It's probably not too bad of a kit for starting out, but I think you will quickly outgrow it if you do a lot of portraiture with them. One thing you might want to think about is how well these lights work with other types of light modifiers, such as beauty dishes, grids, and the like.
They are not that powerful. That's fine if you just plan on sticking to indoor portraiture with typical apertures. If you have aspirations of doing product photography at small apertures, you might consider something more powerful.
I personally think studio strobes are a lot easier to use than speedlights, even outdoors. I barely even use my speedlights anymore.
The thing is, you can agonize over all the choices of lights and never make a decision. Sometimes it's necessary to just get started. I bought a kit like this when I first started. The only thing I still have are the stands -- I use them to hold flags and whatnot. It took me a long time to figure out what I needed for my preferred style. I would've never figured it out had I not bought a lot of wrong things along the way!
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