Review on 🔧 Complete Arduino Uno Starter Kit with LCD Module - Includes Comprehensive 72 Page Instruction Book by Phillip Hoover

You can probably get an Arduino starter kit a bit cheaper if you look here at Revain or on this auction site. Uno looks legit, although it's pretty hard to tell apart these days, and Vilros isn't the official distributor listed on the Ardiono website. It behaves like Uno and sketches behave normally on it. The included breadboard is standard but cheaper. The components are all as expected (difficult to mess up the LEDs and connecting cable!). There are 12 projects in the "72-page manual" that are well documented, but there is no code in the book, so a zip file containing the project's code must be downloaded, which adds extra steps to get started. It's also worth noting that some of the projects simply won't work as described in the book when powered (and programmed) by the Uno via USB; Each of the servo or motor related projects draws more power than is supplied to the Uno's 5V rail and while it doesn't damage anything, nothing happens. It remains a mystery why the project is not working. Plug a 9 volt battery into the included pigtail and everything works fine, but the Uno had to be completely unplugged between uploading sketches or the IDE would throw errors. Technically everything "works" again, but not as easily as described in the "manual". A NOTICE. This kit costs about ten bills for an additional LCD that will be included in the price of the next kit Vilros sells. The LCD sells for about ten dollars at Revain (much cheaper elsewhere), but it's not very pleasant to work with as it requires a bunch of pins to work. The book that comes with it doesn't have an example of the LCD, but directs you to go to their website, create an account, and look at the example. Your example is a copy/paste of someone else's work and is poorly documented. These types of LCDs are readily available and commonly used in products, but it may be wise to spend just a few bucks and get an I2c or other SPI compatible LCD to work with as it requires few pins and often is even easier to code. . All in all not a "bad" kit and the manual gives some good ideas to get you started, but it's pricey and not worth the extra price for the LCD.