InventrReviews of inventr.io

The first board we received was faulty. I understand that sometimes happens, but felt like the person responding to my situation had to be prompted more than once to rectify the situation. I just received a new board and I'm excited to start the journey over.

Toward the end of December I saw an intriguing ad on Facebook for an adventure kit. "30 Days Lost In Space" was the title and it offered a mix of programming and electronics for the beginner. It Delivered. I really enjoyed it, and it was well worth the money spent. I had some background in both disciplines and it reminded me just how much I enjoyed doing both programming, and electronics. Most kits of this nature just give you parts and datasheets, but this one also gives you a backstory and videos to make it fun. There were a few bumps that they took care of related to the online lessons and code, but the amazing thing was that, if you had a question, you could post on their Facebook group and get an answer right away. Most people there are "noobs" and more than willing to help each other out.Much better than when I was learning C 30 years ago. I'd recommend this to anyone who has the desire to broaden their knowledge of both code and electronics in a fun way. I'll be ordering a second kit for a nephew soon, and some more for my nieces when they get a couple of years older. A great diversion for these cooped-up times...

It's a solid concept (worth 5 stars!), but I can only give it a 3 right now because we were frustrated very early on (the very first mission). We could not get my son's Mac to recognize the HeroBoard card that was attached. I did finally get it to connect to my PC, but by then we got busy and haven't advanced. I do hope to come back--at the very least--on my PC, but it makes it harder because he can't use his own laptop to do the missions if I'm using my PC. Oddly, my dad (who purchased one for my son and one for him so he could follow along) was unable to get his PC to recognize the Heroboard. So, it is not just a Mac issue. I love the concept and your company, but the early frustration stalled us so far. To be fair, we have yet to steel ourselves to reach out to customer service and troubleshoot it on the Mac.

Fantastic introduction to programming Great little kit and projects. I'm still learning and recommend everyone to hive it a go

The experience is sincerely incredible. I am going through the journey with my son and I found it as a great mix between fun and science. Since we are working together on Scratch (school homework), it is great to have such an experience linking programming and electronics. I am so glad to have found a way to strengthen our dad-son relationship! Thank you.

This course provided an engaging method to learn code while working towards a fun goal. The pacing of the course enabled the users to go as fast or slow as they needed. I recommend they expand the videos to include optional more technical content and perhaps include topics like integrating Servos to dock with the mother ship.

I am under the impression this is a small company. With that as context I am really impressed with what they are putting together. I think the original theme and the introductory video rate 5 stars. I think that the fulfillment is about 3 1/2 stars. The lessons depart from the theme just a little bit. The theme adds gamification but the videos require extra imagination. I think there is a lot of room for improvement here, but haven’t seen anyone else capitalize on the opportunity. I would love to see inventr improve here. I would still buy the product in the current iteration. I did have the opportunity to work with customer service and did work with real people. Overall good experience. I am glad I had the opportunity to run into Inventr and have suggested it to others.

Barely halfway through it and having a lot of fun with the '30 Days in Space' kit! As someone relatively new to electronics, I found that some fundamentals were skipped in learning about the components (Why do I need a 120 ohm resistor for a LED? Why not a 2200 ohm? etc). The only disappointment is that the lessons undermine the marketing. I bought the kit because of the title. You can get electronic kits everywhere, but you don't often get a story - that's what roped me in. While I fully acknowledge that '30 Days in Space' is all pretend, I wanted to participate in the story as much as learning to write sketches and build circuits. You had a suspension of disbelief expert, Robert Picardo, helping you launch this course! Leverage a little drama, and this course will REALLY fly.