I dream of a day when getting pcb's done would cost the same here as compared to China and a day when we have dozens of sites like aliexpress and a day when you could find any part for any device just like we go for grocery shopping.
https://onlyscrews.in/ was useful for me recently. My stock of fasteners from aliexpress has begun to dry out.
The current cost here is acceptable, 5pcs 5x4cm board for 1k, and trust me price has gone down a lot here in India, of course China is better, and they will always stay better in future than us.
Good experience with robu.in, delivered in 2 days (shipped via bluedart 49/- delivery charge if order under 500)
Hope they improve their website, it feels slow
Hope they improve their website, it feels slow
Robu is great, but my only complaint with them is they erased all my order history from 2019, now it's only showing orders from 2024, bad move. I lost all my credibility, I had so many orders.
Also they don't let you change your email address, I mean its 2025, I can't change my email address on shopping site.
If you can wait a bit (~20 days), Robu offers cheaper PCB service with much better output quality (perfect silkscreen among other varied things) than LionCircuits. Regular customer here of both vendors.
I suspect that Robu actually get their PCBs done from JLCPCB or a very very similar vendor (even their packaging and labeling is ditto same).
I suspect that Robu actually get their PCBs done from JLCPCB or a very very similar vendor (even their packaging and labeling is ditto same).
That's messed up, I was considering them for a couple of adafruit boards — not anymore, thanks for letting us know.
For this kind of stuff always buy from mouser, digikey, element14, rsdelivers, etc, most Indian sites don't offer datasheets of discrete components, even when they do provide upon asking, they just get it from google whichever feels good to them and send it to you. So you never know what you gonna get.
Lithium Lifepo4 batteries and accessories:
1. https://vippotech.in/ (he has yt channel. better whatsapp him) Cheapest lifepo4 cells I found from him. I bought 8s 100ah (24v) Highstar pack from him. Also 4s 6a lifepo4 cells.
2. https://store.arbaccessories.in/ ordered neey 2a bms balancer here. Website prices are excluding gst and shipping.
3. Genuine EVE cells: https://www.youtube.com/@mdsenterprise He has eve 280ah cells. Even 14kw packs and inverters.
4. https://www.aasthamart.com/ bought ashapower inverter from here + solar mcb set.
Prices are much cheaper here. Since, we don't make lifepo4 cells in India, all of them are imported. EVE being the best of them all. And Highstar being a poor man's substitute but still good.
1. https://vippotech.in/ (he has yt channel. better whatsapp him) Cheapest lifepo4 cells I found from him. I bought 8s 100ah (24v) Highstar pack from him. Also 4s 6a lifepo4 cells.
2. https://store.arbaccessories.in/ ordered neey 2a bms balancer here. Website prices are excluding gst and shipping.
3. Genuine EVE cells: https://www.youtube.com/@mdsenterprise He has eve 280ah cells. Even 14kw packs and inverters.
4. https://www.aasthamart.com/ bought ashapower inverter from here + solar mcb set.
Prices are much cheaper here. Since, we don't make lifepo4 cells in India, all of them are imported. EVE being the best of them all. And Highstar being a poor man's substitute but still good.
Seems like site is new, There are no options when you click on a particular category. All products are bunched together
Usually my rule of thumb is, if what you want is available on the regular old go to sites or the site you already have been ordering from, then no need to buy from the new ones.
Only jump to new site if something is not available. Use other sites for price check, just to be sure that any one in particular is not trying to rip you off.
Only jump to new site if something is not available. Use other sites for price check, just to be sure that any one in particular is not trying to rip you off.
