“This is an awesome little machine, and the pre soldered header means I can plug in gpio cables like with the larger pi's.
This is my second Pi Zero W for projects at home, it's small and unobtrusive and works away 24/7 without complaint.
However, running with a desktop UI can be a little juddery and there are often lags when typing due to the small processor- I tend to build and test code on a more powerful pi before copying over to the Zero, but I have also written large chunks on the Zero as well.
All in all given the price, this is outstanding value for home projects.”
“Already owning an older Pi Zero, I knew what to expect and its fine. However it is very slow compared tp a Pi 3 or 4. Even using it a base for a Christmas tree it is visibly running Python slower.”
“Bought these with the header as I needed them for a project that had a HAT. Works really well when used to run small projects. I use them for LED strips as it’s powerful enough. Worth setting up headless and using SSH”
