00:00If you've ever been elbow-deep in a board repair and realized you're missing that one tiny 100nF cap, you
00:05know the pain.
00:07Been there way too many times.
00:09So I went digging and found the 5 best SMD capacitor kits out there right now,
00:14the ones that actually save your project instead of leaving you waiting 2 weeks for a single part.
00:19Let's get into it.
00:21First up is the big one, the SMD capacitor sample book that comes in 2500, 2250, 4000, or 4500 piece
00:29versions,
00:30covering 0201 all the way up to 1206.
00:33What sells me on this is the book format.
00:36Everything's in labeled pages, sealed in little pockets, so you're not squinting at unmarked paper tape trying to guess a
00:42value.
00:43At around $17 and change, with almost 5000 sold and a straight 5-star rating,
00:49this is the one I'd hand to someone who repairs boards regularly.
00:52Buy it once and you basically stop ordering capacitors for a year.
00:57Now if you want to spend less than a coffee and a sandwich, look at this ceramic capacitor assorted kit.
01:03You're getting 0402, 0603, 0805, 1206, and 1210 packages,
01:10with values spanning 1 picofarad all the way to 10 microfarads,
01:13so all the usual suspects, your 100 picofarads, 10 nanofarads, 100 nanofarads,
01:180.47 microfarads, and 1 microfarad.
01:23$4.18.
01:25That's the price of nothing, and it's got a perfect 5-star rating across nearly 5000 orders.
01:31If you're just getting started with SMD work, or you want a cheap backup stash for the toolbox, start here.
01:38Number 3 is the 2500-piece assortment, 50 different values, 50 pieces of each, in 0402, 0603, and 0805.
01:47The math on this one is what gets me, 50 of each value means you can afford to lose a
01:52few to the carpet gods and not panic.
01:55It's just over 5 bucks, which works out to basically nothing per capacitor.
02:00Rating sits at 4.7, and the reason I like it for repair work specifically is that those three sizes
02:05cover the overwhelming majority of consumer electronics you'll ever crack open.
02:10Then there's this four-size ceramic kit, 0402, 0603, 0805, and 1206, running 1 picofarad to 10 microfarads.
02:20$3.92
02:23It's the cheapest thing on this list and it holds a 4.9-star rating with over 4800 sold, which
02:28honestly surprised me for the price.
02:31Adding 1206 to the mix matters more than people think, because a lot of older boards and power sections use
02:37those bigger packages.
02:38If you're doing repair work rather than fresh designs, that extra size range is genuinely useful.
02:44And rounding it out, the capacitor sample book with 51, 80, 90, or 92 value options, covering 0201 through 1206,
02:53with 25 or 50 pieces per value, plus 15 empty pockets so you can add your own salvaged parts.
02:59That last detail is smart.
03:02Anyone who does repair ends up harvesting caps off dead boards, and now you've got somewhere to put them.
03:08It's 969, 4.8 stars, and it sits right in the sweet spot between the cheap bags and the big
03:13premium book.
03:15All five of those are linked down in the description, so go grab whichever one fits how you work.
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03:27Thanks for watching, and I'll catch you in the next one.
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