I have been burned by one .. I am now very distrustful of kickstarter for physical products. With inexperienced creators, there are too many things that can go

I have been burned by one .. I am now very distrustful of kickstarter for physical products. With inexperienced creators, there are too many things that can go wrong. I backed a PID-Controlled Espresso machine. It seemed like a very good idea but the project creators were clearly out of their depth. They finally sold their company to decent espresso and the backers saw nothing of the finished product (or any real counterpart). If I remember correctly they offered a small discount on decent espresso machines but I don't think many backers falled for that. Other than that, I backed many projects, mostly software. Some were among the best games (or even media experience) I have ever seen, so I am happy to have been able to help make them a reality. Some were just ok or even failed but that was always a risk and never scummy.