I've had some awesome and ...less awesome Kickstarter experiences.
Wins include:
Zombies...Run! - This running app weaves an audio play in with your playlist, which is a well-written post-apocalyptic survival story. For extra motivation, you occasionally need to pick up your speed as the zombies get too close
Naturebytes - a camera trap based on a Raspberry Pi- I've taken photos of all sorts of interesting creatures in the garden. This one shipped six months late, but I was kept up to speed with the delays the whole time.
I've also backed simple, digital-only projects fora couple of dollars- that way, if they never deliver, no great loss. Good ones included a project to
refurbish Neil Armstrong's moon gloves and a
digital download of the new Tree63 album.
The general rule is that if they have a track record of delivering products, whether on Kickstarter or elsewhere, and a working prototype, you can be confident of getting something, but the thing to remember is that this is a funding site for projects, not a group-buying discount website- it is _possible_ to fund a project that fails, delivers late or has to reduce it's scope drastically
