Thank you guys for your advice. It is much appreciated. I ended up not going with either of the ones I listed in the OP, but instead paid less than $15 for a 200 Gh/s miner.
Thanks again!
Sounds like you got a pretty good deal. You'll definitely be able to ROI with that in less than a month.
That would depend upon the J/GH of the miner and the cost of electricity. Breaking even in less than a month is highly unlikely.
Yup, this. The OP probably bought a S1 which is very inefficient in terms of electric use. Unless he has very cheap or free electricity then he will unlikely be able to ROI after electric costs.
IMO the OP would be better off buying the S5 which is ~450 shipped to the US and is much more power efficient then the S3+ or the C1