“Starter kit is... fine but it has issues. There is a memory card supplied for the unit but no way to write to it (it's preloaded with OS so that's not too much of a big deal).
Main issue is the case. There's a slot for the sd card but it's misaligned to the board. If you insert the rpi into the case you cannot then later insert the sd card. If you insert the sd card first you can get it into the case, but it worryingly bends the SD card. The case then does not cleanly close as the epi is pushing up on the far side.
Looks like it's possible to screw down the rpi into the case... but screws are not supplied for this so the base isn't really usable.
Furthermore the rubber feet which you peel off a sheet and stick to the case were incorrectly cut (misaligned cutting machine) so all the feet are actually half-feet. Not a big deal but added to other issues makes the whole case feel very disappointing.”
“Works and is relatively inexpensive for someone wanting to try it out. However one warning is that 1GB isn't very powerful as I found out when it froze whenever I gave it CPU intensive tasks as 1GB is barely enough to run the OS that doesn't leave much RAM for anything else. So that for example when entering a command in the terminal of Visual Code I found text inputs lagged so I wasn't able to run scripts I planned to run. So if you plan to run applications getting something like Raspberry Pi 5 with 8 GB RAM will result in a much better user experience.”
“I bought the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Starter kit 1GB to create a Pi-Hole server for my home network. As this is not my first Pi purchase I was already familiar with product so I knew what to expect from the Pi-Hut team. Fast delivery via Royal Mail is always welcome. My Pi-Hole project was set up successfully and is running silently in the background making an excellent job of filtering out obtrusive advertising.”
“Everything you need to get started. The Pi is pre-loaded with Raspbian so just plug in the SD card and power it up. If you leave the SD card in it won't fit in the case, so you'll need a craft knife to trim a flange if that is needed.”
