I’m in the Houston area on and am sitting here wondering what I’m going to do on this hot Saturday afternoon. Now I know. This place looks awesome and if the algorithm had not suggested this video I would never know they existed. Thanks great video.
@Lb-bj6st
Ай бұрын
Another cool place is Game Preserve, a retro arcade with 80s and 70s arcade games and pinball
@christiansantos7164
20 күн бұрын
I’m in Houston and quickly forwarded this video to my group text friends asking who’s down to meet up!
@ernestoterrazas3480
4 ай бұрын
I am a Mexican electronic engineer 75 years old, I started learning electronics by mail in NATIONAL SCHOOLS IN 1964 But I'd use to go to LA one or two times a year (I have family there) So I been around there fore ever and used all the electronic stores around and in the last two or three years I just go to the places this Electronic stores use to be and Cry actually Cry. The nostalgia is so big that I can't help it. But the saddest part of the story is thinking where the young people are going to get elements for their investigations, their professional personal development. I invented a lot of things because I had the opportunity to play around with all this components Vacuum tubes, transistors relays, etc. etc. also in the field of chemistry the same things happened and more because a lot of substances available then are bound now.
@MrBonez208
3 ай бұрын
Self taught 46 electronic technician. Later became an engineer and went to school for testing out of electives. I took 4-6yrs and condensed it into about 18 months. I have an associate and bachelor’s degree in electronics and broadcast engineering. I also studied and have a bachelor’s degree in RF engineering. The American school of broadcasting is one of them. Tampa Technical Institute is the other. It’s no more either. Upset by its credibility, I still had to prove myself by my results. I became who I am today. As a child and teenager, I absolutely loved every minute to be in this kind of environment! The nostalgia is infectious and incredibly inspiring to want to understand and create and or fix something! I certainly hope that we can keep these kinds of places alive; via internet connections and the in the know folks. We return to places of such for the convenience of having it in hand or to look without having to directly ask for a specific part. We could find it in something else thats around. Couldn’t agree more @ernestoterrazas3480 !
@byktorvictor
Жыл бұрын
Thank You for advertising EPO on your channel. Long time EPO customer After Radio shack and fry's going out business EPO is the place to go
@BjornV78
Жыл бұрын
Even the music was from the 80's. Such old Electronic parts store can be a treasure hunt if you are looking for old absolete parts.
@jikosauce
10 ай бұрын
Are they still good to use? How long do components last? The ones with chemicals I guess wouldn't last as long as the ones that are only metal
@jasondodt4328
Жыл бұрын
This is not only a electronics shop, its a museum, an archive and insanely nostalgic. I would go to the US just to visit this shop! Thanks for sharing...
@MindBodySoulOk
4 ай бұрын
Don't open the red cases, that's where they keep the Arc of the Covenant.
@PaulHayman-tq5kb
3 ай бұрын
Me too
@TheMaddogronh
5 ай бұрын
I'm 72 years old,, my uncle use to take me to Sparkys in Fresno when I was 10 years old,,,, this brought back some good memories !! Thanks for the video.
@big8news
5 ай бұрын
That was sad win they torrid it down just so they built a another Walgreens right there. I know they did move the store but I went out of business. I know I have a few components from there because they threw them in the trash out my old job I used to work at
@arttrek2
5 ай бұрын
I worked at Sparky Electronics back in 1981; it was my very first job. They only had new merchandise (and some new old-stock stuff), not any used equipment. When I moved to the San Francisco Bay area, we had Weird Stuff Warehouse, Excess Solutions, Halted/HSC, and Fry's. Alas, they are all gone now. The effects of aging owners and a changing hobbyist market. The only thing we have left now is a ham swap meet that occurs once a month for about half the year.
@congaman100
5 ай бұрын
You are so lucky to have a store like that in your area!
@erik61801
5 ай бұрын
that stores music system sounds great. perfect soundtrack looking around
@sketchypoodle1236
4 ай бұрын
"I'm looking for crimp connectors"! 😆 I wouldn't have done any better...awesome tour. Now I have a reason to visit Houston.
@BetterBiomedChannel
4 ай бұрын
Visit houston to find some crimp connectors - that's the kind of thing I'd tell my wife! 🤣
@alexstovall7193
Ай бұрын
There used to be an EPO over in Clearlake area. They shut it down probably 10 years ago now. But I used to go in there all the time. I absolutely loved it. It always reminded me of Doc's workshop from Back to the Future! I will definitely have to go stop by here!
@timthomas9105
5 ай бұрын
Started in the Navy 1979 at 17 years old. Had a 30 year career in electronics. Now that I'm retired am thinking about doing all of those electronics hobby projects a had no time for while in the BIZ. I have a Granddaughter who turns 15 on Saturday. She has expressed an interest in robotics and I bought her a big kit. Then I found out that she has a plastic molding machine. I offered her a laptop when she's ready.
@WillH1776
4 ай бұрын
I know it's been a year, but I hope it's still around cause my electronics parts store had to close up shop not too long ago. Help keep it alive whatever you can do. These stores are becoming defunct when online stores are taking over, it's sad.
@stephendumars9727
4 ай бұрын
It is still there; I go there once every 3-4 months as necessary.
@WillH1776
4 ай бұрын
@@stephendumars9727 that's good. The store owner must not want to see it go either.
@bonanafannafo4076
Ай бұрын
Living in Houston, Ive been there many times. Back even further was Madison Electronics down town. Others also gone by the wayside were Electrotex, City Electronics, Anchrona. There was another EPO other side of town near NASA but it was unaffiliated with this EPO on the west side.
@jethrobo3581
5 ай бұрын
They used to have a somewhat similar place here in the Dallas area called "Tanner Electronics." That place closed several years back. I sure do miss it... Wish some other similar store would open... Each Saturday that place seemed to be packed w/customers. Oh well, Fry's couldn't make it either. Farewell to the electronic hobbyist trying to get a glimpse of the past and present electronics parts and tools.
@kensyootoob
5 ай бұрын
Yes yes. I miss Tanner-bo-Banner ... good times there.
@DougRowland-sw4nt
Ай бұрын
@@jethrobo3581 I miss Tanners. It was on my way home from work when I went into the office. I stopped by quite often. Like if I needed a 100 foot VGA cable or a couple of random resistors. They’d likely have it.
@stickerhoggz
Ай бұрын
YES!!!! This place is amazing!!! Has so much, and cannot say how many years i have been buying from here... since really 1990's.... EPO to the rescue!
@erikribeiro5772
28 күн бұрын
I haven't been to EPO in something like 20 years. Time for me to go check it out again!
@pfb3264
Жыл бұрын
Awesome video. Wow what a find ! Absolute treasure trove . Thank you for sharing with the community. 😊 Shared the video with my local Makerspace group
@KC-pf4tj
4 ай бұрын
Wow, how cool! Brought back memories seeing some of the old oscilloscopes. Even the old dbx audio boxes we used 30 years ago to get better S/N ratio on our music. Thanks sooo much for the walk through!
@dhansel4835
4 ай бұрын
Here in Houston we have Ace Electronics and EPO (Electronic Parts Outlet).
@BetterBiomedChannel
4 ай бұрын
I've done videos on both
@MadMax351
4 ай бұрын
This store should never be allowed to disappear like stores like this have done, Thank you so much.
@thechuckyboi1438
28 күн бұрын
usually pisses me off when people ask for likes and subs but after an hour and 3 mins of some of my favorite content on you tube recently I had to fold. Looking forward to next upload!
@patriot7083
Ай бұрын
My wife says that store looks like my garage. We finally agree about something. BTW, I looked up this store on Google Maps and discovered that it's across the street from Piney Point Elementary where I was in the 5th grade in 1970-71.
@michaelallen2971
26 күн бұрын
We used to have something like that here in Arlington, Tx. It was called electronic discount sales. You could buy anything there
@PinnacIeSaint
Ай бұрын
I luv dumpster diving in places like that. it's just as amazing what gets thrown away. I live by where Compaq computer used to be and they'd always throw away brand new computers. The only thing better than finding stores like this is seeing those same parts come back to life in a project.
@BetterBiomedChannel
Ай бұрын
@@PinnacIeSaint so true!
@rca7591a
5 ай бұрын
Oh, you're down there on Fondren in Houston Texas. I shop there from time to time.
@outlawrebel4209
4 ай бұрын
Wow! Adding to bucket list! I remember as a kid going with my dad to a place in Minnesota, called "The ax man". A trip down memory lane. Thanks for sharing this.
@0221jimmy
26 күн бұрын
I'm here today Sep 2nd after see your video but they closed labor day😢 this store are heavenly place for guy like me
@joseluisureno444
5 ай бұрын
My favorite store in Houston, there used to be two of them here, the other one closed down I usually stay in that store at least a couple of of hours every time I go 😊
@KenIn_NH
4 ай бұрын
We lost our similar store in southern NH a couple years ago....a real gut punch to the hobbyist techs and resto folks. If you have one nearby, take the time to support them before they vanish. 😢
@christianelzey9703
4 ай бұрын
Bummer. Sadly the one in MA that I've been going to that used to be incredible (You Do It) is not looking so hot these days, think they gave up restocking during COVID and are getting ready to pack it in...
@picklerix6162
28 күн бұрын
It has been a long time since I have visited the EPO Fondren location. EPO use to have another location near Willowbrook Mall but, sadly, it closed.
@samspade7522
4 ай бұрын
We didn't have EPO in Denver but had Gateway electronics. I had the same sort of inventory. I used to work for an independent x-ray company and we sold a lot of old equipment removed from retiring chiro's to the store; but we also bought a lot of other stuff. It was truly a day of mourning when they closed their doors for good. (howdy to a BMET from a CRES)
@arlissyoung8899
4 ай бұрын
Yes this reminds me of the old hardware stores too. This is all long gone never to return sadly. At best we have the Big Box stores where most of the time you can't find help or pay someone to help out.
@primeral
4 ай бұрын
EPO is one of my favorite stores. I sent my engineer dad there to pick uo a part and he geeked out!
@randallthomas5207
5 ай бұрын
There used to be a store in Las Vegas, called Buck’s Surplus. It was similar, in it was crammed full of all kinds of esoteric, and obsolete equipment and devices. The fun part was Buck knew where everything was. And if you were trying to replace a broken device, you could bring in something broken, and Buck would walk right to it. Buck died, the store sat for a few years, and then burned to the ground.
@Remembergoodolddays
5 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video and for the very good music in the store !
@dreamscaped1
4 ай бұрын
This place reminds me of Active Surplus on Queen Street West in Toronto. I spent hours in there wandering around. It closed in 2015, but I still remember the gorilla in the front window.
@robertsnider8865
5 ай бұрын
That is a great place. Wish I was around one or I could go to that I would spend probably two days worth of exploring.
@davidnclearlaketx
4 ай бұрын
I haven't been to that location in years but I used to go to the EPO in Webster Clear Lake area until they closed. Good stuff! 👍😁
@Omiefury
Ай бұрын
This is really a cool store... I must visit... thanks for sharing.
@Omiefury
Ай бұрын
Would be nice if you could have sllllllooooooowwwweeeeddd it down a little bit.... since I have schizophenia... :).... but it's still watchable... I just have to look away often...
@PAJ3Cub
5 ай бұрын
I can actually smell that place!
@grahamnichols1416
5 ай бұрын
Mmmmm ... soldery goodness. "What isle for flux capacitors, please?"
@DougRowland-sw4nt
Ай бұрын
We had Tanners Electronics north of Dallas until a few years ago. I was so sad to see it close.
@waynesardullo2482
5 ай бұрын
I'm in NY and would DIE for a place like this to be even 4 hours away
@nevets68
5 ай бұрын
Wayne Electronics on Rt 23.
@ariels9885
5 ай бұрын
@@nevets68I used to go to Wayne Electronics as a kid in the 90's. I can't believe it's still in business.
@richardlewis869
4 ай бұрын
In Bristol .UK we had a shop called Pits of Picton street All ex MOD equipment and Electronic bits and pieces. You could get your allunium chassis made there. . I build many valve auido amplifier based on Mullard circuits. About 60 years ago
@Doggy-wt2gw
Ай бұрын
Used to drive past this place all the time wish I went in at some point
@g-ra7899
27 күн бұрын
el soundtrack, la señora hablando español de fondo, el estilo vintage simplemente increible, me encanta este video, i love this video, pls pls make more
@lJ0NATHANW1CKl
4 ай бұрын
5:51 one of my favorite 80’s songs 👀 Self Control
@MikeD0162
3 ай бұрын
It's if someone threw an antique store, thrift store and a Radio Shack on steriods in a bag, shook it up and this store fell out. Too bad this store is in Texas. My brother-in-law would love this place.
@AlL-ff7cn
Ай бұрын
I go there quite often for work. One Saturday while driving around with my father in law, I said I had to swing in to get some resistors. When we walked in, he looked around and said, "This ain't no Best Buy !!". When we left, I asked what he thought. He said, "This is a store for geeks, not a regular shopper." Yes it is. It's safe to say that probably 99% of the stuff on the shelves are DOA, but they are VERY proud of what they have and charge accordingly (expensive). I once found a beat up HP Pentium II laptop, asked about it, no power brick, never tested, no warranty, no returns....250 bucks. You GOT to be kidding me !! Yes, it's fun to look at and reminisce, but I'd never buy the old components. And I've been going there for 27 years.... I will admit, the staff are great and you could spend hours doing the "remember when...." stories back and forth.
@-WolfMan-
3 ай бұрын
Man, Talk about a Walk Down MEMORY LANE - Stuff I hadn't seen in a LOOOOOONG Time !!
@BreakTime10101
Ай бұрын
Cool stuff. We had those Bell and Howell projectors from elementary through high school. Also has that brown rotary dial telephone. Great video. Did the music get annoying?
@cartycartyamplifiersalesrepair
2 ай бұрын
Wow that's Amazing there's one like that in Orlando named sky Craft great store really appreciate your video 👍🏽👍🏽 🙏🏽
@madscientistlife
4 ай бұрын
6:30ish it's a carbon pyle load regulator with 5 parallel potentiometers and 3 more channels of rehostats.
@joshhoman
4 ай бұрын
I would live in the motor section. They would have to call the police to get me out!
@mosman11218
Жыл бұрын
Is that store in Texas? We need one like that in NJ
@paulstubbs7678
5 ай бұрын
Crazy, I almost wore out my pause button checking out their stuff, pity I'm on the wrong side of the planet.
@michaelfaklis8169
5 ай бұрын
I miss Fry's Electronics so bad. In sunnyvale we also had "Weird Stuff" and other used electronics stores. What happened?
@danjohnson8170
4 ай бұрын
Takes me back to Herbach and Rademan days!
@Alien_O1
5 ай бұрын
This is a hoarders dream. I can immagine going to the checkout only to be told its not forsale 🤣
@TheProluthier
4 ай бұрын
A dream come true!😮
@Mantikal
2 ай бұрын
1:17 - That might be a Grundig German vacuum tube radio. My parents used to have one. The size and style looks very similar to that one. The one we had - had a 1/2" slot the same width as that radio station dial. When one would turn on the knob, the radio had to warm up before it would turn on. As it was warming up, in that long 1'2" slot, two intense turquoise blue bands of light would start (at opposite ends of that slot) moving towards each other. They would waver a little back and forth as they moved toward each other. When they finally came into contact with each other in the center, the radio would emit a loud crackle sound and then one would hear the radio station. The one we had looked so similar to that and had six gold plated internal speakers - 2 in the front, 1 on each side and 2 in the back. The radio would send out a mono audio signal (not stereo). Now here's the icying on the cake - There was a modern component stereo system in the room tuned to a Black Funk and R&B station in NYC - WBLS. I hadn't seen this radio since I was a kid. My brother sent it out and got it fully restored and now that I was in my 20s would be the first time I would ever hear it on. As a kid, it was always discarded on the side, broken - never used. My brother tuned that old radio to WBLS too and switched it on. When it finally crackled to life that mono signal radio shot out a 3D holographic audio image of the DJ speaking in the station. I was so realistic that I actually jumped back from where I was standing because it felt like the DJ was in the room with me. That little radio made the modern stereo component system sound flat by comparison - since it was vacuum tube tech, the sound image was so much more warmer too.
@Nonsense62365
4 ай бұрын
Vacuum Tubes Have been used in Stereo Amplifiers and Stereo Preamps for over 80-90 years! with that said still being used today with Companies around the world! including US and Canada! VAC - Valve Amplification Company - US, NAT in Serbia. and many more
@JSGilbert
4 ай бұрын
Just discovered this video by chance and as luck would have it, I’ll be in Houston in a couple of months.
@ilhemedu31
4 ай бұрын
alibaba cave. All that's missing is the oil lamp as the store's logo. very nice place thank you
@ggolds5
4 ай бұрын
VERY COOL> We had a place like this called Cables and Connectors in Newington , Connecticut. When Radio Shack went out of business a few of the then unemployed store managers got together and opened the shop. The only place like it. WELL< it was very successful , but when it came time to retire they just closed it. NOW WHAT. LOL. Wish there was one like this in Connecticut. PS. I wrote this way before I finished the video. This place is INSANE!!!> I would spend so much money there. What state is this in?
@ianball3972
5 ай бұрын
Reminds me of Active Surplus in Toronto, Canada.... Damn I miss that place !!
@bobbyblood5150
4 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing, It's like hobby shop, Ben Frankling store and radio shack, old Woolworth, all in one. I did see old school receiver pioneer sx850, and some old OHM speakers, look like they had old radio control cars and planes huh? and that robot was R2D2, lol Shure brings back Memorys,
@gadeshtmounigama8479
4 ай бұрын
"In the day" we had Barby Electronics. Anything analogue and what existed digital. Recently while working on a project I was reminded of being able to drive there and get everything Id need. Now you try to find it online. Wait 5 or more days pay outrageous shipping cost to get small pack of resisters which the picker thinks you wont notice that dont match your specs..okay now lets play get a return order and do it all over again. Ironically, the parts are probably coming from the auctioned stock of the very stores that have closed their doors.
@classic287
4 ай бұрын
I need that microscope with stand
@tubeDude48
4 ай бұрын
Looks like they just put stuff anywhere! That's NUTS!
@danielmpr
5 ай бұрын
I went to the one in Houston LOVE IT ❤
@dragon66leo
Ай бұрын
😊 awesome explanation, i need to chk mine
@kemonoyama2084
5 ай бұрын
I'm a retired biomed..cool shop.
@hokepoke3540
4 ай бұрын
Now that is a fine toy store, you can just plant me in one of those rows, don't care which one.
@Mr.Fabrication007
4 ай бұрын
I imagine an older eccentric owner who doesnt really wamt to sell most of it, nostalgia shop museum tour!
@philkipnis740
5 ай бұрын
Really enjoyed your walk through Memory Lane there important note you cannot use other people's music in your background of your videos. FYI be very careful about background music I know other channels have gotten strikes over it in one case three strikes because they had three different videos with other people's music in it. So beware KZitem does look the stuff up
@BetterBiomedChannel
5 ай бұрын
I'm well aware of their copyright strikes. They just demonetized the video.
@billwoodall562
Ай бұрын
We have something like that in Orlando Florida call Skycraft surplus. I can get lost for hours in that place.
@BetterBiomedChannel
Ай бұрын
@@billwoodall562 Upcoming video
@wxstream8005
5 ай бұрын
APEX SURPLUS in Sun Valley California is this place on mega steroids, it has an inventory beyond belief plus it rents movie electronics props been there I think 50+ years..
@Tyler75D
4 ай бұрын
Lucky there's nothing like this where I live... I would never be able to leave, not to mention the economic issues I would have after a visit. :)
@lonesomelenny7606
5 ай бұрын
You found your own Disney Land.
@Szmisik
4 ай бұрын
This place reminds me of Cortland St in New York City before the built the WTC.
@gamedetective3920
4 ай бұрын
This place is awesome. It is so crammed up with stuff, it could be a fire hazard. Who cares, let me in!
@edwardfletcher7790
5 ай бұрын
OMG This place is AWESOME 👍👍👍 They don't have shops like this any more ☹️
@VIKING33NY
4 ай бұрын
Outstanding!! Now where is this place located?!!!!
@johnvanwinkle4351
4 ай бұрын
That store would be dangerous for me to be in…..😂
@Craig_Spurlock
5 ай бұрын
The only stores I have personally been to that came close to this level were the "Dow" stores, Mar-Vac Dow, Jan-Vac and just Dow Electronics, and that is minus all the cool audio gear. That looks like the blue ITT Tech student kit box at 29:48 in the lower left. I still have my box from 1995. If ever get to this store, I will have to stay in Houston for a week or two.
@danielerdman7543
Ай бұрын
You could build anything ! My kind of place…
@bstory3196
5 ай бұрын
skycraft in Orlando is about the same
@billbrock5486
4 ай бұрын
Very cool except your camera doesn't focus as fast as you are moving. I love places like this.
@fredtaylor9792
4 ай бұрын
I used to go there al the time for parts building guitar pedals. I just thought every city had a place like that. Then I moved to Oklahoma city. 😢
@dixter1652
5 ай бұрын
we used to have several of those stores... now they are all gone...
@bingdong8571
4 ай бұрын
They have an inventory management position available
@philipjamesmusic
Ай бұрын
What the crazy is that?? Haha that's funny to say , cool video
@fabiandeleon8458
Ай бұрын
Welcome back radio shack😂 but really that's a cool store indeed
@joaocandidodossantosnetoca9098
3 ай бұрын
Ola sou do Brasil voce tem reportagem sobre Radios Am e FM antigos.
@Steven-pv1xr
8 күн бұрын
In Atlanta we gad Delta electronics. Very similar. And we had Austin electronics. Very cool stores
@borisj4054
4 ай бұрын
Think if I ever make it the US for a holiday I will be touring all the electronics shops rather than churches and monuments. Probably will need an excess luggage tick back to Australia.
@swinde
4 ай бұрын
Where is this store? Never mind I just checked the header.
@pgmaillot
5 ай бұрын
Reminds me of Fry's in California in the early 90's! 🙂
@artbobik3516
2 ай бұрын
I still have a full electronics lab in a storage box in the garage but can't get the parts to fix anything anymore unless a run thru the streets during trash day to find thrown out electronic items I can strip - I am getting close to 80 and have not been able to find any kids interested in electronics to donate what I have to - I was a telephone man since 69 and there are no phone systems themselves left - everything is now like Cisco call managers and patch cords - no more telephone frames - everything now is plug and play and setup by a keyboard - I just got into wood working just to get out from in front of the PC's - I run three of them on my desk at the same time -
@BryanTorok
3 ай бұрын
Very eclectic. At 10:39 there is gun cleaning tools and supplies and then also USA flags.
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