Gikfun Light Up Glasses Soldering Practice Kit Sound Activated LED Eyeglasses DIY Electronics Kit for School Learning Project EK1972

I had an issue with a pair . the manufacturer reached out to me promptly and fixed my problem. I am very pleased.

Soldering is one of those skills that you can only get good at with practice… and lots of it! Foreword: In the pictures, I installed the switch on the wrong side…oops! If mounted correctly, the switch will not be flush with the PCB and has to be raised a bit to clear the opening in the glasses. Review: This kit took me (at an intermediate skill level) about 2 hours total to solder. I have lots of experience soldering wires together but am only just now getting into PCB work. I took my time and tried to get all the components mounted flush and perpendicular to the board. I did it in two sittings over one day because it is very relaxing, fun, and addicting to solder. I think for a beginner this kit is adequate since you need to solder the same components, allowing one to explore a bit with different ways to approach it. I treated it more like an exercise to hone my skills since I have limited experience with PCB soldering. The instructions are easy to follow and the diagrams are helpful…BUT the step for soldering the potentiometer was skipped (solder it right after or right before the KA2284). I didn’t read the instructions, but I soldered in the same order (taller components last). All components were present…but I ended up with an extra ceramic capacitor, an extra resistor, an extra screw, and 5 extra LEDs. One of the posts for mounting the PCB was not pre-drilled, not a big issue but it can definitely be confusing for a novice. The glasses worked flawlessly after I made them, the potentiometer works fine, and all the LEDs work. Summary: Whether you’re just starting off, or you’re looking to practice, this kit is a great way to get better at soldering and build confidence for more difficult solder jobs. Don’t forget a solder sucker in case you make a mistake and two A23 batteries to power the glasses!

Instructions were clear and found it relaxing to build. Light adjust to sound which is pretty cool

I saw the same item being sold on amazon with batteries for 1 cent cheaper. Buy them from the other vendors. They even came with better instructions with pictures.

I've been looking for more advanced circuit projects for my son, learning some solder skills as well as reading diagrams -and this kit from Gikfun does both I plan to gift it to him, so the fact it comes in a plain box with no pictures or description of the finished project is a drawback. There's the included bare-bones instructions, and the option to download more, but it's hard to tell what you're looking at seeing the pieces with no context. The components are good quality, as is the board itself, and are easy to install and solder. The finished product would run the same price (and likely more), than this kit costs, and so is definitely worth it even at full price!

What I liked about this is I am the one who put it together. Sure I have been around electronics for along time and never really understood how it all works together. This kit is a nice introduction to electronics and I liked that when reading the instructions it told how each component worked and how it works with the system. It also does test your skills in soldering. I did not have any problems with this but I can see how it will make you go back and check things if something was not correct. It was very entertaining and educational. I am hoping there is going to be others to get my hands on too. I can hardly wait to use these in a DJ gig when it comes up. I wish all the Good Luck to you and have lots of fun with these.

There’s a nice pretty basic board, which is pretty nice for beginners as myself I was able to put everything together pretty nicely this package does include a very well laid out manual and a assemble it which is pretty cool but the only thing annoying is it does not include batteries and it’s not normal batteries it is smaller batteries than normal so it’s not like you have them laying around I was just kinda annoying because you cannot see if you did everything correctly you have to go out and buy a batteries to check 10/10 recommend di get appropriate batteries for it though

I got this to do with my homeschool kids. The written directions were terrible. There is a qr code to scan that goes to video directions, which were better. The hole where the power switch goes through the frame is too far back. It binds the switch and makes it inoperable. It will have to be cut/drilled larger to make it work. The glasses take 2 - a23 batteries, which I couldn't get at my local store and have had to order online. They're about $5 on Amazon. I took off three stars and left it at 2 stars, for bad written directions, odd batteries that weren't included, and an inoperable as sent power switch. I have done other solder kits that were nicer with much better directions and supplies. I wouldn't recommend this one.

Remarkably fun little kit. Instructions not too hard to follow, just don’t expect perfect grammar in the translated page. Actually, if you followed the printed codes on the PCB and looked at a photo, it would be quite doable. I think the 23A 12V batteries were more than I paid for the kit! Oh, well—Halloween, here we come!

Not the most comfortable to wear, however they work well, and are a fun project.

Fun for solder practice but the quality of the LEDs is pretty poor compared to other products like this on Amazon. Use other compatible LEDs in you have them to save effort of repair.

I'm giving this 5 stars as a novice to the hobby electronics game i was ready to be disappointed not with the product but with my own work. This thing is awesome everything works perfectly and there are instructions on youtube if needed check out C.K and the dingdong glasses I know that sounds weird but trust me lol. Anyways super fun to do and will most likely purchase again to make some for friends

Very fragile... put it 1 minutes than was it on a ultrasonic machine and the joint broke. I've glue it with cyanoacrylate, like you can see on the picture. Pros : very fun to assemble Cons : doesn't came with the a23 battery, those are not really common, so I went to Walmart to buy too at 20$ ... if I would knew I would order some at the same time on Amazon who it's like 2$ each instead of 10$. Broke like in 1 minute, I wear them to see if I can see thru and put it on my ultrasonic machine to remove the remaining flux. I only put them in the machine for 20 seconds because I was scared to damage the speaker. .. The good news, the speaker survive the ultrasonic fill with IPA 91% but not one of the hinge of the branch If you wanna wear those, I would tell you to buy an already assembled with better quality.... if you only wanna build those for hobbies and don't have any intention to wear it, I guess you can bought it.