BB830 Solderless Plug-in BreadBoard, 830 tie-Points, 4 Power Rails, 6.5 x 2.2 x 0.3in (165 x 55 x 9mm)

For me the tie points have exactly the right amount of holding force for 22-gauge wire. But they also manage to retain the type of resistors that have become common, with very thin leads.This product feels well made, unlike breadboards that are somewhat cheaper. Definitely worth it for me.

I've been using breadboards a long time. My first breadboards were the dual-rail, all-white x-y types, so I really dig the quad-rail red-blue things that are popular these days. I have a bunch of breadboards currently, and they all have projects on them, so I needed to get some more.I originally found this board on amazon, and added it to my cart. Then I found the Elenco 9830C for 5 cents cheaper (although, at time of writing this the Elenco boards are 7.11 instead of 7.95). So I ordered 2 Elenco boards and one BB830. I got the Elenco boards a day earlier, and was immediately disappointed to find that the backing was 1) mostly non-adhered (though fixable with some thumb-action) and b) didn't have a double-sided backing. Not a big deal, really, but perhaps notable.A day later (today) I got the BB830. I have them side-by-side right now, and the quality difference is actually significant.1) The Elenco board is warped where the BB830 is straight. The rails on the Elenco board curve inwards rather flimsily, whereas the BB830 is flat and solid.2) The print quality of the numbers and letters on the Elenco board is dark, blotchy and still somehow washed out, with whole character segments missing or run together. The same printing on the BB830 is really crisp and clear. It's like a typewriter versus a laser printer.3) This is not really a quality difference but more of a preference: on the Elenco boards, the letters are lowercase, while on the BB830, they are uppercase. Oddly, I think I prefer the uppercase, although it may be the obvious difference in print quality that is swaying me.4) The BB830 comes with a padded, double-sided backing. This isn't really a huge deal on its own, but most of the breadboards I already own have this same feature, and it feels better somehow. If the Elenco boards had even the thin adhesive backing fully in place and sealed, I probably wouldn't even bring it up.5) This should have probably been number one. There is a VERY noticeable difference when plugging in leads (using "premium" jumpers to test, I think 22 gauge). The BB830 has a light-but-firm feeling on entry and then a clean, secure tug. Very smooth. The Elenco boards are tougher to insert leads into and have an almost "rusty", grating feeling when inserting the lead. I've never paid specific attention to these things before, but it makes a huge difference.All told, they both do the job that needs doing, but I already know the BusBoard (distributor? mfgr?) breadboards will last longer and be more pleasant to use.Nitpicks: Elenco has better packaging, although I recommend that it not be a selling point. Elenco also spells breadboard as "bredboard." Um, whatever.

The price of these boards may be 3 times as much (where I could get 3 cheaper boards for the price of 1), however, you get what you pay for.Unlike other breadboards, where it's a gamble on how lose or tight the pins are going to be, where you may have to put your weight into adding a component, and bend pins removing, to having wires just fall out, these are perfect.They have just enough resistance to hold items in, but not too much you are using effort on them.I thought before it was "that's how it goes" when it came to the consistency, and you just had to be lucky to get good ones. But I have learned now there's a difference between a Chinese knock off, and these.Do yourself a favor and save the headaches, pay the money, buy a quality board (and it's not just me saying that either, I was recommended these from multiple sources, all having similar complaints with other purchases).

Bend a pind trying to force it my bad there. but the contacts are far far far better than any other breadboard i have tried.

The BB830 breadboard is far superior to the cheaper breadboards available on Amazon. Don't be fooled by the photos, which look very similar, because there is a huge difference in quality. When you receive your BB830, make sure you see the labels "BusBoard.com" and "BB830" printed on one end of the breadboard. Otherwise, you may have a low quality fake.

It works good and looks like new, but where is the box? It came without box and on the packet written new, but is it new? For the full price

Highly recommend these breadboards. Don't waste your time on cheaper options as they will cause more issues with what you want to build. I have used cheaper options and if you open these breadboards up can see that the clips inside the board are better quality and built to last.

After years of using cheap $2 breadboards, I genuinely didn't realize that there were better quality options out there. They all mostly look the same and I figured they all came from the same supplier, so why bother paying more for the same product?Boy was I wrong...These breadboards are in a completely different class from cheaper options. It might sound weird to gawk over a breadboard, but after doing countless projects on the cheap ones, these are so much better to work with. The tolerances are way better, connecting multiple boards together is much easier, the connections themselves are more forgiving, and in general they just feel better.I'd highly recommend anyone give these a try. Now knowing what I know, I won't settle for anything less than the quality that these boards provide. Also, now my old breadboards have been demoted to being guinea pigs if I'm afraid whatever I'm making might damage the boards (I learned the hard way that H-Bridges can get hot enough to melt plastic...).P.S. Thanks to Ben Eater for the tip.