Sparkfun 500 1/4W Resistor Kit

If you are buying this for a specific resistor make sure that you verify it's included first. I picked this up due to having an odd LED lamp go bad and I wanted to play around to see if I could fix it. This kit covered a pretty broad spectrum of resistors and the price was much better per piece than going to a hobby store or other websites if you were to purchase individually. Unfortunately for me i needed a 200 ohm resistor, I only found that out after I was unable to match the color coding, at which point I took the time to actually lean a little about what I was doing. All in all it's a good kit for the money and probably great for the hobbyist, if your looking for a specific resistor and only need 1 or 2 of said resistor there are less expensive alternatives however for the price per resistor it is overall a bargain. If i had any complaint it would be that the package was just placed loose inside with another larger heavier box that could have potentially caused damage, it didn't harm anything but the thought that it could have was a little disappointing.

This is a really fun little package of resistors. Why "fun"? Well, I admire the clever, simple, and functional way it is packaged. It is also not impactful on the environment (no plastic!). The resistors are simply strips cut from tape-and-reel, then stapled to a cardboard backing. The cardboard backing has then been folded so it is just like a book (or booklet) with 4 "pages"... each "page" holds a stack of 5 resistor values.Everything stays neatly organized and easily accessible, plus the cardboard has been printed with useful information on the outside -- a resistor color code reference plus the list of all the values inside the package itself. On the inside, the cardboard has been printed with easy to read guides showing where each value is stored.I think it's somewhat silly of me to get so excited about such a simple thing. But, being a geek, I have to admire the functional simplicity and complete ingenuity of whoever devised this great packaging method!Oh... I have no idea if the resistors are any good. They do look to be of fine, standard quality. The bodies are smooth and well-sealed to the leads, and the color band markings are bright and true-to-color. They look like first-rate product. I don't anticipate any issues!I have photos. I will try to upload them in the Customer Images section. Go take a look! Cheers!

I bought this set hoping that at 1/4W these leads would be thicker then the 1/8W resistors I had as part of a kit. I am working through a book on learning electronics with breadboards. The solution is to trim leads and use a small pair of needle nosed pliers. It is nice that these have the beige background: these resistors are easier to read then the blue type. I would get this if for the organization then nothing else.

All of the resistors worked fine but my main issue was with the fact that a lot of them came bent or out of place. That’s also the main internal packaging issue because the delivery box was fine.

Had a good amount of resistor values but they are just tape and reel so if you want to put some back, good luck. Real messy after the first few projects. I ended up going to the dollar store and getting a box of bags and a Sharpie to put the resistors in. I expected lots more from SparkFun but I guess they are out for the dollar now unlike when they first started out when they were out for the DIY people, advancing the craft rather than their bottom line.

This kit has a wide range of resistors and in good enough quantities for bread-boarding a design. I have been hard-pressed to find a resistor I need that is not in this kit.If you need tons of a specific resistor for something then this kit probably cannot help. In that case you should be looking at Mouser anyway.Regardless, this is a worthy addition to the arsenal of anyone interested in hobby electronics. It appears Amazon might not be getting this back in stock. I hope they do: it is a good product and well worth the money.

Best resistor kit ever

The resistor selection is very good - and they are priced right. However, I wish they were organized a little bit better. From the pic I thought there cardboard case would act as a quick lookup - but it's not. I wish the resistor values were printed on the cards like tabs.