Fat Llama User Reviews

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Does the job

Does what its intended to do, perfect for burrowing and lending.

Transparent pricing?

Please make pricing transparent, what I charge and client what they pay when I’m trying to change how much I’m charging for items, it’s a nightmare how I have to keep changing my price to meet their cost.

Ridiculous, absolutely ridiculous

You need to jump through several hoops to be able to rent a gear!
Despite having all my details, not having an active post on social media in six months is what ruled me out. I wonder why being active on social media is the criteria on who can rent out a camera in 2025! Ridiculous. I’d rather go elsewhere!
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Excellent experience

Brilliant app for hiring equipment. Very easy to use

Best way to get what you need in a small time frame and also locally

Great to be able to locate items which are by me that I can rent out.

Best app for photographer

Easy and practical to rent use it

Kinda broken

I’ll change my review after these are fixed

1-can view and edit my listings
(currently they publish but aren’t in my active listings)
2-tab for local listings (why do i care on the home page if some dude 1609 miles away listed a snow blower?)

The most trusted rental platform

As a freelance photographer, fat lama is perfect for me, flexible and so many options, always covered and great communication

Will not payout for damages

This company states they’ll pay out for damages up to £25,000: they will not.

Multiple people have had equipment damaged or never returned, including people I know. With 0 help or payouts.

This new update is also absolutely horrible. The whole
Interface and use ability is even worse than before when the app didn’t even work!

Even some of the language used doesn’t make sense…?

DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY OR APP
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Fat Lama

It works

Great idea for items sitting around the house

The App helps to simplify and safeguard the process of renting out your items it’s great.

Great resource

Have rented things a couple of times and found it to work really well, at low cost.

Loving it

So easy to set up. I had hires in no time. Love it. Looking for other things that I can rent out as well speak!

Great app

I’ve been borrowing and lending on here for years and I think it’s brilliant!! Customer services are wonderful if you ever need them too!

Great to rent from

Good app to use to save them extra pounds comes with a £15 sign up which basically give you your first rent for free depending the prices of what you’re renting

Fat Llama is a brilliant platform

Fat Llama is a brilliant platform for renting gear. The app is easy to use, and the whole process, from browsing listings to arranging pickup and return, is super smooth. I’ve used it to rent both camera and drone equipment, and every experience has been reliable. Communication with lenders has been professional, and the items have always been as described. Highly recommend for creatives and professionals who need access to quality gear without the commitment of buying.
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Really good platform for renting out stuff

Really good - I have rented out a lot of equipment on there, the improvements to the app have made it much better.
Only area for improvement is sometimes the speed it takes for them to get back to you when there is an issue and the process for when an item hasn’t been returned or is late

Invaluable

Always great to have a platform of professionals who you can rent great gear you can’t afford from

BAD UX

If you go on holiday and turn on “holiday mode” - requests will still come through but you won’t be notified, which will impact your response rating. In what world does that app team think this is a good idea? Please update the app and do something similar to Vinted in this scenario. The “holiday mode” feature should help users, not cause problems.

Kudos to the support team though for always helping quickly.
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Verification issues

Poor customer service - unhelpful responses from customer service, long waiting times for calls. I would not recommend. Wasted my time. Said to me they would call me back after a missed call due to filming and didn’t bother calling back at all.