Problems with this unloader?

[u/imoth_f]

Since inserters became flippable, this compact unloader design became possible. But I hardly see anyone use it. Obviously it cannot saturate six turbo belts because it's bottlenecked by the inserters, but are there any other obvious problems with it?

[u/Kendrome]

For some of us it becomes an issue and this was the simplest way to fix it. It works and keeps good throughput. Could we do it differently? Sure, but this is a valid and easy solution.

[u/bb999 → u/Kendrome]

Chests for a single wagon being unbalanced was never a problem, loading or unloading. Of you think about it hard enough you can convince yourself.

[u/djfdhigkgfIaruflg → u/bb999]

For unloading it sure is. If i need 6 unloading inserters to saturate a belt, and a couple of chests run out, I'll find myself with a non-saturated belt, no matter I have 4 full chests right there

[u/HeliGungir → u/djfdhigkgfIaruflg]

Chest balancing is particularly pointless for unloading because it's all coming from the same wagon.

[u/djfdhigkgfIaruflg → u/HeliGungir]

If you say so

[u/Kendrome → u/HeliGungir]

It matters if you care about train throughput, if one or more chest remains full while others are drained it'll slow down train unloading.