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By Mikejstb
#13063 I got three of these - two were dead on arrival.
The dead ones have a blue colored PC material, the one that works is a tan color.
Other than the two dead ones - that I'm having an argument with the vendor as we speak - my opinion of these is they're OK, but they're just so wide they are hard to prototype with.

I prefer this - https://www.tindie.com/products/Ba0sh1/esp8266-esp-0712-full-io-breadboard-adapter/
it doesn't have USB but it does bring the rx/tx/gnd pins out in a nice way.

and this - https://www.tindie.com/products/AprilBrother/tinyesp-esp8266-breadboard-adapter/
which is even more compact.

I've been prototyping with these, then building the final products with ESP-12 modules.

Oh yeah, I also like the fact that all of the products I've bought at Tindie work - LOL!