CBT nuggets

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Hello,
I passed my A+ last month, but thought I would start a thread here as this part of the fora is very active.
I'm considering getting more certs (aren't we all?), listing Security+ among them. I've watched all of Messer's videos, and read a couple of books, but there's something that people here keep talking about: CBT nuggets.

So I had a look today. There seems to be 2 types of access: subscription ($1188/year), and individual access to courses (e.g. $199 for Security+, valid for a month).

If I enrol, will I be able to download the videos, to watch whenever I can/want?
What about the quality? Are they on a par with Messer's? Better? Worse?

In addition, with the subscription I think there's also access to prep tests. How good are these? Are the question pools large? Do they include explanations?

Cheers.

 

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I have taken a look for you and there are some videos on youtube so you could get an idea of your thoughts on cbt nuggets

 

You can also go to their site and watch 2 minutes of any video.

 

I took a couple of their courses and watched videos of them and TrainSignal (work was paying for it!)

I found CBT good. Their trainers were fairly funny, and also had a clear enthusiasm for the subject. Don Jones for instance, is so in love with PowerShell! He's got a great first-look Server 2012 series on YouTube. My only gripe was that I didn't feel you'd be able to pass from the videos ALONE (at least not the Server 2008 R2 stuff I was doing) - although, perhaps work didn't get or pass along these practice tests...

For Security+, I watched some Messr, but my main resource was this Darril Gibson book - the Kindle version is especially amazing value (can't see from your profile whether your a fellow UKer, but here, on Kindle, it's £6.67).