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Buying the Parts vs. Buying the Kits

Comparing the cost of sourcing your parts vs. buying on Kitables

At Kitables, we design and curate builder kits that have all the rights parts and instructions you need to build a project. We often hear the question, “can’t I just order all of these things on Amazon for cheaper?” Well, we decided to dive in head first to research that very question for you with one of our kits.

FIND THE PARTS CASE STUDY:
We decided to analyze our popular Bluetooth Speaker Kit. First off, you can buy any number of bluetooth speakers on Amazon, Best Buy and even the airport. They range in price from as low as $20 to over $200 and equally range in quality and attractiveness. But, you’re looking to make something and feel that sense of real accomplishment. To make your own speaker you need to...

How the Maker Movement Could Save the World

The maker movement is a non-official movement of builders, tinkers and do’ers. While the term “maker” has become the standard across the movement, you do not have to self-identify with the term maker to be apart of the fun. The movement is not about status or special talents or infinite wealth … it is the passion for the “DIY” build. The public perception of the maker movement consists of robotics enthusiasts who are masters of tinkering; however, the spectrum varies in people and personalities that can be considered “maker-minded.” The world we live in today was created by these maker-minds, with their innovative spirits and do’er personalities. But the maker movement is something much more than inventor culture....

Father's Day 2016: Best DIY Kits For Dad

Kitables At The 2016 Rocky Mountain STEAM Fest

The Kitables team had a lot of fun at the 2016 Rocky Mountain STEAM Fest held at the Boulder Fairgrounds. Besides the one time where someone got a hold of the Lego Drone controller and took it for a brief unauthorized flight, the event went off without a hitch. The paracord watch building activity we held at our booth turned out to be much more popular than we anticipated. In fact, we ended up using all of the kit materials we brought to the fair.

When we weren’t helping people build paracord watches at our booth, we were having lots of fun educating booth visitors about our various kits. We got to explain how...

Awesome Stuff is Happening!

I am super stoked and proud to announce that Kitables was accepted into the accelerator program CatalyzeCU this summer along with seven other amazing companies!!!!

We have also brought on some new teammates including the very talented Malcolm Young as our CTO. It’s been a year since...

We Blew Up a Rubik's Cube For Our Kickstarter Video