Should a reviewer keep a $20K Oscilloscope?

I have never participated in a Roadtest but I am a follower of the program and in general the effort that I see behind each road test is incredible. People who spend many hours of their free time studying a product, testing it, doing a project and writing blogs, taking photos, making videos and keeping an eye out for customs and possible transport problems. They put their personal equipment and their resources, many times assuming risks, I have seen tests of motors that gave real panic.
I am also scared by the cost of the devices to be tested. Right now, I am participating in an experimentation challenge with a board valued at almost $900, I am halfway through the project and the blogs have already received 20,000 visits, it seems strange to me that there are so many people interested in FPGAs but surely people from the marketing department knows what they are doing.
I had a hard time deciding to submit an application due to the high cost of the board and my limited experience with FPGAs. Being objective, I believe that my limited experience is an added value for the sponsor, how can a person without experience achieve very good results in such a short learning time. As Dough comments is a win-win situation. Regarding the later life of the board, it is something that no longer worries me, it will be a long relationship with it and my children are also taking advantage of this learning opportunity. In any case, if we end up not using it, it will end up in the engineering university where my children study.

I have never participated in a Roadtest but I am a follower of the program and in general the effort that I see behind each road test is incredible. People who spend many hours of their free time studying a product, testing it, doing a project and writing blogs, taking photos, making videos and keeping an eye out for customs and possible transport problems. They put their personal equipment and their resources, many times assuming risks, I have seen tests of motors that gave real panic.
I am also scared by the cost of the devices to be tested. Right now, I am participating in an experimentation challenge with a board valued at almost $900, I am halfway through the project and the blogs have already received 20,000 visits, it seems strange to me that there are so many people interested in FPGAs but surely people from the marketing department knows what they are doing.
I had a hard time deciding to submit an application due to the high cost of the board and my limited experience with FPGAs. Being objective, I believe that my limited experience is an added value for the sponsor, how can a person without experience achieve very good results in such a short learning time. As Dough comments is a win-win situation. Regarding the later life of the board, it is something that no longer worries me, it will be a long relationship with it and my children are also taking advantage of this learning opportunity. In any case, if we end up not using it, it will end up in the engineering university where my children study.