 which is the better value or I guess you can say the better experience here. So not very long ago we had our fun shopping for puzzles at the Dollar Tree and during that shop I picked up quite a number of puzzle sets. Now you've already seen me do a comparison video on the dollar 25 sets and since then I've really been looking forward to checking out the more I guess you can say premium sets that cost three dollars. So you know what I figure why wait any longer let's see what these sets are all about. Now if you just so happen to be a fan of cheap puzzles hit that like button. So the first set that we are going to be working on is called Country Fair 2 I guess maybe there's a part one I don't know and this is by Rosar. It is 300 pieces and it's 24 inches by 18 inches when it's completed and the artwork is by Joseph Holladuke. I hope I said that right. Now these aren't just your typical 300 pieces these are extra large pieces and the box does have the actual pea size printed on the front here which is something I always like to see on puzzle boxes because it kind of gives you a sense of what you're dealing with in the set. But anyways as you can see here this set costs me three dollars at the Dollar Tree which is a place where you can typically buy pretty much everything there for 125 but since they've kind of brought up the whole premium higher quality items well they it's not just one dollar 25 anymore there but anyways this was only three dollars and it was located in the premium aisles and I think they had another 300 piece set I don't remember honestly at this point but of course you know I love this image because I love country fairs I love country fair food and rides the food more actually and just the atmosphere in general you know I'm here somewhere look there I am with my family picking up a pretzel this image is fantastic and then the next set that we're going to be working on after that one is called fishing at the cottage it is also by Rosar it is 500 pieces and it's 24 inches by 18 inches when it's completed and the artwork is by Franco Zappa now unlike the first box it does not show you the actual piece size printed on the front but I'm gonna suspect that of course it's gonna be smaller pieces because both of these puzzles are the same size I'm pretty sure I said in my last video that that's my house back there way off in the distance because this house right here couldn't quite possibly be mine I mean I know the lights are all on but the front of my house would never look that good I'm not I don't know anything about plants and flowers and whatnot so you know there's no way they they'd look that great and plus I don't have a dog so there's that but anyways now in case you didn't see my first dollar tree puzzle comparison video and if you hadn't I'm gonna leave the link down in the description box below but what I did was I took two different puzzle brands from Dollar Tree and I compared them even with them being the same puzzle count but here what we have are two puzzles from the same brand the difference here is the puzzle count now I want to know considering that they're both the same price which is the better value or I guess you can say the better experience here but anyways I really want to get started on these and and see what these pieces are like so you know what let's start opening these boxes and let's see what we got here all right so let's get this started let's start with the 300 piece puzzle first so these particular ones do have some tape on the side here so let's very carefully pull this out or better yet let's just cut it instead before I damage my boxes oh my goodness are you serious oh my goodness I must say um the tape itself is pretty darn strong all right well so much for trying not to damage it but anyways let's open this up all right so nothing else in the box there and here are the pieces and if you feel like I'm kind of whispering I am because my daughter's doing school downstairs so I'm gonna try to be as clear as possible don't really see any puffing dust to be honest let's just open this up finally all right here are the pieces so as stated on the box they are extra large pieces as you can very clearly see here um they are there's really going to be no mistaking what the details are in these pieces I'm gonna be honest the size of it kind of makes me feel like this is a puzzle for little kids but that's okay anyways let's take a look at this print here so far from what I'm seeing it is very clear the colors look very true to the colors on the box image take a look at this piece this is pretty darn clear these pieces do have a glossy finish to them as you can see here so that's good to note now the tabs themselves do have a tiny bit of gift to them which is honestly not surprising because the puzzle is only three dollars but in terms of overall thickness and strength I kind of feel like these are pretty darn good to be honest so that's the 300 piece I kind of want to move this to the side and quickly open up the 500 piece so that we can kind of compare that to the 300 pieces now obviously the 500 pieces are not the extra large pieces so you know what we're definitely going to get a difference in quality and strength and all that so let's see what we got here another thing I noticed with these sets is that there's really no puzzle dust in them which is quite nice so you pretty much have the same level of gloss finish to these the print on these pieces is pretty darn good as well take a look at that the colors are very vibrant and they're pretty darn true to the image almost more vibrant than the image look how clear that looks too that's a great print pedals on those flowers that's pretty darn detailed there and in terms of strength with these pieces it's pretty much the same I must say I'm quite impressed so far with these two sets let's put right now the 500 piece set away for the minute because what I want to work on first is the 300 piece set so we're gonna get this one started and finished first then we're gonna move on to our 500 piece set and then we're gonna see if any one of these is better than the other or if they're pretty much the same all right guys let's move on okay so that was simple enough I didn't go too crazy with this because it was only 300 pieces and at first I wasn't even thinking if I was gonna sort it but I figured why not and anyways first tray of course are the edges second tray are pieces that I kind of pulled out that had any letters or wording to them third tray have pieces with the sky in them next tray have all the pieces that I saw any kind of sand on next tray were pieces all with grass and these included people in the images anyways I didn't go too crazy kind of separating all that here are pieces with kind of like that transition between grass and sand and then the last tray I did were pieces that just had details with just rides on it for the most part again quick simple sort so let's move on oh geez it's funny but even at 300 pieces I failed to get all the edge pieces in the right tray but anyways I found this to be a super fun and simple image to piece together and it's hard for me to say which areas were the most challenging I don't know maybe parts of the sky but then again not really now aside from the fact that this image was great what also made this a very good experience was the variety of peace shapes and the pieces fit very well together nothing popped out it was a great hold I only wished that this whole session lasted me a bit longer this puzzle only took me about an hour to complete I knew this would be a quickie though but anyways after I had my fun with that I moved on to the next one because my puzzle juices were still flowing all right so I did a real quick sort here I didn't drive myself too crazy but anyways first tray edges next tray I put aside pieces for the house third tray has any pieces that have fencing the deck and the boats as well next tray has pieces with water detail then we have one with sky pieces this one here has anything with animals and the kids next tray is pretty much all flowers and plants and then the last tray is anything that I believe had to do with the trees so yeah pretty simple fairly easy so let's continue and yes once again I failed to get all the pieces in the right tray oh well after putting the edges together I didn't really know where to start with first so I just grabbed whatever tray was on top and just started piecing away all right so doing pretty good here so far we're just about I guess you could say just halfway done here putting the flower areas together were just a tiny bit tricky not too hard mainly these areas were kind of hard because they kind of look a bit similar but other than that a pretty easy image to put together so far but you know we still have this sky to do here in this tree so let's continue and the house wasn't too bad to piece together for me those are usually fairly easy depending on how grand the house is what I did struggle with were the big trees and that is something I usually find fairly challenging for me and surprisingly I didn't feel like the sky was too bad which is rare for me but honestly overall the image was not too challenging it was a good balance between easy and tough and of course I enjoyed piecing it together this puzzle took me about three hours to complete but how did this compare to the first puzzle I did so I wasn't surprised that each of these sets gave me a different experience so let's start with the 300 piece set now during my sort I noticed that one or two pieces I think were damaged which honestly is really not bad for a set that doesn't cost you very much but aside from that in terms of overall puzzling experience I have to say in terms of the fit it was actually really good it was certainly a puzzle that didn't crumble on me which to me I'm not a fan of crumbly puzzles and because the fit was good and it wasn't crumbly it did stand up to the pickup test and not only that quite surprisingly it actually passed my storage test so I was able to take it apart in sections quite easily and it held on really well together of course with a couple of pieces folding off but no big deal and everything stored in the box really well if you know that's what you want to do with it afterwards and even though it's only a 300 count set and it's only three dollars you actually get a pretty good variety of pea shapes so in that sense it's not boring and again these are extra large pieces so if you're into that kind of thing this is great so yeah overall this is a pretty solid puzzle set for for three dollars it turned out way better than I expected now moving on to the 500 piece set now considering what I experienced with the 300 count set I honestly wasn't too sure what to expect the 500 count and as I was puzzling my way through it one of the things that stuck out to me the most with this particular one was the fit it was a bit inconsistent throughout the whole image some areas were a bit on the loose side and because of that that particular area would be quite crumbly but then there were other areas that fit quite snugly but then those areas kind of had like that lifting off the puzzle board issue I kind of came across two of my pet peeves on the same puzzle which was kind of strange to me so because of those two issues I kind of already had a hunch that this wasn't gonna hold up well to the pickup challenge and what do you know I was right it turned into quite a disaster and of course because of that there was no way to store this the way I like to store my completed puzzles but that's okay because at the end of the day I still enjoyed putting these images together they both had a great print on them it was clear the colors were vibrant they have the same level of gloss they both have a good variety of pee shapes really the only major difference between these two sets that I found was the fit and the hold and I thought maybe it had to do with the thickness of the piece and I checked it with the caliper but they were both actually the same now I don't know in terms of deciding which one I liked more in terms of puzzling experience I have to say I do prefer the overall quality and feel of the 300 count set now if the 500 piece set wasn't so crumbly and loose at times it would kind of be perfect especially for three dollars because I did absolutely love this image I just wish that it held on better together really at the end of the day when it comes to deciding which premium dollar tree set you're looking to get it really just depends on what you care about most in terms of what goes on during your puzzle completion but then again everything that I've just said could just not matter to you and you know you just pick a puzzle that you know calls out to you so if you've got that puzzle shopping itch and you need to get some new sets these dollar tree premium sets are the way to go they're cheap the images are great and you're still honestly getting an overall decent experience for the price now if you're looking for a place to share your own personal puzzling experiences with me and with other puzzlers I do have an online community that you can join and I'm gonna leave a link down in the description box below that'll direct you to where that join link is and if you're new here and you want to see what else I have to say about other puzzle sets be sure that you're subscribed anyways guys I got a bunch of other things that I need to get done today so I hope you're all doing well thank you all for watching and I will see you in the next one