I used to buy them cheap in AliExpress, but since the new european tariff it’s ridiculously expensive, you’ll pay dozens of times the prize of the product in tariffs.
Amazon and other big general retailers are ridiculously expensive as well.
Local buying is not an option because in my city there is not a single electronics shop.
Buying from small specialized online shops, the best option if it were not for the lack of selection, meaning that to order all you need for a project need to hit several shops and be buried in shipping cost.
What do you hobbyists do since ali is not an option anymore within the EU?
Generic components from Mouser, Digikey, Farnell. Hobby specific modules from specialist shops like Tinytronics, Botland, Antratek, Gotronik.
I swear it’s not a porn site but banggood.com also has pretty good selection and prices. Their quality is not the best but it was cheap enough I could buy 2 or 3 incase of getting a bad one and save money compared to buying 1 from most other sites.
Ooh that’s a name I haven’t heard in a while.
I haven’t used them in years but I checked and site is still active
Doesn’t Banggood also ship mostly from China?
It’s been a while but IIRC you can choose China or EU warehouse. EU has less variety and higher prices but it’s often worth it.
Yes. It has downsides but it’s cheap if your prototyping something quick before designing the final product.
Yeah, but with the new tarrifs that’s not an option really