Arduino Unboxing: Original Arduino Starter Kit vs Elegoo Uno R3 Starter Kit

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Which is the best Arduino Kit for your projects: The official Arduino Kit? Or a more complete (and yet, cheaper) kit from Elegoo?
The kits I compared in this video:
▶︎ Official Arduino Starter Kit: amzn.to/30gUstD Amazon
▶︎ Elegoo Uno Super Starter Kit: amzn.to/3HaXy3w Amazon
Arduino Robot Car Kits:
▶︎ geni.us/wv0L Amazon
Multi-function Tester for electronic components:
▶︎ geni.us/3AgfiA Amazon
Elegoo Resistor Kit (blue, metal film, ±1% tolerance)
▶︎ geni.us/9VZJv Amazon
Austor Resistor Kit (beige, carbon film, ±5% tolerance)
▶︎ geni.us/76ffBmg Amazon
Elegoo LED Kit
▶︎ geni.us/lZsTyB Amazon
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0:00 Intro
0:29 Robotic Finger for the iPad
0:40 What is an Arduino?
1:00 Unboxing the Official Arduino Kit
2:48 Unboxing the Elegoo Super Starter Kit
5:58 Elegoo Resistors are Blue
7:51 Elegoo Tutorial: CD VS Download
8:10 Datasheet PDF documents
9:00 The Arduino Book is excellent
9:26 Which Kit is the best?
10:05 Arduino good for Kids?
10:31 I was a Nerdy Kid
10:47 Robot Car Kit: science toy
11:09 Links, Comments and Subscribe!
11:22 Mystery Arduino Project
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@GeekDetour 3 роки тому

Official Arduino Starter Kit: ▶︎ amzn.to/30gUstD Amazon Elegoo Uno Super Starter Kit: ▶︎ amzn.to/3HaXy3w Amazon Arduino Robot Car Kits: ▶︎ geni.us/wv0L Amazon Multi-function Tester for electronic components: ▶︎ geni.us/3AgfiA Amazon Elegoo Resistor Kit (blue, metal film, ±1% tolerance) ▶︎ geni.us/9VZJv Amazon Austor Resistor Kit (beige, carbon film, ±5% tolerance) ▶︎ geni.us/76ffBmg Amazon Elegoo LED Kit ▶︎ geni.us/lZsTyB Amazon Disclaimers: - As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. - The products I reviewed in this video were purchased on my own money. This is not a sponsored review. Support me on Patreon: www.patreon.com/GeekDetour Paypal Me: paypal.me/GeekDetour Buy me a Coffee: buymeacoff.ee/GeekDetour

@mahendrapratapsing7679 3 роки тому

I am in India 🇮🇳🇮🇳😀

@1bsubscribers830 3 роки тому

Hi sir, which one you can recommend for an absolute beginner in robotics? Arduino or elego?

@TheOne_WhoAsked 2 роки тому

sir its to costly it cost 18,000 Rupees

@aleksanderkrzyminski9471 2 роки тому

@seregadudkin176 Рік тому

Pliz you real make,konstruktor robotic?

@pengyuecai553 3 роки тому

I’m from elegoo. The reason why I use the blue resistor is because this is a metal film resistor, which is more accurate than the general brown carbon film resistor. The general resistance is ±10%, and the metal film resistance is less than 5%. Of course we are also improving this.

@GeekDetour 3 роки тому

Hi everybody from Elegoo! After I published the video, a few people told me of the advantages of metal film resistors - more accurate values even on a wider range of temperatures and less variation as years pass. This is all good - it is very unfortunate the industry chose such a terrible background color for their best resistors 😭 Even so, I keep recommending the Elegoo Resistors Kit: excellent price for a very complete range of resistor values! 😁 I wish it was possible to have it on a beige or light grey background color, it would be amazing!

@DaylzFr 3 роки тому

As a color blind, resistors have always been a pain in the butt for me. The blue background defintely makes things worse ^^'

@abdoarrahmane6924 3 роки тому

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@abdoarrahmane6924 3 роки тому

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@tadessemideksa8677 3 роки тому

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@devgilmore 3 роки тому

Not only the best review for arduino kits, but probably the best review for any item I have ever seen. It was so in depth and to the point and you never diverged from the topic. Plus, the quality was excellent. Thank you sooo much!

@GeekDetour 3 роки тому

Wow, thank YOU!

@robertbutler4393 2 роки тому

Loved this video: excellent style, quality and voice clarity. I hope you’ll continue to produce videos. I know it is not a lucrative endeavour but there are few people that can do this kind of thing well and your kind of talent can have a positive impact on others. Thanks so much for pouring the time and energy into the effort! Great stuff.

@ExecDec 3 роки тому

Thanks so much for the comparison video, Everson! That was very helpful. And somehow you made what could have been an informative but dull review into a pleasant and fun thing to watch. I love your style. Please keep making great videos! :)

@GeekDetour 3 роки тому

Wow, you made my day ExecDec 🎉🎊🎈 Very kind words 🤗 Thank you!

@gsxrsquid 3 роки тому

I bought the Elegoo kit and look forward to learning with it

@crankytank2164 3 роки тому

Well done! Thank you for this video. These were the two kits that I was looking at. This helped me a lot. I’m going with the Arduino as my first kit. Thanks again! Looking forward to more Arduino project videos. 👍👍😊

@GeekDetour 3 роки тому

Hi there! 👋 I am happy that you liked it! The Official Arduino Kit is more expensive than most people would let themselves invest in something they are uncertain if they are capable of mastering (or maybe even enjoy) - BUT, the book is worthy, and the official board is more likely to work straight away (some clones need driver for the USB... anyways). Good luck on your experimenting journey - and I am pretty sure it won’t be the only kit you buy (now I have several plastic containers with different Arduinos and parts).

@CriusDigital 3 роки тому

I just bought my starer kit and I m a complete Noob ith Arduino. I ve been watching tautorials and reading some books the past week to get familiar with it. Today I saw your video because I was looking to make a video review for the Arduino Starter Kit and man THANK YOU. Very well explained the usecase for eah one and helped me figure out hat I was looking for in a kit for beginers! Wish you some "crazy" inspiration for your projects!

@stefanzdroid 11 місяців тому

Wow , it's like you're born to be an educator. Very cool how informed I feel after watching this video . Usually I have to watch multiple vids to form an opinion , but don't need to watch anything else after this . Thank you !

@GeekDetour 11 місяців тому

Hi there 👋 Thanks for your kindness 🥰 Hey, you should watch another video that I made about a different kit - more directed to the programming itself since all the sensors come connected: ukposts.info/have/v-deo/ZaSdZXtth5iIzZs.html

@angelodurbano8691 3 роки тому

Thank you so much man. I wish every informational video on UKposts was like this. Short sweet and to the point. Great job, keep it up. You got a new sub

@GeekDetour 3 роки тому

Thank you Angelo! I appreciate that! 😃 Welcome to the channel!

@goosegates8347 3 роки тому

Excellent video! I can tell you put much work and focus into making this. As a beginner looking for a place to start, you give great insight into where to begin and what to be WITH AN HONEST OPINION! I truly appreciate your work and hope your projects go well! Best regards.

@GeekDetour 3 роки тому

Hi 👋 Thank you so much for your kind words!

@GeekDetour 3 роки тому

Finally! More than 1 year since my last video, I AM BACK!!!

@Sharan25 3 роки тому

Any Apple Videos in the pipeline

@gamesprojectchannel8903 3 роки тому

YOU ARE BACK YES MY LORD BEST DAY EVER IN MY LIFE

@GeekDetour 3 роки тому

I ruined my Apple Watch - fixed it and ruined it again... it is a very depressing video I couldn’t finish yet - trying to frame it on a positive light 🤣

@gamesprojectchannel8903 3 роки тому

@@GeekDetour rip

@KarlKR_YT 3 роки тому

@@GeekDetour Rip Apple Watch, you will be missed.

@CreativeSteve69 3 роки тому

omg omg Welcome Back Geek Detour. Missed your videos but glad to have you back. :)

@GeekDetour 3 роки тому

Thank you Stevie! That is very sweet 😁

@williamwenig9577 3 роки тому

That was awesome! This video made it very easy to decide which kit suits my needs :D Thank you for making the unboxing so transparent

@GeekDetour 3 роки тому

Thank you Klaus! 😄 More Arduino videos coming up!

@HamedAdefuwa 3 роки тому

I watched this video when You released it and you're one of the main reasons that I bought it so thank you. I'm currently going through the tutorials for it on my channel, I can vouch for it, it's absolutely amazing.

@GeekDetour 3 роки тому

Thats great Hamed! It is indeed a great kit at an excellent price :)

@RaviYadav-ds4dd 3 роки тому

Ur put so much effort in your video love the quality content

@GeekDetour 3 роки тому

Thank you! DIY/Electronics is something I deeply care about - I am so happy that I finally made my first Video about Arduino 😍 My channel was born as “You Have an iPad” - and I later changed it to “Geek Detour” so I could explore a wider range of things - I am so happy today!!!

@blackoutemzz2674 3 роки тому

I study electrical engineering at university and I bought the elegoo mega 2560 kit for my project module.

@GeekDetour 3 роки тому

That’s cool! Tell us about your university project!

@radicalkiddo7979 2 роки тому

As someone who's planning on trying to get an Arduino, this review is lovely and really unbiased thank you!

@GeekDetour 2 роки тому

Thanks! Did you watch my review of the Grove Beginner Kit? Check it out: ukposts.info/have/v-deo/ZaSdZXtth5iIzZs.html

@danielolateju8197 3 роки тому

Really helpful, i'm a young middle-school coder and want to combine programming with hardware to improve my skills! Your video helped me a lot :)

@GeekDetour 3 роки тому

Hi Daniel 👋 Thank you! I am glad you enjoyed the video. Yeah, read the datasheets! 😁 At first, it might be confusing and we don’t understand all the information there... but the more you deal with it, the more you understand. And pick a project! When you have a goal, you WILL face obstacles - and obstacles teach A LOT 🤨 Good luck, don’t give up and have fun!

@danielgilmour4040 2 роки тому

same.

@uniworkhorse 2 роки тому

Excellent video, watched after I bought the official kit - excited to check out that book as a complete beginner!

@KBHblogs 4 місяці тому

i wanted a elegoo starter kit for christmas. it was great

@hiryu6672 2 роки тому

I'm looking into getting started with an arduino myself, and watching this video helped me decide. thanks!

@GeekDetour 2 роки тому

Great to hear that! 😃 I hope you can have great hours of fun with your kit and learn a lot!

@peteragurkis3590 Рік тому

I jumped into the Arduino world blind and bought the starter kit that came with the most stuff(elegoo) and in about 3 weeks I've had some success. I realized the pre written projects for elegoo were too baseline, they tell you what to connect where, and what pre written code to upload to it but that's no fun so I decided to strike out on my own and make a push button counter with the 4 digit display and shift register however finding information about exactly how each component functions was impossible with elegoos resources and it took me forever to figure out the shift register. If you want the best guided assembly go with the Arduino kit, if you want to figure it out on your own the elegoo is better. Really like that Arduino book the information would have been great to have.

@GeekDetour Рік тому

Hi Peter! Yeah, a Kit is indeed just the beginning of a journey! I purchased a few different kits and I collected innumerable different components that I want to play with and learn how to use (I have boxes of stuff I bought from AliExpress). Soon we will move to a new house where I will have a decent space to show these things on the channel! 🤗

@thisfeatureisbad 3 роки тому

I just opened youtube and found this video in my recommendation uploaded 31 seconds ago. Love your videos. ❤ Especially the Arduino and iPod ones.

@GeekDetour 3 роки тому

Thank you!!! It’s been more than a year since my last video - what a crazy year!

@thisfeatureisbad 3 роки тому

@@GeekDetour I barely remember a video with your wifes iPod you repaired.

@GeekDetour 3 роки тому

2020 is a warped time craziness: some days it feels like 2020 has been around for 5 years already.... and sometimes I feel we are still in March.

@davidlarson2534 Рік тому

Very well presented. But, I think I’ll wind up with both. Start with the Arduino kit. Having two kits has a good advantage. You can get two Arduino working together. BTW, I’m interested in that component tester. I’m retired (early) and it’s been nearly 30 years since I worked as an engineer. But, now I am on a journey to refresh my knowledge. The things I invented have been used all around the world. You have used one. A lot. But I couldn’t easily reproduce it as that was 40 years ago. Time to be a student again. Thanks for making this video. Helps.

@GeekDetour Рік тому

Hi David! Oh, I really appreciate your kind comment and I loved to know a bit of your background. I am certainly sure you will have a blast with these kits. Beware: that’s a path to addiction! I have a few kits and a BUNCH of extra components I’ve been collecting (AliExpress is too tempting!). Oh, there is a newer much more interesting tester: FNIRSI TC2 (it comes with a simple oscilloscope + tester). Have an awesome journey!

@radders261 3 роки тому

Just come across your channel after buying an elegoo starter kit. Very good video and have now subscribed.

@GeekDetour 3 роки тому

Thank you Paul and welcome to the channel 😁 More Arduino videos coming up!

@rolandcook2556 3 роки тому

Hi, thanks for making the video, I’m looking into Arduino kits at the moment and it was very informative. I’m thinking about how to further fuel my young daughter’s interest in science and electronics so your comments on this were very helpful. I have an engineering and programming background so am like a kid in a sweet shop with the different kits and options available! 😀

@GeekDetour 3 роки тому

Thank you Roland! How old is your daughter? Oh boy, when I search “Arduino” in AliExpress, THAT makes me salivate, ha ha ha 🤣 There are SO MANY cool things to explore! The only problem is that the delivery can take several weeks.

@rolandcook2556 3 роки тому

@@GeekDetour my pleasure! My daughter is 5 but has already got very excited about the Mars rover Perseverance, loves building things, and has told me that she wants to learn electronics so that she can fix her lights and other things when she gets older! I see a future of automating Lego kits to do cool stuff with me coding and designing, and her getting more and more involved in building. Btw, did you know that the Mats Surface Mission Manager at NASA is a very smiley lady called Jessica? What a great role model!

@oberdannunes 2 роки тому

Nice video! I have this exact Elegoo Kit and I love it, but you are precisely right about our kids, I don't know why, but they usually don't get so excited with this kind of stuff as we got.

@GeekDetour 2 роки тому

Hi Oberdan! 👋 Thanks! I know! But I guess it feels this way in every generation… We saw these technologies evolve, it looks magical to us - our kids were born surrounded by such things, it is normal to them (so, not “magical” nor extraordinary). They will also see new amazing things evolve in their life-time, they will feel enchanted by those, and their kids will feel “blasé” about it 😄. To me the challenge to overcome is that our kids seem to give up very easily. Any hiccup and they stop. Sometimes I wonder if that’s just my perception 😆 Anyway… It is a world with so many distractions. It is hard to keep focus and remain interested on a single thing 🤷‍♂️

@Lelybee85 2 роки тому

thank you for this run through. i've been tagged to teach robotics to 4th and 5th graders and i want to push is past using the spheros we have...been leaning toward arduino for a while now and this made me alot less scared to take the plunge

@GeekDetour 2 роки тому

Hi there! Thank you! Oh, you should also take a look at the Grove Beginner Kit: ukposts.info/have/v-deo/ZaSdZXtth5iIzZs.html

@OP-gh5kf 2 роки тому

Thank you sooo much for making this video it helped me out a lot. You really deserve more credit for your work.

@GeekDetour 2 роки тому

Wow, thanks for the kind words! 😁

@twistedbranch7460 3 роки тому

Great meticulous comparison! Thank you!

@GeekDetour 3 роки тому

Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it 😁

@jwrtiger 6 місяців тому

Very nice video and well produced. Love your presentation, enthusiasm, and personal experience in these areas. You might be a teacher but if not you would make a great one.

@dreadlight7760 2 роки тому

Simply: your vid is fantastic! It well-answered my questions and allowed me to know even more than what I was concerned about. Something I should mention: This is a person with En as my 2nd language. Hence, I noticed the following with appreciation: your talking speed is perfect, all letters are pretty clear, and CC is available too! Please, dear, keep it up.

@GeekDetour 2 роки тому

Hey 👋 Thank you so much! Very kind words! I can totally relate about language: My native language is Brazilian Portuguese 🇧🇷 and I live in Spain 🇪🇸😆 I clearly remember how I struggled to watch videos in English without subtitles (20 years ago). Today it is not a problem - but I still need to first write the text of every video, and I actually read them on camera (I use a teleprompter). I certainly over-pronounce everything… (I try not to) it seems it helps people from other countries 😄 (I hope it doesn’t make it too annoying for the US, UK and AUS, ha ha). So, stick around! - I have more Arduino videos in the Pipeline 😄

@duller9430 7 місяців тому

This is for some reason my favourite video to watch on the internet this is like my 10th time watching it and I keep finding new details in it

@GeekDetour 7 місяців тому

Hi man! Yeah! You already mentioned here that you rewatched this one many times. But it makes me curious: it is not a tutorial… what types of details you’ve been finding?

@sambhavsharma7922 2 роки тому

I was searching for good programing/robotics starter kits for me ,the vid helped a lot

@sambhavsharma7922 2 роки тому

So he actually reads every comment @Geek Detour

@karhukivi 3 місяці тому

When I was a kid I would have loved a kit like either of them.... The manual with the Arduino is gold dust. Thanks for the very good comparison!

@electronron1 Рік тому

I have rhe Rex Qualis version of the Elegoo kit and it to has the UNO headers well labeled. The quality of the kit is okay for the most part and came with quite a few more modules to experiment with such as an LED Matrix, RFID module, PIR sensor, Gas sensor and many more. I got this kit to familiarize myself with the Arduino before attempting to update the firmware in a 3D printer but since then I've made several green house controllers one of which uses a mega and monitors four DHT22 sensors and controls the humidity based on the average. It's been a lot of fun and keeps me busy in my retirement years.

@GeekDetour Рік тому

Wow! I kind of envy you - I am having very little time even to make the videos I want to make 🤣 I wonder if I will ever stop hustling and enjoy retirement one day. 😭

@electronron1 Рік тому

@@GeekDetour I hope you get the opportunity to spend your retirement doing what you love to do. I spent 41 years designing machines that used temperature / Humidity controllers and now I have the fun of designing my own.

@rosab6259 3 роки тому

Thank you for this video! I'm trying to decide which kit to get as a beginner and I'm getting the Arduino for now:)

@GeekDetour 3 роки тому

Ha ha, my pleasure! If you are into makers/electronics/programming universe... I am pretty sure it won’t be your last Kit 🤔 And be careful with AliExpress: it is addictive! So many different and cheap electronic components... I have a box just full of tiny microcontroller development boards: STM8S, STM32, ESP8266, ESP32... Blue-pills, black-pills, Arduino Mini, Nano, Micro... Nano+RF modules in one board... All can be programmed with the Arduino IDE. Oh... be careful - you’ve been warned 🤣

@rosab6259 3 роки тому

@@GeekDetour I never thought about buying them fron AliExpress. Did you ever get any deffective electronics from them? Is it a hit or miss deal? I read the reviews on the Arduino kit on Amazon and I was afraid to get deffective parts. I'm looking for Christmas presents for me. What do you recommend I buy next either from Arduino or elsewhere?

@crankytank2164 3 роки тому

Thank you again! I got the Arduino and I’m on lesson 4! Absolutely the right decision for me. Thank you again!!!!

@Phipanjo 3 роки тому

Very good video! Thanks for explaining the difference between the kits in such a great detail. I will spend some money more on the official kit, because like you said, the discriptions in the book are top notch. When I need a second microcontroller for something else, I‘ll buy the Elgoo one. Maybe build a fixed programmer without the need to switch the main unit for this purpose...

@GeekDetour 3 роки тому

Hi Philip, thanks! I keep working/testing a few projects at the same time, so ended up buying a couple of extra Elegoo Uno R3 boards - only the boards (no Kit) and extra breadboards. This way I don’t need to undo what I am working on with one board just because I wanted to make a quick test for something else. The Elegoo Boards use the same USB to Serial as the original Arduino Uno (some cheaper clones use a CH340 chip that requires a different driver). This “Arduino road” lead me to buying much more things that I anticipated 😆 But I am having a blast 🤣

@Phipanjo 3 роки тому

@@GeekDetour The price tag of a single unit without the need of extra stuff is unmatched! Beeing flexible on different projects saves a lot of time. The IDE is compatible on most devices; the NANO board from Elegoo needs a different driver but they provide them on their homepage. The sensors from them are great too! I heard the cloud from arduino is limited in some ways with 3rd party boards, but never tried it. I'm looking forward to build a custom arduino clone on a self-designed PCB. With all the parts I could buy a new official starter kit haha. But it keeps the brain fresh & like you said, it's a lot of fun :D

@duller9430 2 роки тому

Great job this really helped it was also really wholesome when u started talking about when u were a kid . Thanks for the great video

@GeekDetour 2 роки тому

Hey 👋 Thank you! That was sweet and I appreciated it. Yeah, I loved science kits when I was a kid! If you have kids, if they enjoy making experiments together with you, please, be there with them! I wish I had more “science time” with my parents - but I can’t blame them: it was a different time and they worked SO MUCH back then. Happy holidays! 🎄🎅🎉🎊🎁❤️

@duller9430 2 роки тому

@@GeekDetour merry Christmas to you to btw I am kid and ur vid really helped in my understanding of arduinos thank you

@alexwilhelm9182 3 роки тому

That is a great list to explore starter kits. I was familiar with the Embedded Learner Board as it was provided by Moonshot Jr to my kid as a part their online program.

@GeekDetour 3 роки тому

There are A LOT of great kits to learn electronics and programming now. I am starting to work on a new comparison video 😁

@gbo-gr-cy 3 роки тому

Excellent video, exactly what I needed to know. Thank you.

@GeekDetour 3 роки тому

Glad it was helpful!

@barbezph 3 роки тому

Your videos are really awesome! Your english is really clear for my B1❤️

@GeekDetour 3 роки тому

Hi Giuseppe 👋 Thank you! I probably over-pronunciate everything, since English is not my native language 😁 Your comment made me really happy: some people ask me why I spend time uploading the exact Subtitles for English... I do it because I want people from many countries to be able to watch my videos - subtitles can help a lot. Cheers from Spain 🇪🇸😁

@barbezph 3 роки тому

@@GeekDetour Omg, you’re spanish🥰 I watched the video without Subtitles Very Good, I’m looking forward to see your next Arduino or Reviews videos

@cody3026 3 роки тому

Ayyyy he’s back!

@GeekDetour 3 роки тому

Thanks Cody!

@antoniomunozgerman2873 3 роки тому

Me ha encantado. Es el futuro regalo de Antonio. Gracias Everson !!

@GeekDetour 3 роки тому

Mi gran amigo, que maravilha leer tu comentario aquí 😁 Pues, muuuucho cuidado con los Arduinos y las impresoras 3D: son increíblemente aditivos 🤣 ¡Molan mucho!

@videotronicmaker 2 роки тому

Bravo! Very well done and a very good subject matter. I started 2 years ago with the Elegoo kit because it costs less and had more cool extras (you pointed this out). However, I look forward to purchasing the Official Arduino Kit BECAUSE OF THE BOOK. I really want that book! LOL. I have been looking at some excerpts from the book online and I agree. The content is well written. Anyway...thx. I enjoyed and subscribed. Oh yeah, when I first discovered Arduino and physical computing I was excited to share it with my kids and came to the same conclusion as you.

@GeekDetour 2 роки тому

Oh, thank you! I am happy you enjoyed the video 🤗 I don’t know if at this point the Book would be so valuable in your learning journey - it is a good book, but it is still introductory and I am assuming you already made most of the projects from the Elegoo Kit - the projects are basically the same. Instead, a good online course would still be cheaper and can provide a more memorable/entertaining learning. On the next weeks I’ll finish a comparison about two new Arduino Kits 😃

@allrounders2300 9 місяців тому

Bro I also wants it pdf

@Bronxbombers161 3 роки тому

Happy to see you my man!!!!

@GeekDetour 3 роки тому

Thank you Billy!

@Bronxbombers161 3 роки тому

No seriously!!! You are suck a nice guy.. well informed and I live to see your passion when you make videos... very inspirational

@GeekDetour 3 роки тому

Wow, you just made my day ☺️

@giorgosvintziGR 3 роки тому

Not only your video is excellent but also I love your voice man!!!!

@GeekDetour 3 роки тому

Thank you Giorgos! 🤗 it means a lot to me - I think sound is such an important aspect of video (more than picture quality). In this video, I was not so happy with the mic I used... In my newest one, sound is SO MUCH BETTER: ukposts.info/have/v-deo/cJmkh4ednG2CwmQ.html

@giorgosvintziGR 3 роки тому

@@GeekDetour Indeed it's a very important aspect of a video! As about the newest one you're totally right!! Kepp it up man!

@jim..... 3 роки тому

Yooo thanks for the video, great comparison

@GeekDetour 3 роки тому

Thank you Jim! Have a great Christmas 🎄 🎁 💝 you and all your loved ones ❤️

@cherylm2C6671 4 місяці тому

Thank you for your introduction. I'm looking forward to learning and using the controller.

@MinusStatue11 3 роки тому

And just like that.. bam! You got my subscription!

@GeekDetour 3 роки тому

😄 Awesome 😎

@ericherod6235 2 роки тому

Thank you for this video. I am getting ready to purchase my first kit and your video helped me to make a decision between the Arduino kit and the Elegoo.

@GeekDetour 2 роки тому

Thank YOU for watching and for the kind words. By the way: which Kit will you start with?

@ericherod6235 2 роки тому

@@GeekDetour This will be my first time working with anything like this, so I am following your recommendation to go with the Arduino.

@CesarGarciaJara 2 роки тому

Thanks for the video! Much needed guidance. I am planning on having an Arduino for my daughter.

@GeekDetour 2 роки тому

My pleasure! I am glad you liked it! Did you watch my Grove Kit video? ukposts.info/have/v-deo/ZaSdZXtth5iIzZs.html What age is your daughter?

@mrknarf4438 3 роки тому

Thanks! I'm a beginner and was wondering where to start :)

@GeekDetour 3 роки тому

Glad I could help!

@nonamex3052 2 роки тому

I bought an elegoo starter kit, super starter kit and arduino mega as well. As an electronic engineer in year 2 I must say thier products are very well made at such a cheap price. I agree with the resistors point 😂 I thought I am the only one who had a hard time reading them. Nice vid

@GeekDetour 2 роки тому

Thanks man! Have fun with your kits!!! 😄

@bogus_not_me 4 місяці тому

They are really not that hard to read, just as some colors are very hard to see and read on the brown. Both blue and brown are very small, so at my age and needing glasses, a magnifier is a must. I prefer the higher accuracy blue resistors now.

@KatherineOrho 3 місяці тому

❤ This is an amazing review. Thank you. This video will be my learning guide until I learn the name of all of the pieces and what they are for. Thank you for the great learning tool. You're a great instructor!

@GeekDetour 3 місяці тому

Hi Kathy, happy 2024! Thanks! I am happy you liked the video! The book or the PDFs that come with the Kits will teach a lot. Paul has a COMPLETE free Arduino course on UKposts - he goes in a very comfortable pace. Hope you enjoy it: ukposts.info/slow/PLGs0VKk2DiYw-L-RibttcvK-WBZm8WLEP&si=3KhhHvGI4N8JrW8K

@delubiod1970 2 роки тому

Everson I bumped into your channel as I was looking to buy the Arduino kit for my 9 year old. Well done, time to spend some money on the Kit, the book is a nice touch and a must have.

@GeekDetour 2 роки тому

Hi Delúbio! Thanks!! Yeah, the book is very nice indeed. I wish the Original Arduino Kit would be less expensive, so more people could get the book. By the way, are you buying it in Brazil? I hope you can find it at a decent price. I have plans to review more STEM KITS and STEM TOYS here in the channel, so, stick around! Um abraço desde Madrid.

@delubiod1970 2 роки тому

@@GeekDetour Eu compro nos EUA e mando para um repackaging de um amigo em UTAH e ele manda pra mim. Sai muito próximo do preço da Amazon. Obrigado Everson, e um abraço desde Goiânia e Flórida (moro 6 meses em cada lugar).....

@MrStevem121 3 роки тому

Top man. Welcome back.

@GeekDetour 3 роки тому

Thanks 😃 Let’s hope the Vaccines for Covid start being available soon - everybody at home makes it very difficult to make videos 🤣

@Mus1im__Goat 2 роки тому

Thanks this helped me so much and I am thinking of bringing one.

@GeekDetour 2 роки тому

You should!

@Mus1im__Goat 2 роки тому

@@GeekDetour ok

@mdo 3 роки тому

I got a Plusivo ESP kit as my first arduino starter since i really wanted wifi capabilities (and their manual comes with wifi example projects too)

@GeekDetour 3 роки тому

The ESP processors are amazing 😁

@richardb22 Рік тому

Thanks for the Video. So many kits and so few good comparisons to help parents.

@viejaspeliculasfilipinas3621 2 роки тому

Both elegoo and the official Arduino Uno kit are great Since im a geek, im onto this things, which I can enjoy

@bantehmark4309 3 роки тому

Thanks a lot for this video. It was really helpful

@GeekDetour 3 роки тому

You are welcome! 😄

@hazemk7855 2 роки тому

Keep going man The video is amaizing

@GeekDetour 2 роки тому

Thank you so much! Did you see my Grove Beginners Kit review? ukposts.info/have/v-deo/ZaSdZXtth5iIzZs.html

@AungWinHtutGH 2 роки тому

Great Info for me, thank you so much!

@GeekDetour 2 роки тому

I am glad you liked it! 👍

@astadani 2 роки тому

Great review!. Thank you so much!.

@GeekDetour 2 роки тому

Thank YOU!

@duller9430 Рік тому

Cant wait to see your big arduino project

@GeekDetour Рік тому

Thanks! Me too! 🤣 I was making a product, it took much more time than I anticipated - money got short and I had to put it in standby on a box… and run for money doing other things 🤣

@duller9430 Рік тому

@@GeekDetour sorry to here that I hope your able to make your project

@ChaneVazquez-rx2dy 6 місяців тому

Wow this is actually really cool!!👍

@GeekDetour 6 місяців тому

Thanks! Arduino is super fun for people interested in how things work 😄

@Riveda1972 2 роки тому

Thanks a lot for this clean explanation :)

@GeekDetour 2 роки тому

Hey! Thank YOU! I am glad you enjoyed it 😁

@simonthomas5113 3 роки тому

I'm really new to it all, this vid is really helpful thanks.

@GeekDetour 3 роки тому

Hey Simon 👋 thank you! Oh boy, indeed there is A LOT to learn and the deeper you go, the more you have to study 😆 Both kits have enough material to keep you busy for many days or even weeks. Have a nice journey!

@simonthomas5113 3 роки тому

@@GeekDetour Thanks for the reply! Even though I am new I totally agree about the blue resistors - they are totally illegible! I am going to have to label them somehow :)

@GeekDetour 3 роки тому

A few people already told me these are the standard for 1% tolerance, metal film, resistors - which are the best electronically speaking - but the color choice the industry chose could not be less terrible for visualization 😄. Oh, in the Elegoo Starter Kit, they have the value stamped on the paper strips that hold each set - and on the Elegoo Resistors Kit each value pack come in their own little ziplock bag with the Owm value really clear on each bag. To me the problem is only after you take resistors out of the breadboard and you mix them: then I need to measure them 😢

@simonthomas5113 3 роки тому

@@GeekDetour Thanks again for the feedback. I'll need a Multimeter at some point, so I'll get one for the resistors, and it will be useful later.

@DanZech Рік тому

Great video, buddy! Thanks!

@GeekDetour Рік тому

Thanks! Glad you liked it! ❤️

@elrpipi8156 2 роки тому

Muy buen video, detallado y con todo lo que debía saber. Gracias por ayudar a introducirme en este mundo

@GeekDetour 2 роки тому

Hola 👋 Me encanta que te haya gustado el vídeo! Creo que gustará también ver acerca del Grove Beginner Kit: ukposts.info/have/v-deo/ZaSdZXtth5iIzZs.html

@sourabhhanje3765 3 роки тому

Amazing cinematography sir!!!

@GeekDetour 3 роки тому

Oh thank you! 😄 Can we even call it cinematography?! 🤣 Well, I’ll take it, ha ha ha.

@sourabhhanje3765 3 роки тому

@@GeekDetour you replied!!!!! 😍😃. I would love to be your friend.

@GeekDetour 3 роки тому

You don’t know that - I am very cranky sometimes, and opinionated 🤣

@NaDe8554. 3 роки тому

My arduino starter kit will arrive tomorrow!!

@arthurfricchione8119 6 місяців тому

New subscriber very well explained video. I have the elegoo kit but wish I had the book. I seem to learn a lot quicker with a physical hand held book. Guess I’m from a different generation. Anyway thank you for sharing and will check out your channel 😊 Artie

@GeekDetour 6 місяців тому

Welcome to the channel! I, too, like very much to follow from a physical book. 🤗

@gaby-zm5fl 2 роки тому

Te felicito por el canal! Explicas muy bien las cosas. Estoy decidiendo que kit comprar para aprender y me despejaste muchas dudas. Estoy agradecido contigo

@GeekDetour 2 роки тому

Ah, gracias a ti! Me ha encantado saber que te haya sido útil el vídeo! Mucha suerte y espero que te diviertas mucho trasteando con su kit!

@PeterSedesse 2 роки тому

really good review. You could have mentioned the price difference. You can buy 3 of the Elegoo kits for the price of the one original kit. At time of this post it is $109 compared to $36.

@GeekDetour 2 роки тому

Oh yeah, the difference is surreal!

@Builder_T3chT0rnad0 5 місяців тому

Thank you very much sir!!! I am a student studying in 8th and you have given a good piece of advice!! I appreciate it!!!

@GeekDetour 5 місяців тому

Hey, my pleasure! I hope you have fun with the Arduino kit - don’t get mad if you don’t understand everything at first: follow the tutorials, double check your connections and play tweaking with the code trying to make more interesting behaviors, one little change at a time.

@Etrehumain123 Рік тому

Very very quick answer to my questions, way more information I could even ask for, thank you so much. I am reluctant to give money to Elegoo that I feel they milk the Arduino project, but I really need to start fast to finish a very important project, so I will probably buy the Elegoo kit, plus an extra kit to get more motors. I need 5 step motors in my project

@GeekDetour Рік тому

Hi there Guillaume! I understand what you say… There is a whole bunch of third party boards, lots of other brands making kits and I know most of them don’t revert money to the Arduino organization. But, “Arduino” as a whole phenomena wouldn’t be BY FAR so strong if it wasn’t by clones (which are perfectly legal) at a very accessible price and still great quality. I LOVE the quality of Elegoo boards - and they use the very same chip for USB to Serial conversion as the original Arduino Uno R4 board. Which type of step motors are you going to use? If it is the 28BYJ-48 (the super cheap one that I showed in the video), for each motor you need 4 GPIO pins… maybe you need the BIGGER Arduino board: the “MEGA”. If you use NEMA step motors, you need to buy proper steper motor drivers, but that uses only two GPIO for each motor.

@rodolfomagno3231 Рік тому

Vídeo excelente! Meus filhos também perdem a paciência... Também tive todos esses kits da sua infância. Quando pequeno, lá nos anos 80, eu mesmo fazia meus carros de controle. Como eu queria que esses kits tivessem existido no meu tempo de criança.

@GeekDetour Рік тому

Muito obrigado! Eu ADORAVA os kits de física e sempre entendia o que estava acontecendo. Eu queria muito entender os de química… tive vários, fazia as experiências e.. ok, “ficou vermelho porque agora é nitrato de não sei o que”? mas… porque?! 🤣 Sou péssimo de química 😭 Eletrônica é muito legal - ainda vou fazer vídeos mostrando coisas no osciloscópio, torna tudo mais “palpável”.

@kamaleshd8703 3 роки тому

Tq for your explanation about both of these kits

@GeekDetour 3 роки тому

Hey, my pleasure! Thank you for watching! 😃

@joshuahildebrand5358 3 роки тому

Great video! Helps a lot

@GeekDetour 3 роки тому

Hey 👋 my pleasure!!! Thank you and merry Christmas 🎄🎁😁

@noellarcena6428 Рік тому

Thanks, greatly appreciate that ... very convincing, I am with the old books, I will give it a try to learn something new. Had been 40 yrs since my teenage years that I dont do breadboarding nor ethching circuits in PCBs with FeCl2 solution ...I dont know all about Arduino, only heard that for years.... Been working with PLC/DCS/SCADA, industrial controls and in telecom industry as an engineer

@GeekDetour Рік тому

Hi Noel! I am absolutely sure you will have a BLAST with the Arduino IDE and how easy it is to create cool machines. AND if you buy stuff on AliExpress, don’t search for “Arduino Module” or “Arduino Sensor” or “Arduino RF module” and NEVER search for ESP32…. trust me: any of those searches can lead into serious addiction 🤣😁

@epiendless1128 Рік тому

LMAO, I've had the Elegoo kit for years, never opened the shield bag, and didn't realise the solderless breadboard was removable! Now I have an extra breadboard!

@frankparra8479 3 роки тому

Great video my friend!! Thank you!!

@GeekDetour 3 роки тому

Hey Frank 👋 I am glad you enjoyed it 😁

@johnnovembre7758 3 роки тому

Great video - thank you! What brand tester were you using there?

@GeekDetour 3 роки тому

Hi! Thanks for watching! Oh, you can find the same exact tester under different names - I placed an Amazon link for it in the description 😁 (affiliate).

@RodrigoVzq 3 роки тому

Blue body resistors are 1% tolerance, they are better that the lighter ones. There are more difficult to read, you’re right. But it’s but elegoo’s choice the paint of the resistor, it’s the standard for 1%

@GeekDetour 3 роки тому

Hi Rodrigo - thank you!!!! I didn’t know that AT ALL! But, if you ask me: “would you trade 1% for 10% precision AND being able to immediately read the value?” I would be really tempted 🤣 Oh man... this is a hurtful dilema! 5% and I would prefer 😆 them.

@klass8114 7 місяців тому

Hi! This video is quite old, and Eelgoo have updated their website and now i can't find their updated tutorials on Eelgoo Uno Super Starter Kit that you showed in 8:07 - 8:10. Do you still have a download link for the updated tutorials on Uno Kit?

@GeekDetour 7 місяців тому

Hi there! Still there under the “Support” section: www.elegoo.com/pages/arduino-kits-support-files

@klass8114 7 місяців тому

Yes it is, but its like the CD disk version of tutorials that you called "amateur". I need the ones that are being showed in 8:07, the colorful tutorial.@@GeekDetour

@GeekDetour 7 місяців тому

Oh, ok. I will take a look next week. Maybe I can upload mine if I still have them.

@jasons2008 3 місяці тому

@@GeekDetour Hello, is there any update on this? Thank you!

@paoloscalia358 2 роки тому

Interesting comparison! I'm looking forward for new videos. I've just started to use Arduino some weeks ago with my son for a his project with also a 3D printing. I'm pushing him to go ahead with other projects....yes I know..., the real reason is that I want to go ahead and spend money saying to my wife that is for educational reason.. hahahaha

@GeekDetour 2 роки тому

Thank you! 🤗 Oh man, it is inevitable to push to our kids (at least) a little bit of our passions. My daughter is still very young (she is 4), but every time she comes and asks what I am doing (and asks me if she could try it) it feels like heaven - she likes to solder cables, or to crimp connectors, she likes to see stuff under the microscope… I love that! Tell me about your son’s project!

@espenbgh2540 Рік тому

Thak you for showing and alternative to Arduinos starterkit, Where is the two link to the elegoo , main cd and the follow-up in PDF

@AstroFifl Рік тому

I love your videos!

@GeekDetour Рік тому

Thank you! 🤗 It made my day!

@user-xc4tq8dd2l Місяць тому

Muchísimas gracias, ideal para situarse!

@GeekDetour Місяць тому

Que bien que te haya gustado el vídeo. Mira, hay un canal maravilloso para aprender todo de Arduino, creo que te va a gustar, está en inglés, pero el tío habla en un ritmo muy tranquilo: ukposts.info/have/v-deo/pmhkbJ-dfHx4tZ8.htmlsi=0pJ3OTbcz_AW1-mQ

@mohammedcampwala 3 роки тому

Sir its my first video of your chennal and i m your fan ❤️❤️❤️❤️

@GeekDetour 3 роки тому

Hello Mohammed 👋 Thank you so much! And welcome to the channel 😄

@y2ksw1 3 роки тому

I am 60 years old and had all sorts of kits on my bench. I learned that the originals are usually made much better, but also that clones come with spare parts. If you are really into experimenting then you will waste a lot of parts, and then clones come handy.

@GeekDetour 3 роки тому

Yeah! But something I really enjoyed about the Elegoo Uno Boards is that they use the same USB to UART microcontroller instead of the CH340 (that many cheap clones use).

@riverchampeimont 3 роки тому

3:33 I have a recent official Arduino Uno R3 board and the pins are identified on both sides just as in the Elegoo one. They have probably improved that since you made your video.

@GeekDetour 3 роки тому

That’s right, I saw photos and videos and that’s true - it is a good thing 😁

@allrounders2300 9 місяців тому

Plz if possible I want pdf of the book

@mrwhatsitallabout Рік тому

Well think I'll buy one now ! Not sure how that happened i wasnt even looking for this but you have me sold... Nice review

@GeekDetour Рік тому

Thanks! Arduino to me is quite addictive - be careful! 😁

@mrwhatsitallabout Рік тому

@@GeekDetour your video was well done, keep them coming .

@Spacemonkeymojo 3 роки тому

Fantastic video! Would you say that going through the lessons in two starter kits is a good idea? I'm looking into buying a starter kit and leaning towards the official Arduino kit mainly for a hard copy of the projects book, but the Elegoo kit comes with a lot of cool sensors that I would like to make projects with too. Maybe go through all the lessons in the official kit (my knowledge of electronics is very basic) and then do some of the more advanced lessons in the Elegoo kit?

@GeekDetour 3 роки тому

Thank you! Well... it was, kind of, what I did - I got the Official Kit 2 years before I purchased the Elegoo one (yeah, I had part of the footage “waiting” on an external hard drive for two years). I guarantee you will find something to do with more than one Arduino Kit (I have 4 Arduino Boards 🤪)

@Spacemonkeymojo 3 роки тому

@@GeekDetour Thanks for the reply. I see, that's interesting. I watched another video that mentioned that the Arduino book is a "paint by numbers" sort of thing, in that yeah you follow it and build projects but it doesn't really teach you "why" things are happening. Have you come across a starter kit that teaches you the theory behind why you're doing things or why things are working that way?

@universenerdd 2 роки тому

@@Spacemonkeymojo we have the same profile pic!