Haynes Build Your Own Retro Radio Advent Calendar

Great advent calendar when you want something a bit different. Bought for my husband who has worked with electronics for years but this retro radio has taken him back to his boyhood. He says that the components are of better quality than he expected. Can see us dismantling it after Christmas and passing it on to a much younger generation so that they can learn about the basics of electrical engineering.

Bought for my partner, he loves this advent calendar. It’s a nIce project to do in the run up to Xmas and especially in 2020!

Nice change to a chocolate advent calendar however day 18 was missing however I still managed to get it to work. Would recommend

Honestly this is such a cool idea! I'm 23 and work in IT and this is going to be much better than my usual chocolate.

My son loved this

Brilliant advent calendar, husband loved it. Very creative!

I was going for a alternative calendar this year. However it is not worth the money. It says in the description it takes 2 AA batteries which are not included. However as you can see, it actually needs a 9v battery! Then on day 2 i opened the door to a red long wire. The instruction book spoils things by saying what's in each door. However door 2 was supposed to be a battery clip. Without that you can't carry on. I luckily thought to check but had to open all the doors and found the part in door 5! The science experiments and education is very good and I hope that it is a complete build. Not worth £20 and not clear on what is is.

Excellent product and easy to follow instructions with daily experiments. Bought for both my dad and boyfriend and they both love it.

Non sono un ingegnere ma ho dovuto buttare tutto. Troppo complicate anche le istruzioni

A falta de abrirlo el próximo martes 1 de diciembre, el regalo ha encantado a su propietario, está en inglés creo recordar pero hoy en dia con los traductores en móvil y ordenador no es problema.

Buon esempio di kit educational, anche se i passaggi sono poi troppo ampi dallo zero iniziale alla radiolina finale. Buona la facilità costruttiva, con la basetta ad innesti senza saldature, ma la confezione trae parecchio in inganno. Alla fine si otterrà una basetta con circuiti ed altoparlante che funzionano, ma non una "vera e propria" radiolina come sembra di capire dalla scatola. Infatti non esiste un box rigido dove alloggiare il tutto, non esiste una scala di sintonia, non esistono manopole di volume né sintonia, che vengono demandate a pulsanti. Viene fornito soltanto un cartone da piegare ed incollare per creare il "corpo", con stampata sopra l'immagine della radiolina. Non ci sono neppure indicati i fori per arrivare ad azionare i pulsanti, per cui presumo (devo ancora terminarla) che per le operazioni di accensione, spegnimento, cambio volume e stazione ogni volta vada aperta la scatola, tirare fuori il circuito, operare sui tasti, rimettere dentro il circuito, etc.etc.