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Review on πŸ”Œ REXQualis Super Starter Kit with Arduino UNO R3: Tutorial, Controller Board, and Arduino IDE Compatibility by Robert Xayamonty

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Lots of parts, poor quality breadboard and manual

I've got about halfway through the tutorials on this subject and at this point I can safely say I'm not very impressed with this set. While it looks like you'll get a lot of pieces, the quality leaves a lot to be desired. So far I've been able to work through most of the tutorials, but it's been a little disappointing. First, the learning guide is really bad. I downloaded everything from their website (as they noticed in a previous review that they updated the manual). I found it full of bugs, especially the graphics. The tutorials are pretty much instructions on where things need to be plugged in to make them work, but don't go into much more. It's less important, but it's also riddled with spelling mistakes, which seems ridiculous when even the simplest word processor has a built-in spell checker. I wasn't expecting much from the instructions that came with it, but I had trouble with a number of the parts included. About half of the included LEDs didn't work, but what was most frustrating was the substandard breadboard that is the foundation of many projects. Some of the rows were very difficult to insert parts while others were so loose that the parts just wobbled and didn't connect well. These bad connections end up causing a lot of unnecessary troubleshooting. I've spent a lot of time poking around the board trying to rewire the project to avoid bad connection spots on the board. Overall there are a lot of parts for what you pay for. and the parts are labeled well enough. But if you're just starting out with Arduino, I'd look elsewhere for something better to save you the frustration of troubleshooting what end up being poorly made parts.

Pros
  • Electronics
Cons
  • Crumpled