Make: Electronics Component Kit 1 Deluxe 2nd ED Pack Experiments 1-11 Charles Platt

I bought this kit as I was new to Electronics and didn't want the hassle of sorting out components myself. I'm very glad I did - it arrived with the book (separate purchase) so I could make a start right away and everything was provided and clearly labelled. All the parts used so far have worked.For kits 2 and 3 I thought I'd buy the components separately myself and spent considerable time on the Internet sourcing them from various places. I can tell you now it isn't worth it, so all that time and effort was wasted as I just bought the additional kits instead in the end. They appear to be very reasonably priced and I could only have saved around £20 for my hours and hours of effort. I accept some people will think that the £20 would cover the cost of wire strippers, soldering iron etc. However, there is a discount code in kit 1 that gives you 15% off each of the other kits so saving about £30! Some of the bits are hard to source as well. My recommendation is don't bother, just buy the kits using the coupon.I did need to contact ProTechTrader and their customer service is excellent.I can highly recommend this kit to get you going.

This kit complements the Make: Electronics book perfectly, covering the experiments from the initial 11 chapters, with extra components to last you for the whole book.I got the deluxe version which includes the multimeter. Unfortunately my multimeter broke very early on, but the distributor was really good at providing two reasonable solutions to the problem. The product would have got 5stars if it wasn't for this item fault.This kit has literally everything you need to get started, and saves you time and money. I cost it against getting my own bits of equipment for the book and it was cheaper buying this kit and much less time consuming.It arrived on time and in excellent condition.I thoroughly recommend the kit. I will be getting the next two kits soon.

Contains the necessary components - plus extra - for experiments 1 -11 of Make:Electronics. You will need some other pieces of equipment (e.g. wire cutters) for experiment 7 onward, but these are generally just things you'd have in a toolbox. The components match up almost identically to the ones shown in the diagrams of the book so you can follow visually with ease. Without this kit I wouldn't have really known where to start.As I come from the UK, the postage and packaging fee did initially put me off (£27, which is over $30), but after comparing the total fee to the fee when I tried to buy everything separately, it still came out cheaper, as otherwise there was separate orders with separate p&p - it saves loads of time and effort as well.There was a small issue, where an invoice for the transport was sent to me, not them, but when I contacted them about it, and sent pictures of the invoice, they paid it, and came back to me quickly with the receipt.Well worth the buy.

This small company puts together an essential kit to go with the Make: book. I've seen you can order something similar on ebay but they arent all the same components. IMHO the book is pretty useless without this kit and not having to worry about trying to buy each component yourself makes sense when your already trying to learn something new. They are an honest company and clearly care about what they do and why it's important ie. Not just to make money but also to put Tech. Learning and make it as simple as possible.

Exactly as described, arrived earlier than expected, packaged well and un damaged, fantastic kit to work alongside the Make: Electronics book by Charles Platt. Have to give 5stars to ProTechTradar having e-mailed them regarding 1 or 2 queries they were extremely helpful and rapid in there response extremely pleasant and seem to put an emphasis on excellent customer service and I look forward to dealing with them again.

Arrived ahead of time and pleasantly surprised at how well thought out the kit is. The various components are neatly bagged, labelled and stored in their own compartment. Haven't had time to use the kit yet, but can already see that the storage box could well have a very useful life of it's own once the components have all been used.

A lot of care and thought has been put into producing this kit so that the components match the requirements of the experiments in the Charles Platt book. If I had to source these components individually I think I would have wasted a lot of unnecessary time and money. Highly recommended.

Strong carry case like packaging. Well labelled components. I am Hoping to brush up my knowledge of basic electronics to try and help my grandkids learn.