Rebranding of multimeters?

[nanofrog]

oh oh,  found another Gossen 28s clone, from Dranetz a DranTech ULTRA  ...

on google : drantech-ultra-brochure-rev3.pdf

Dranetz is owned by Gossen Metrawatt. So it's the same meter with different labels and boot color (light blue for Dranetz and dark green for Gossen).





FWIW, the bottom image is the current model, while the Dranetz is the previous model.

[cs.dk]

Brymen are also sold under "Elma" brand in scandinavia. They are in a green holster; https://elma.dk/produkter/el-maaleudstyr.aspx?FGroupID=1-130070&SortBy=

[EEVblog]

Speaking of Agilent, here's an interesting re-brand for you.  It's a Fluke 19 with "Agilent 977A" on the front.

Woah! 

From:
http://mrmodemhead.com/blog/gallery/agilent-977a/

[helius]

Back before HP was renamed to Agilent, they sold meters from the same numbering sequence, 973A and 974A. They were made by a HP-Yokogawa partnership in Japan.

[Zeitkind]

Dranetz sells Gossen multimeters for ages.. prob. because Gossen owns Dranetz? ^^

"Dranetz is owned by Gossen Metrawatt (GMC-I), a world leader in test and measurement instrumentation. Dranetz is the authorized distributor of Gossen Metrawatt products in North, Central and South America."

[rsjsouza]

This is perfect stuff for that improved EEVblog Wiki I was talking about.

That or add a column to wytnucls' excellent spreadsheet.

[fergch]

Another re-brand of a Fluke 17/19 is the Maplin Pro2 Multimeter that I wrote about here
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/maplin-pro2-multimeter-rebadged-fluke-1719/msg811189/#msg811189

This looks like the Agilent 977A shown on Mr. ModemHead but in the case of the Maplin Pro2 the re-brand is the Fluke 17...

[Cliff Matthews]

Here in Canada, Canadian Tire has these rebranded 4000-count DMM's currently on-sale for $20 USD  (35 CDN). Members say it's a Colluck but this one's new for 2018 and I can't anything remotely like it on the website. Maybe the new shell is exclusive to CTire, or maybe they've switched suppliers? Interesting that it can do freq. all the way up to 10Mhz.. Perhaps I should buy one and send it to Joe so he can add-in some lacking fireworks we used to get on his YT channel. 

[Markus2801A]

Hello folks!

I would like to take up this topic again. Started a new Topic covering graphical Multimeters most of them which also offer COLOR Display.
It is obvious that there are many rebranded models so I think it would be helpful to creat an actual list containing OEM Manufacturers and rebranded types of them!
IN future I will update this Post to include new replies and knowledge provided buy other users who reply to this one:

So if I understood right, the following Companies make their own Multimeters, left row, and rebranded types are in the right row:

OEM	Sub-Brand owned	ReBrand`s
Fluke	Tektronix, Beha-Amprobe
Chauvin Arnoux	Metrix
Gossen Metrawatt	Dranetz	Siemens, Avometer, Unigor
Keysight	Agilent
APPA		Ideal, Greenlee, RS Pro (aka Iso-Tech), Jensen, Westward, Benning, some Tektronix and Megger meters, plus other brands.
Brymen		Grennlee, Extech, ELMA
C.E.M.		RS Pro (aka Iso-Tech), PeakTech?
Hioki
Kyoritsu
DER EE
Tonghui
Yokogawa
Sanwa
Mastech
UEI Test instruments

[rsjsouza]

As someone else said before, there are too many to count, but it would be an interesting list.
One important OEM missing from your list is Mastech - there's also UEI (121GW is from them), Uni-T, Bside (I think) that has also rebrands such as Aneng, Richmeters, etc.
As for brands, Minipa has meters from Brymen, Uni-T and Mastech and maybe CEM. Another brand is Icel, which has CEM and maybe Mastech. Anprobe has both original and rebrands.

Digging through such list is a very involving work, but it may be quite interesting.

[joeqsmith]

Of the Amprobe branded meters I have looked at, two are made by UNI-T and the other Brymen. 

Fluke is a subsidiary of Fortive.   
Amprobe is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Danaher Corporation.

Maybe because there is still something to squeeze out of Fluke?

[malagas_on_fire]

other rebrand off uni-t is tenma

eg for the uni-t 61E

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EID8TI0/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_U_x_IGEUCbYRETTMW

By the looks of their website they are focused in electrical stuff , but not much details

[threephase]

Extech is a brand of Flir, who are the parent company I believe. Extech are predominantly CEM rebrands, but some of the Flir instruments also look suspiciously like CEM, but do not seem to have exact models.

Di-LOG are another brand that use predominantly CEM instruments.

RS Components have their own RS Pro brand, which was the old Iso-Tech brand, they have a mixture of CEM and Appa Technology instruments.

Megger own the AVO brand, they certainly do some of their own instrument design, but that may be more towards the electrical test side. Some of their meters are close to Appa Technology styling.

Sonel, a Polish Company are another own manufacturer, I cannot place who makes their multi-meters or if they are their own design.
https://www.sonel.pl/en/products/devices/others/multimeters/

Metrel from Slovenia manufacture their own instruments, but are more towards the electrical test sector.
https://www.metrel.si/en/shop/DMM/

All-Sun are another Chinese meter OEM with a large multimeter range.
http://www.all-sun.com/EN/p.aspx?px=1

Kind regards

[Markus2801A]

Puh there are so many, its really almost impossible to list them and to keep the overview. But together we can make it! :-)

So APPA and C.E.M. seem to be big players in manufacturing Multimeters for a dozens other Companies, which only rebrand them?!

[smithnerd]

...
Metrel from Slovenia manufacture their own instruments, but are more towards the electrical test sector.
https://www.metrel.si/en/shop/DMM/
...

I think Metrel handhelds are all Brymens.

At the time that Dave's BM235 came out, I did wonder if 'eevblog blue' might be a little too close to 'metrel blue' for comfort.

[Markus2801A]

Can we also do/create some ranking like "best OEM Manufacturer" for Multimeters? Considering Build Quality, accuracy, durability etc.

You know like the car manufacturers: high Quality but pricey is BMW, VW, etc. and lower Quality would be Renault, Opel etc.

[threephase]

...
Metrel from Slovenia manufacture their own instruments, but are more towards the electrical test sector.
https://www.metrel.si/en/shop/DMM/
...

I think Metrel handhelds are all Brymens.

At the time that Dave's BM235 came out, I did wonder if 'eevblog blue' might be a little too close to 'metrel blue' for comfort.

Good spot, they do indeed look the same, clamp meter offerings from Metrel also look like Brymen. I wonder who makes the insulation testers and power analysers from Metrel, as they look fairly unique?

Kind regards.

[Markus2801A]

I tried to do some visual comparison, hope you like it :-)

Of course its not complete, to many Types und SubTypes from different RE-Brands etc.

[Markus2801A]

Can anyone confirm Benning MM12 is the same as APPA 506B?



http://www.appatech.com/en/product-553883/APPA-500-SERIES-MULTIMETERS-APPA-506-506B.html

https://www.benning.de/products-us/testing-measuring-and-safety-equipment/digital-multimeter/benning-mm-12.html


TIA!
:-)

[coromonadalix]

new one come up today from Germany

Rare to find ... v 1.52 in it

with a brother i got  a week ago, expensive  hobby  i have

[Bobson]

APPA is the manufacturer of Ideal, Greenlee, Iso-Tech, Jensen, Westward, Benning, some Tektronix and Megger meters, plus other brands.

The way I understand it, at least in the past, APPA was making multimeters for Tektronix but they were a Tektronix design.

At least some Tektronix DMMs were designed and made by Escort (later bought by Agilent).

[Bobson]

Sonel, a Polish Company are another own manufacturer, I cannot place who makes their multi-meters or if they are their own design.

A lot Sonels are rebadged CEM.