HP Smart Tank Plus 651 vs Brother MFC-J995 (2018)

The reviewers at PCmag have featured the HP Smart Tank Plus 651 in their HP Smart Tank Plus 651 Wireless All-in-One Review roundup. However, it fell short of making it to the top of their list.

Returning to the Brother MFC-J995DW, it managed to impress reviewers from some of the internet's most highly trusted sources, Laptop Mag and Tom's Guide. It performed great in their hands-on roundups - it was named "A best-in-class all-in-one that can seriously do it all" by Laptop Mag and "Ranked 1 out of 6" by Tom's Guide. That's quite an achievement, especially coming from such high-quality sources.

As for a direct HP Smart Tank Plus 651 vs. Brother MFC-J995DW comparison of their review performance, we examined sources that tested and rated both products, like PCmag. It turns out that all such sources consider the Brother MFC-J995DW to be the superior product.

We also looked at the available data to find which sources liked each of them best and learned that the HP Smart Tank Plus 651 most impressed reviewers at PCmag - they gave it a score of 7, whereas the Brother MFC-J995DW got rated best by TechGearLab - 9.

Lastly, we averaged out all of their review data to compare them to their competitors. We found that the Brother MFC-J995DW, with its 8.3 out of 10 points, got reviewed noticeably better than most of its competitors - the average Home Printer score being 7.1 - whereas the HP Smart Tank Plus 651 performed worse, with an average of merely 7.0.