That... is a crap load of splitters. :shock: But yeah, as others have mentioned, I can see it not giving good flow in some situations. Personally, I'd probably use an 11-11 or 12-12 balancer (which ever was easier to find :P) and just use the output splitter's filter feature to close off the unneed...

Thanks for your in-depth answer, I learned quite a bit from that. I only just recently returned from the game after a multiple year hiatus, so I'm a bit rusty. But I totally agree, this is not very practical, especially at this scale. But after I got the idea, I just had to give it a try. Otherwise ...

True, that is a good point. I'm just using it to load 7 train wagons though, smooth flow is not much of a concern.

If there are enough items on the belt it's still smooth though. So probably just depends on your use case

Makes sense, Most pages just support Imgur. But here you go, uploaded inline image

I recently had to use an 11 to 7 balancer, and instead of finding a blueprint or creating my own, I made this: combinator balancer.png Simply, if there are enough items to make sure all belts have one, let them move forward. So question is, why is this not used more? Are there any cases where this w...