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Overview

Circuit Specialists has a rating of 4.58 stars from 95 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with Circuit Specialists most frequently mention great service. Circuit Specialists ranks 10th among Electronic Component sites.

  • Service
    7
  • Value
    7
  • Shipping
    6
  • Returns
    3
  • Quality
    7
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What reviewers want you to know

Positive highlights

  • I purchased a power supply with no issues using the website.
  • Great service and value if you need a few small parts and cannot put a bigger order together.

Critical highlights

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How would you rate Circuit Specialists?
Top Positive Review

“Great service”

Val S.
10/26/20

Great service. I had some questions about the voltmeter that I wanted to order and I called them up. They picked my call on the first try and answered all of my questions. At the end of the call I knew what I wanted. That was some very good customer service. The delivered the item in a short time period and It is what I needed. Never been disappointed.

Top Critical Review

“No customer service at all!”

Scott S.
4/21/21

I ordered 5 USB adapters and they sent 4 white ones then I guess it was Friday so they picked one off the floor that was black, scratched and does not work and sent the 5 to me. Paying double the amount for shipping I left 2 customer service messages and one at parts along with an email with no response. Obviously I will not be buying from this company again.

Reviews (95)

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power supply (3) great service (3)
Thumbnail of user rener38
1 review
2 helpful votes
December 27th, 2017

The CSI Premier worked as advertised out of the box. Time will tell how well it continues to work but so far, so good, especially considering its price point. Has more features than units costing much more. The one year warranty is not commonly found in this price range, with some of the competitors offering only 30 days which, in some instances, is not even enough time to verify proper operation. I like it.

Thumbnail of user billh190
1 review
1 helpful vote
April 11th, 2018

Quick shipping, good prices. Everything you'd expect from a good retailer. 4 out of 5 because 5 means it's the best ever, almost none should ever give a 5, unless they did something truly exceptional. Likewise, there should be a zero star option for companies that are intentionally ripping you off...

Thumbnail of user rickw84
1 review
2 helpful votes
March 15th, 2018

This item is very good! Shipping was a little costly. To my surprise just as good or better than some other meter I have bought in the past.

Thumbnail of user randyh70
1 review
2 helpful votes
March 5th, 2018

Had a small problem, but it was immediately resolved. Roy did an excellent job. Thank You Would recommend them.

Thumbnail of user billd114
1 review
2 helpful votes
March 22nd, 2018

I have used the iron for a few jobs already and I am completely satisfied. The soldering tip that was supplied with the unit was too small in diameter for the holding arrangement. Fortunately, I order additional tips, which appear to be of better quality and fit snugly. The price is great. I would recommend it to fellow electronics folks.

Thumbnail of user jeffb261
1 review
1 helpful vote
March 20th, 2018

Well,,,,
I'm a big analog fan, and I expect some dissapointments from digital.

It didn't let me down.

The biggest one was with the X/Y display.
It's nothing but a cloud of dots.
Not a clean line trace you see with an analog scope. In short, it sucks. If you need a lissajous pattern, you are outta luck.

Triggering is not great, not like a Tektronics analog scope.

Multicolor is nice, but not needed.

It's noisy at very low levels. Even with the probes disconnected.

But having said all of that, it's a very nice digital scope, particuarily for the price.

Put up against digital scopes costing four times as much, it is very nice.

No better bang for the buck!

Thumbnail of user samn80
1 review
2 helpful votes
January 3rd, 2018

My item arrived damaged, not due to shipping. I opened the box and the face of the variance fell off. I tried to screw it back on using the screws that were still on it, but they are stripped. I bought it as a refurbished unit, but wont do that again.
However, the returns process was very easy, therefore I gave a higher rating based primarily on that. Thank you.

Thumbnail of user donaldy6
1 review
1 helpful vote
March 7th, 2018

I am pleased with my purchase. It arrived fairly quickly. The only way to get cheaper prices is outside the country and would take a considerably longer time to arrive.

Thumbnail of user lukes71
1 review
0 helpful votes
November 21st, 2017

The power supply I needed was in stock, ordering was easy. Shipping was prompt and the overall price was quite reasonable. I've told all my friends about Circuit Specialists.

Thumbnail of user johns2507
1 review
0 helpful votes
November 16th, 2017

This is my second one of these (two different labs). I'm very happy with it. The reason for four stars is that the directions for assembly are pretty much useless. To figure out where stuff goes you have to go to the image that is on line at Circuit Specialists and look at the photo to assemble it.
The quality is good even when compared to units that cost twice as much or more.

Thumbnail of user davidg485
1 review
0 helpful votes
January 4th, 2018

Better than expected especially due to the price... Didn't want to pay a fortune when its just a hobby.

Thumbnail of user rickv24
1 review
1 helpful vote
March 2nd, 2018

Don't get me wrong, this is a real nice unit, I'm just hopping my inexperience hasn't let me assume it will adjust in ways that it wasn't meant to! Time will tell if this Old Carpenter is cut out for Hobby Electronics.

Thumbnail of user davidn168
1 review
1 helpful vote
December 7th, 2017

Directory could be improved to help find things more easily, but on the whole it was pretty straightfoward. Shipment didn't have a packing list which I found strange - but it was as ordered.
Will shop here again.

Thumbnail of user devonb30
1 review
0 helpful votes
February 3rd, 2018

Just a couple of keywords will get you in the ballpark of your product, and the checkout is the epitome of simple.

Thumbnail of user freddieh38
1 review
0 helpful votes
February 1st, 2018

The parts ordered were as listed and were packaged very well. I will order again soon. I think the price and shipping were reasonable.

Thumbnail of user billyn19
1 review
0 helpful votes
December 19th, 2017

I received the parts in a timely manner. I have not installed the parts. But the parts that were included in the kit are all here.

Thumbnail of user dennish99
1 review
0 helpful votes
December 12th, 2017

Would do business with them again. They have a good variety of products for many different communications applications.

Thumbnail of user al30788
1 review
1 helpful vote
November 22nd, 2017

Unpacking foam gets messy. If possible switch to another type of packing.

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