Best brand of breadboard

[DDad]

I searched but didn't find an answer. I have 2 sizes of breadboard, one batch from amazon and one from tayda. Both have some holes where it's hard to put a wire in without bending it. What are some better breadboards? Or all they all like that?

 

[jwin615]

They're all like that new. Cut a section of header pins and go through and pop the cherry row by row, careful to penetrate at a.90° angle. if you look closely, there are 2 bent pins that friction fit to the inserted component. You don't want to smash them or fold them over at an angle.
And for the love of flux, don't shove 16mm pots into them.
If you feel you must, you'll need to twist the legs where they are like
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That will help keep from bending those leaf springs, but it still makes me nervous.
Brandwise, BusBoard is a solid product.

 

[DDad]

So I tried a BB and a Jameco. Unless the batch I got from Tayda was poor quality control, there is a difference. The BB and Jameco were far superior, IMO, than the Tayda boards. It wasn't even close. The Jameco won out over the BB. But I like both of those. I ordered more Jameco boards even though they are very pricey compared to Tayda. This is my retirement hobby and I don't want to cheap out and get frustrated. Worth it to me, maybe not to others.

 

[sgtrutters]

GreatScott on YouTube did a review of cheap vs expensive breadboards and found there was a difference in how components fit and some capacitive differences and what not. It's an interesting watch.

 

[owlexifry]

BUSBOARD!!

don't even think about wasting your time with a cheap POS board from tayda or whatever.

my first breadboard was a cheapy and i thought it was fine...
then i got some good busboards from mouser and starting using those. at first i was like "yeah they're pretty good i guess"

then one day i went back to use the cheapy when i had filled up all my busboards...
holy shit. so fucking bad. like absolute night and day difference. i couldn't believe what i was tolerating with the cheapo.

with the busboard, the components just slide in with minimal pressure. and they stay put.
with the cheapy, i HAVE to use pliers or the legs will bend and buckle 95% of the time. fuck that. what a waste of time and effort.
get a busboard.

almost makes me wonder if all the sooks that bitch about breadboarding taking too long - they've probably been using subpar shithouse breadboards.

 

[owlexifry]

don't shove 16mm pots into them.
If you feel you must, you'll need to twist the legs where they are like
| | |.
Instead of. - - -
That will help keep from bending those leaf springs

agree.

like this:

but it still makes me nervous.

pot pins are actually quite thin (0.5mm)
https://www.taydaelectronics.com/datasheets/A-1888.pdf

regardless, nowadays i just use trimpots instead.. (unless it's got heaps of pots and tricky to dial in with the linear taper)

 

[DDad]

BUSBOARD!!

don't even think about wasting your time with a cheap POS board from tayda or whatever.

my first breadboard was a cheapy and i thought it was fine...
then i got some good busboards from mouser and starting using those. at first i was like "yeah they're pretty good i guess"

then one day i went back to use the cheapy when i had filled up all my busboards...
holy shit. so fucking bad. like absolute night and day difference. i couldn't believe what i was tolerating with the cheapo.

with the busboard, the components just slide in with minimal pressure. and they stay put.
with the cheapy, i HAVE to use pliers or the legs will bend and buckle 95% of the time. fuck that. what a waste of time and effort.
get a busboard.

almost makes me wonder if all the sooks that bitch about breadboarding taking too long - they've probably been using subpar shithouse breadboards.

Agree on BB! Have you tried Jameco? I liked those even better. But pricier. I have 20 of the cheapo boards because they were a 'bargain'. I wanted that many because I could just shelve ones I didn't want to build out for future use. I would rather have a smaller number of nice breadboards and just make the hard decision on whether or not to build or recycle components.

 

[owlexifry]

Agree on BB! Have you tried Jameco?

nah, haven't felt the need to try anything else since i got onto busboard.

I have 20 of the cheapo boards because they were a 'bargain'. I wanted that many because I could just shelve ones I didn't want to build out for future use.

probably not a silly idea if you have the shelf / drawer space to store the builds. how good that would be.

I would rather have a smaller number of nice breadboards and just make the hard decision on whether or not to build or recycle components.

this is pretty much what i do. if the circuit's interesting enough, it goes on the build list. just have to note/remember any quirks/requirements for parts selection(s) etc. (or bag up and label selected/auditioned parts that absolutely must go in the build).

regardless, they all eventually get pulled in the end, and now i have a tackle box full of recycled/pulled components that get reused for more BB builds.

 

[spi]

Busboard also makes great vero/stripboard. The tracking and the traces are nice and thick.