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The description given for this item is incorrect. It actually contains:

30 Ceramic from 10pF to 470pF

35 Mylar from .001µF to .22µF

35 Electrolytic from 1µF to 1000µF

This is a nice selection of components for the experimenter.

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I saw this item advertised for about $16.99 on Amazon, so I put it on my wishlist. Then it dropped to $13.75 for a little while, so I went ahead and bought it. I thought it would be nice to just have a bigger selection of capacitors, since I never seem to keep all the values I want on hand. Like the other reviewer stated, there are about 30 ceramic, 35 mylar, and 35 electrolytic capacitors. 21 different values, and 100 total pieces. It's a nice start if you don't already have a big collection of components. You might be able to find them cheaper elsewhere if you buy in bulk, but for a beginner it's hard to know how many of which kind to buy from an online electronics company. This kit is convenient, and reasonably priced.

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Just what I expected, It has:

ceramic disc (10 pF, 22 pF, 47 pF, 100pF, 220 pF, 470 pF .001 uF)

Mylar (.0022 uF, .0047 uF, .01 uF, .022 uF, 1 uF, 22 uF, 1 uF)

Electrolytic (4.7 uF, 10 uF, 22 uF, 47 uF, 100 uF, 470 uF, 1000 uF)

All types in individual bags.

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This is a nice selection of small caps to get started with electronics hobby projects. As others have pointed out, the description conflicts with itself. This kit is made up of mylar, ceramic, and electrolytic capacitors, not just ceramic caps.

Also, the box says the bags are labeled and which values are in which bags, but the bags are not labeled. So I'm deducting a star for that and the confusing description.

Otherwise the caps work as advertised and give a nice little selection.

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This kit came with a nice wide array of capacitors. I found the tolerance of the values to be around 5% checking with a high grade laboratory multimeter(Agilent 34405A). They are all quite small as you can see in the photos I added, so they will work nicely on a project board. If you are curious about the size and quantity just check the pictures I've added. Every bag contains 5 capacitors with the exception of the 100uF 4, 470uF 4, and 1000uF 2.

My only complaints, is the bags are not labeled. So you have to reference the markings on the capacitor bodies with the index provided inside the box. This isn't too difficult to do, but it is a little time consuming.

Overall I think the kit is a great value for the cost. You would pay this much for individual parts at Radioshack or most local ic parts supply stores.

For everyone complaining about not being able to use these:

The capacitors that do not directly have the values on them you have to reference the index. For example bag 4 which contains 100pF caps has (101) on the cap if you look closely. Bags 1-3 are marked in Joules, but they completely correspond with their value in picoFarrads i.e 10j = 10pF. The rest are large enough to actually have the values marked on them bags 14-21.

It is not impossible to find the values and you do not even need google to do so. The only reason I checked them with a meter was to see how accurate they were. I can understand this being very frustrating for someone new to using ICs for hobbies.