> My oldest kid got a very noisy police toy and rather than just removing the batteries I decided to lower the volume instead.

I know it’s not the point of the post but this kind of thing gets posted by engineers entirely too often. A normal person would unscrew the plastic body and put a piece of tape on the noisemaker to achieve the same effect in two minutes flat. Zero electronics tools or skills needed.

As for the bench, it’s quite nice. As other posters have pointed out you can do a surprising amount in a modern kit with a usb recharged soldering iron, decent multimeter, and a handheld oscilloscope. I personally use stackable clear plastic divider bins I got at target instead of a drawer setup.