AideTek 0603 Size,Surface monnt Resistor SMD SMT 144 Values, 100pc/value 1% Sample Resistor Kit Distributed in Box-All Enclosure E96 Serial 0ohm to 1mohm Designer Kit Free Tweezers

I am very pleased and pleasantly surprised. This is a quality product with great value. I had realistic expectations for this considering its price. Equivalent kits go for 1.5~5X: [...] Keep in mind there are 100 pc./value - most kits contain half or fewer per value. The resistors are of good quality: they take a beating with the soldering iron, the metalization looks uniform and the numbering is crystal clear. Finally, I expected a flimsy organizer that barely does the job. This organizer is sturdy, the lids click firmly into place and the labels are clear, upright and centered. The box is 6"x9" and 1.5" thick. The picture is exactly what you get.

The time you save with this package makes it a pure bargain. For half the price I got 50 pcs per value on tape strips cut from reels. Manual pick and place is slow enough without having to remove surface mount parts from tape. With 100 parts per value in the Boxall 144 compartment case you get a perfect assortment of loose parts stored and labeled in the most convenient system available! For so many of us doing manual prototype assembly, this puts you way ahead of the game.

The box alone is worth the purchase price! Plus you get 100 of every value, the only downside is they use a special code to denominate resistor value so it is not easy to see at a glance the value of the resistor. But they all check out and what a compact, well made case, if you even think you might need a surface mount resistor, then buy this, what a bargain.

The supplied resistor values do not include many of the "regular' values you see with the 10% and 5% range, but just pick a 1% value within the tolerance of the higher range. The box they are housed in impressed me enough I went ahead and ordered two more empty boxes for my other SMT parts.

I have no problem with the actual resistors. The selection/quantity is good and the case is excellent. The problem I have is that each of the compartments has a little block of open-cell foam in it. I assume this is to keep the resistors in the bottom of the compartment during shipping and it probably works fine for larger parts, but the 0201 resistors stick to the foam. When the foam is removed, 10-50 of the resistor will be stuck to the bottom and sides of the foam. Some of the 0201 resistors are lodged inside the bubbles of the foam and can only be removed one at a time using a tweezers, but others fall off at the slightest jarring of the foam leaving a sprinkling of resistor dust all over. The first time I use a value, it probably takes 5 minutes for me to get as many resistors as possible off of the foam and back into the compartment.

The case is high quality, with convenient compartments and a rugged hinge and latch. The resistors are all separated (that is, they do not have to be removed from strip packaging). Very satisfied!

Beautiful box! Thank you for the free tweezers! Look forward to trying out the resistors on my projects especially since they are just the right size for hand soldering 🙂 Now if only I could find a box like this to keep my axial resistors organized.

Sturdy box with tight & secure compartments will keep the resistors from spilling out.