After coming here to try and buy some supplies, I'm frankly amazed that these guys are still in business.
First of all, their store is hidden inside of what looks like a shared space with a car repair garage or something. There is a Honolulu Electronics sign on the outside of the building, but there are two doors on the outside of the building that would lead you to think that either of them are the entrance to the store, but alas, they aren't. They are both locked, with absolutely no indication that the real door is actually inside the walk-in garage area. It's almost as if they DON'T want you to find their store!
Second, for a store that calls itself an "electronics" store, they really don't seem to sell much of anything here. I went in to buy an RJ45 Ethernet crimping tool, but I was told that they don't sell them. I found this unfathomable, given the fact that they do sell the very same RJ45 plugs that one would expect to need a crimping tool in order to use. It makes as much sense as a hardware store that stock nails, but doesn't sell hammers. It's even more strange, considering that they do sell other tools like wire strippers. And it wasn't even a simple matter of them being out of stock of crimpers. The salesperson flat out told me that they don't sell them AT ALL! I stood there for a few seconds in sheer disbelief before walking out in disappointment, and vowing to not waste my time trying to buy anything from here in the future. It's things like this that should not cause store owners to be surprised why people like to buy things from Amazon or Best Buy instead.
Their entire offering of tools and connectors consists of a 8'x3' pegboard on their wall. It's kind of sad. I really have to wonder how they manage to stay in business, given the paucity of their inventory. read more