Circuit Scribe Conductive Ink Maker Kit

Great teaching aid

Was a gift for my 12 yr son. He really enjoys it. Everything works and is fun to watch him explore.

Bon produit mais un peu compliqué pour un enfant

Super cool ink didn't work at first but shaking the pen fixed it quick. The book it comes with doubles as both demos and a work book

Wish there was more lessons in it, but it's very cool all the same. Arrived really fast.

I wanted to love this. The Ultra kit was sold out, so I actually spent a LOT on the super kit right before Christmas to see the price lower or get cut in half after Christmas. The price I paid for it was not worth it. The half price would be more worth it. At first, I was disappointed it did not come in the organized box it was supposed to, but a translucent plastic bag with a small hole in it. I thought maybe it was the wrong item, or a returned one, I tried counting the pieces by touch since you could not see through the bag. I ended up having to open it. So, I love the concept of the workbook because you have a finished project that is great to show for homeschoolers, but it is lacking. It asks questions but fails to provide the answers anywhere to see if you got them right. My son was very excited by this but quickly lost interest BECAUSE the pens dont write well. We thought we could go through and finish it in a couple hours but it takes nearly an hour to get the ink colored in well enough to work in one drawing. The pen seems to work well on newsprint and skin, but not the paper the book is printed on. It says to use a wet paper towel to wet the pen. We did but I ended up getting the jumper stickers wet, so I hope they still work. Diagram three....we couldn't get to work, because of the pen, but the same thing can be accomplished on number 2. We still dont know the answer or the reason behind the answer though. I feel like we got through some circuit training faster with copper tape. I may try to buy another brand of conductive pen to see if it works better. I read the other reviews and still decided to buy it cuz it looked cool and I was hoping I'd be one of the users to get a good pen. Overall, yes, i think i'd still buy it but ONLY on sale, now that I know the actual value of the item. But my overall review is that there is room for improvement, especially on the pen and content. The module pieces included seem to be very good quality. Very disappointed about not getting the box as well, especially when i paid almost 80 $ for mine!