs in compact mode and i have around 11gb free. I intergrated all the drivers into my windows 10 installation.
the only thing that bugs me on the VI8 is when switching to other OS from 10. I have to use an updated version of it as i can't use the windows 8 version. the messege pops up and boots into android. when i switch OS from android it loads windows and pops up with the messege about me switching OS again from within windows. i have to click cancel or else it will boot back to android.
decent work around.
The 2gb ram on this is a lot better than the 1gb on my linx 7, however on my unit i have an unkown brand emmc(generic emmc) for the 32gb storage.
it feels like they cut corners with this.
another point i want to mention is when i installed windows 8, the speaker was popping all the time and it crackles a bit in android. when i updated to 10, no issues with sound in windows at all.
this device was then passed onto a family member to use.
i use the HI8. slightly more (i think i paid £60). The screen is much better on this. 1080p i beleive. the emmc is samsung according to my unit and i feel it doesn't struggle in certain operations where the VI8 does.
however the HI8 have a HDMI port of any variety. it does have a slightly better CPU.
another thing to mention is that with the Chuwi devices, i am able to change how much ram to give towards graphics in the bios. i used to own a pipo x7 which was limited to what value i could have but on the pipo i can go all the way to 512.
cherrytrail devices are coming out and i image these will get updated just like everything else. but if you want a tablet now that is great for watching movies/streaming, light surfing and the best of both OS's then these devices fit the bill(HI8 over the VI8 for watching movies unless you need HDMI).
the cameras are poor on those if that's something you're after.

oh and even though i ordered from the normal warehouses, mine came via royal mail in about 3-5 days.

Good for you :smile:

Doesn't mean that other people will not get charged, they do random check parcels.

If it's 'part and parcel' as you so eloquently put, should the true cost not also be stated in the description? As it's just a gamble whether you are charged are not.

chewi