Best bang for the buck capacitors

silver faced

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Looking for a source to buy lots of capacitors ! If anyone has a good source would you mind sharing it with me ?
 
Yes, Nichicon would give you most bang for your buck. Also, Sprague Atom for critical small values such as in bias circuit. JJ multi-can capacitors are great value, too.

Been using all of the above for the past 12+ years and no issues at all.

If I'm recapping a solid state circuit, I'd use Wima film caps.
 
Best bang for the buck film caps IMO is Illinois (or IC) caps. Allied sells them. I like them better than sonicap, Dayton, Solen, orange drops, etc..
 
Here's an example of the sort of thing I buy-
http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/United-Chemi-Con/ELXY350ELL331MJ20S/?qs=sGAEpiMZZMtZ1n0r9vR22XCqRf/PWIbcdKXRYZWukS4=

I don't look for bang for the buck, though there are a bunch of series with different performance, all for similar prices. IMO, United Chemicon, Nichicon and Panasonic have better life than some others. I also like Illinois film caps, but tend to avoid their electrolytics, at least the common ones that are easy to find. Though I use Digikey and Mouser most of the time, I always check the overstock listing at Allied. Sometimes you can get great deals on caps there.

Like this-
http://www.alliedelec.com/nichicon-upm1v331mhd6to/70187780/
 
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I guess we should define "bang for the buck" then.. a good quality manufactured cap at a good price is what I define it as.
 
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