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Adjustability

Customers have a generally positive opinion about the adjustability of this power supply, with some expressing ease of use and fine control capabilities. However, there are concerns regarding its noise level and difficulties in saving settings for quick access.

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Build Quality

Customers have mixed positive opinions on the build quality of the KORAD KA3005P Power Supply. While some are pleased with its solid construction, others acknowledge minor flaws but still consider it a great value for money due to its functionality and performance. Some customers have had issues with previous versions but report that these have been addressed by the manufacturer.

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Quality


Very easy to operate and the possiblity of saving 4 different configurations its great.


A fantastic tool for the electronics bench.


It's a royal pain to adjust the voltage and current with the same constant speed knob, having to first select which of the two ...  Read More


Memory settings on the other hand are way too easy to hit by accident and you could find yourself in the wrong voltage if you a...  Read More

Price


This is a great power supply for the money.


This is an excellent benchtop power supply for the price.


It's a great price but still a significant investment so i was understandably nervous about how it would perform or if it would last.


For the price, it might be pretty hard to beat this power supply.

Packaging/appearance


Be aware -- the bright white lettering shown in the advertising picture appears to have been photoshopped, it's nowhere near that bright.

Competitiveness


I returned a similarly priced power supply because it had a very noisy signal that was not suitable for powering microcontrolle...  Read More


Web discussion suggests that there are better versions of the control software -- freeware -- online that would be worth investigating.


This is very similar to the velleman ps3005d.


Surprisingly, all the low cost switching supplies on amazon are all referenced to ground.

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  • Our engine has detected that Amazon has altered, modified or removed reviews from this listing. We approximate total reviews altered up to 386.
  • Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 185 reviews as of our last analysis date on Feb 28 2025.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The manual could be a bit clearer but its not that hard to figure out how to use it


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    There are units that are less expensive than this but none of those have the onoff switch for the output


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The feet will leave marks on your desk or antistatic pad so put something underneath this if you want to avoid that


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I have found no surprises in the firmware


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The transformer clearly will deliver the 30v at 5 amps


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I have had it to 30v at 1 amp already and it was effortless


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I have not tested the usbtocomputer connection and software yet


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Web discussion suggests that there are better versions of the control software freeware online that would be worth investigating

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