On Dec 28, 2008, at 9:48 PM, William Chops Westfield wrote:

>
> On Dec 28, 2008, at 7:31 PM, Joseph Bento wrote:
>
>> Mouser and Digikey do have a Vectorboard stripboard product, but I
>> find it prohibitively expensive for the small size of the board.
>
> Yeah, for some reason "stripboard" is really expensive in the US.
> Futurlec has a couple reasonably priced versions:
>    http://www.futurlec.com/ProtoBoards.shtml
> (they're NOT north american, and they have a reputation of being
> somewhat slow on delivery, but I find them a useful vendor...)

Their price on the 110x94mm board is really good!  I just don't  =

understand why we can't buy a board like the 119x455mm like Rapid  =

sells here in the States.

I mentioned Rapid as a source, and they've changed!  Nothing wrong  =

with their prices for the board, but they no longer have standard air  =

mail as a shipping option!  They want to ship via some courier service  =

to the USA for a fee on the order of =A360 - that's about $120 folks!   =

Far too much for a stripboard order.

Interestingly, Newark, part of the Farnell UK group, does have  =

Veroboard (brand) listed, but the price is a shocker!  See:

http://www.newark.com/jsp/search/productdetail.jsp?SKU=3D95M0365&CMP=3DAFC-=
TL10000001

And the order is shipped from the UK as it is, making it a $20  =

shipping fee!

Admittedly, it is a good-sized board at 100x500mm, but still pricy!

Joe


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