What to stock at Futurlec? (That's not at Tayda)

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B3ar
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Post by B3ar »

I need to get a bunch of LDRs for projects, so I'm trying to see what else I should stock to justify my order. I normally do Tayda for my stock-ups, and I know a couple holes in their inventory, like 741s.

Anybody noticed other handy parts to have that Futurlec has that Tayda doesn't?

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Post by IvIark »

In all honesty I'd get the LDR's off eBay, you can get 50 for about £1.50 and they work great. Do a search for:

GL5516
GL5528
GL5537
GL5539
GL5549

And see who has the best prices. Here's one seller I've recently bought from

https://stores.ebay.com/goodelectronics ... mit=Search
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Post by Govmnt_Lacky »

Another thing to beware with Futurlec....

EVERYTHING on their website is listed as "In Stock" however, that is far from the truth. EVERY TIME I have ordered from them, I had to wait because one or more of the items was NOT in stock even though the website clearly stated they were. :whappen:

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Post by PaulBass »

I would avoid Futurlec all ALL COSTS. They had me wait 6 weeks just to tell me the parts were not in stock. Tayda is hit or miss. they sell a lot of counterfeit semiconductors made in china. I got burned with some phony NE5532's. I avoid those sellers altogether now and buy everything at Digikey and Mouser

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