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I haven't order anything from this site (Anykits) but they do seem to have a lot of good stuff including a PDF "magazine" with open source designs. Any makers out there familiar with these folks? - Link.


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Posted by: Robotic Pony on January 23, 2008 at 1:53 PM

That place is based in India, and shipping to the US is insanely expensive ("courier service" is the only option they list for the US).

That said, they have some really cool looking kits. It's really a shame there isn't a better way to get them in the US.


Posted by: Mr. Marbles on January 23, 2008 at 1:54 PM

That place is based in India, and shipping to the US is insanely expensive ("courier service" is the only option they list for the US).

That said, they have some really cool looking kits. It's really a shame there isn't a better way to get them in the US.


Posted by: Stokes on January 23, 2008 at 1:54 PM

Some of these kits seem ridiculously cheap... do they come with all the necessary parts?


Posted by: Andy on January 23, 2008 at 2:49 PM

Yeah...$25 to order a 230gram $15 kit. Not a chance in hell.

What a bummer...their relay board looked very cool.


Posted by: Brian on January 23, 2008 at 3:11 PM

How about the makers store here make a deal to sell their wares. We would like that!


Posted by: Beaner on January 23, 2008 at 3:19 PM

They would have to be selling just PDF's of the kit details for that price. And in the magazine, the picture of the AC Light Controller does not match the circuit diagram. Seems a bit fishy to me.


Posted by: fstedie on January 23, 2008 at 4:52 PM

I hope the kits are better than their spelling ... "Novambar 2007"2


Posted by: Jack on January 23, 2008 at 5:12 PM

Just to clarify things a bit, after playing around with the shopping cart a bit, it's clear that the $25 is a flat rate thing. You can buy like $50 worth of stuff, and it's still $25 for shipping. The bonus is that if you buy a lot of stuff there (and it seems to depend both on the total price and the type of items you buy), shipping is free.


Posted by: Jack on January 23, 2008 at 5:13 PM

Just to clarify things a bit, after playing around with the shopping cart a bit, it's clear that the $25 is a flat rate thing. You can buy like $50 worth of stuff, and it's still $25 for shipping. The bonus is that if you buy a lot of stuff there (and it seems to depend both on the total price and the type of items you buy), shipping is free.


Posted by: Scott on January 23, 2008 at 5:49 PM

I have been having the same problem from years ordering stuff from the US (I live in Australia) Try to justify shipping when it starts at $45 for 2-3 ETA shipping.... Thats what the rest of the world is usually stuck with trying to order things from the US, starting to get better as the US$ Drops but still.


Posted by: Shadyman on January 23, 2008 at 9:54 PM

The $25 shipping kinda hurts. Maybe SparkFun Electronics could pick up on some of their kits?


Posted by: lithuimguy on January 24, 2008 at 1:46 AM

I think these guys are doing quite good in UK they have uk and indian web links also www.anykits.co.uk , www.anykits.co.in


Posted by: lithuimguy on January 24, 2008 at 1:48 AM

I think these guys are doing quite good in UK they have uk and indian web links also www.anykits.co.uk , www.anykits.co.in although the uk link gets redirected to the .com website , the indian link links to a different one , i guess they have different shipping policy for indian orders .


Posted by: Woeka on January 24, 2008 at 2:00 AM

Very strange, it looks like they don't ship to countries higher then an I in the alphabet except for the USA.


Posted by: electromania on January 24, 2008 at 6:30 AM

Yeh, shipping cost for single item is a bit awkward but if you do order several kits, it does work out quite cost-effective. I had no problems ordering to Denmark and the service is quite prompt through Fedex. Even orders placed on big suppliers like RS or Farnell in the EU cost about the same to ship. The kits are well packaged and documented. For these kind prices i don't even mind ordering a few extra ones...


Posted by: electromania on January 24, 2008 at 6:31 AM

Yeh, shipping cost for single item is a bit awkward but if you do order several kits, it does work out quite cost-effective. I had no problems ordering to Denmark and the service is quite prompt through Fedex. Even orders placed on big suppliers like RS or Farnell in the EU cost about the same to ship. The kits are well packaged and documented. For these kind prices i don't even mind ordering a few extra ones...


Posted by: re:peter on January 24, 2008 at 9:27 AM

Yeh, shipping cost for single item is a bit awkward but if you do order several kits, it does work out quite cost-effective. I had no problems ordering to Denmark and the service is quite prompt through Fedex. Even orders placed on big suppliers like RS or Farnell in the EU cost about the same to ship. The kits are well packaged and documented. For these kind prices i don't even mind ordering a few extra ones...


Posted by: lithiumguy on January 24, 2008 at 11:52 PM

It seems that these guys have responded , i see a new edition of magzine on their website.


Posted by: Ravi Pradhan on January 26, 2008 at 11:37 PM

Hey,

their services in india is vary good, kits quality and packging is vary nice ,i bought one stepper motor driver


Posted by: Ravi Pradhan on January 26, 2008 at 11:54 PM


Hey guys,

Their service in India is vary good, quality is too good, I made one of there kit stepper motor driver.


Posted by: Ravi Pradhan on January 26, 2008 at 11:56 PM

Hey guys,

Their service in India is vary good, quality is too good, I made one of kit, stepper motor driver.


Posted by: mmagic on January 28, 2008 at 5:43 PM

I ordered some servo controllers. They have excellent service and process orders quite prompt. Now i notice they also have a much cheaper shipping option by Air Mail !
Did you guys see the amazing variety of options ? it makes it such a breeze compared to ordering individual parts and pcb's.


Posted by: Charlie Brown. on February 1, 2008 at 8:28 PM

The new shipping out there is just to cut down the Shipping cost. Check it out.

Shipping in these parts of the world is all on weight.
I presume shipping to the US and other parts is via E-Post, which one can even track.


Posted by: Charlie Brown. on February 1, 2008 at 8:30 PM

The new shipping out there is just to cut down the Shipping cost. Check it out.

Shipping in these parts of the world is all on weight.
I presume shipping to the US and other parts is via E-Post, which one can even track.


Posted by: Charlie Brown. on February 1, 2008 at 8:30 PM

The new shipping out there is just to cut down the Shipping cost. Check it out.

Shipping in these parts of the world is all on weight.
I presume shipping to the US and other parts is via E-Post, which one can even track.


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