MrBass
Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2025
Resistance is inconsistent across the lot. Overall okay as long as you stay under current rating
Ghost Rider
Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2024
I do a lot of Arduino and Pi projects and variable resistors really come in handy! The kit has a great assortment and the accuracy is on par with others I have used. Wide selection of ranges! Really nice to have these in your electronics components collection!
R. Prosser
Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2024
Bargain Bulk Price for large size assortment of High Quality PotsI used several different sizes of these variable Potentiometers and they worked flawlessly. The manufacturer must have high Quality Control inspection standards. The box is not as sturdy as some of my expensive small fishing tackle boxes but the box is perfectly adequate for storage and easy parts selection. I always test a pot with a meter BEFORE I solder it onto a circuit board. I sometimes have fun solving a circuit function problem puzzle but not when I find that a new part was not up to specifications.
T
Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2024
I measured a bunch of these as soon as I got them. When down all the way, most of these measure a negligible resistance (~1ohm on my meter) and when turned up all the way, most are about 5% below expected. I will note that a handful were measuring around ~4kohm when turned down though. These types of variable resistors are great for tuning a circuit, so the range is more than acceptable in my opinion. I do a lot of DIY audio builds and these are really handy for dialing things in where I don't want to use a standard resistor and I don't have room or need for a rotary pot. So with that in mind, these are great variable resistors.
Scrimshaw
Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2024
These are standard, single turn breadboard pots. If you’ve used them before, then these are exactly the same. Precision is not excellent, but they’re just for rapid prototyping on a breadboard, and perfectly acceptable for this purpose. The box is labeled on the outside, but not the inside. You get a lot for a very good price, and the values go up to 2M. Most kits only go up to 1M, so it’s nice to get this higher value if you need it. 5 stars.
Brian Curtis
Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2024
These fit perfectly (and securely) into a breadboard. Makes prototyping nice and easy.All that I tested hit the rated resistance and offer a decent amount of +/- variance (more so on the low side). Adjustment isn't exactly smooth, but also isn't too difficult to find a specific resistance. For the price and convenience, I have no complaints.
DoverNH
Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2024
I'll start with my meter is not calibrated, but I do use it enough that I know its pretty spot on. I give these four stars because for the price point and selection it is a good deal and competitive with other similar kits. Its great to have a set of many different values. Especially for breadboard work. Or even just using these in the middle of the range. That said my small sample size shows that these do not go to zero ohms and that also there is some variance. For example across the pot, the 100ohm, one was 105 ohms in one and 115 ohms on another. Similarly the range from low to high on another one was 9.6 ohms to 120 ohms. A 50k pot was 46.5k across it. All of this may be completely acceptable for your use case. In addition I did not test how smoothly they went across the range, but I did not notice any skipping around as I turned them.
David Burnett
Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2024
It's *so* useful to have a collection in one place of all the pots I'm likely to ever need for my Raspberry Pi, Arduino and Home Assistant projects. They fit into breadboards, and while they're single turn, there's enough play to calibrate them to the exact resistance needed for each project. Great addition to my "parts" inventory, which lets me focus my time on my creative project builds, not the infrastructure!