Gikfun Christmas Tree 3D Xmas Tree Led DIY Kits 7 Color Flash Circuit LED EK1697

This is a beautiful little kit that is fun to build and nice to look at when finished. I wanted to give my 9-year old daughter a sense of how electronics work and are made and think that this is an excellent set if you can provide a bit of supervision and know how to solder. I was very surprised how quickly my daughter lost her fear of the hot iron and learned to make solid connections. Some of the soldering spots are tight and require a bit of experience. There aren't any instructions but the schematic is simple enough, and everyone who has done a bit of electronics knows that particular circuit. If you have never seen one it will be tricky. I like that there aren't any ICs or other parts that can be fried easily. The board itself also takes a good amount of heat. I am echoing what many have said already and add a couple more thoughts: There are only 3 types of resistors: 10k, 2.2k, 1k. The 10ks are marked on the board. Don't put the top LED in until you have assembled the tree. The long legs of the LEDs go into the square part on the board. I soldered the tree to the base before I screwed the base onto the battery component. It would have been easier to first screw the base to the battery component and then put the tree on top. I loved that they provided 3-color LEDs--although you should expect more of a disco experience than somber blinking.

I got two of these for my grand daughters and helped them assemble them. The directions were reasonable but lacked some information especially when it came to installing all the boards together once the components were all soldered together. You need to solder the tree parts together and then solder the base to the tree but none of that is explained in the directions. It was pretty much common sense though. The parts all worked fine except one LED which did not work but they provided a couple extra ones so we just swapped it out. The tree lights up great using 3 AA batteries but is even brighter use the USB port. Overall its a good project with a worthwhile finished Christmas tree.

I got this as a gift for my mom, because she collects Christmas Trees for the season. I’ll be getting more in the future. I’m a beginner in soldering for sure. This took me about 5 hours off and on. It turned out perfectly. It’s easy to use. Big question was the polarity. Not sure of other folks, but there is a massive debate online about which way to place the positive and negative pins of the LED lights on this kit. I’m sure there is an industry standard. And this kit might seem backwards to what you read and learn. However, I followed the directions that were sent. Positive to square in this case. There are some video shorts of this exact kit on social media that show positive to square. Trust the directions that came with the kit. Works perfectly.

This is a soldering practice kit and I used it to introduce my teen to soldering and basic electronics over the course of a couple hours. The kit is quite adequate quality considering the price and the final product is a fun treat fora job well done. The instructions are lacking in clarity for a novice bu no problem to follow if you have some basic electronics knowledge and have built other types of hobby kits.

I had a day of rain so I decided to put this tree together. Took me about 3 hours of organizing parts and then assembly. 1st: Make sure you have a decent soldering iron. I didn't (until I started putting solder in holes adjacent to where I wanted...) I wasted about 1/2 hour clearing out mis-soldered joints. The circuit boards and instructions were easy to follow and easy to assemble. Make sure you bend the LEDs and the capacitors over (per the instructions) or you'll have problems fitting the two "trees" together. End result is colorful and worth your time!

I purchased this cute little tree for my husband to assemble for the holidays, he is experienced in electronics assembly and had zero issues putting it together and I think it's quite cute. While the instructions may lack due to the language, there were zero problems if you are able to read a schematic, and that's really the only instructions you would need, even I understood them as an Electronics Draftsman. Those who are new to DIY kits probably would benefit from the English version of the instructions so I do suggest getting them as they seem fairly decent with step by step instructions. The kit comes complete with everything to complete the tree, however it does require you to use batteries or USB cord. Love the kit, would recommend it to those with a bit more experience reading schematics due to the language barriers.

This kit was fun to build, a bit more involved because of the quantity of parts but that just added to the experience for me. FAR better than I expected! Like a mini disco Christmas tree!

I got kinda hooked on these. Built 3. Just ordered two more. Fairly sturdy when constructed. Instructions are basically a sheet of paper which may or may not reflect the correct bill of materials. The PCBs are well labeled, though. Nice and bright: makes a nice ligh to take along at night when walking the dog. Update: Ordered 5 more of these since September 2022. One worked and the next two I’ve assembled are duds. I’ll probably need to QC the components before I assemble the remaining kits. Boo! I can’t recommend this product anymore.

Bought for a little cracker present for my dad for us to make at Christmas. It was really easy for a beginner like me with a bit of support from him. Very happy with the outcome!

Anspruchsvoller als man zuerst denkt. Etwas Löterfahrung sollte vorhanden sein. Die Anleitung und der Druck auf der Platine genügen vollauf.

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This is a simple and fun kit to assemble. The instructions are pretty good, as it gives you a parts list, a circuit diagram and test tips to ensure functionality. As long as you read through first and understand the procedure this kit should not be o problem for anyone. I now feel like doing more kits like this 👍🏾🤓

Ein toller Bausatz. 5 Sterne hätte ich gegeben wenn anstatt des Schaltbild ein Bauplan dabei gewesen wäre. So musste Papa bei der Widerstand Auswahl und polaritsfindung der LED helfen. Aber dann leuchtet der Baum in allen Farben