“The components in this kit are frankly a bit disappointing and I think there are better deals to be had. I bought this when getting back into electronics after I had sold off all my previous electronics components prior to a cross-country move. When I got started in electronics, I read Charles Platt's Make: Electronics and bought the component kits that go along with it. Frankly, those kits are a much better value, even though they cost more, and the fact that they have a book to tell you what to do with them makes them even more valuable.This is not a great kit for experienced electronics hobbyists to stock up, either so I am not really sure who its target audience is. The problem is that it contains only two of each value for various components (or five in the case of resistors), without regard to whether it's something you'll use all the time, or some obscure part you'll struggle to find a use for. 2N3055 power transistors? Silicon-controlled rectifiers? Sorry, I just don't see these being that useful for an typical electronics hobbyist. These are parts you would order for a specific project, not things you'd need for a well-rounded getting started kit. As another example, they include seven-segment displays without any logic chips to drive them.What would be more helpful is to replace the more obscure components with more of same values for common components. I could have used 10 resistors for each value instead of 5, and 4 capacitors for each value instead of 2. Better to have 10 2N2222 and 10 2N2907 transistors instead of 2 each of a bunch of random transistors you'll probably never use. Likewise, I would have preferred 10 1N4148 and 10 1N4001 diodes instead of 2 each of 7 different, more obscure, kinds. More LEDs and maybe even a few RGB LEDs would have been helpful. And instead of a random collection of 74LS TTL logic chips, how about 74HC, and instead of some random decoders and flipflops, some shift registers and seven-segment drivers would be much more useful in a modern context. I wish someone made such a kit, but so far I haven't found one. As it stands, you're probably better off buying assortments of resistors and capacitors and then ordering the rest of the parts you need separately.”
“Like others I am missing several parts. The Diodes are completely unusable - the writing is so small the parts can't be identified - I tried a very large magnifying glass but the ink on the diodes was smudged and illegible. I've only used some of the parts, but they seem to work ok. Sourcing the parts from a reputable would have been cheaper.On the other hand it does come in a decent plastic case with adjustable tray sizes.”
“A Very nice assortment of electrical goodies for the errly learner to discover electricity and how it works..All low voltage and harmless but really educational!”
