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| ferdieCX:
--- Quote from: janoc on April 16, 2022, 07:30:47 pm --- Is there some distributor in Germany that is a bit less hostile to small orders? --- End quote --- You can try Segor. It is a Shop in Berlin, but they also make shipments https://www.segor.de |
| Neper:
--- Quote from: jfiresto on April 17, 2022, 07:05:15 am ---I have been purchasing from Reichelt since the late nineties, largely online but sometimes will call. --- End quote --- Stay away from their cables. They are either dirt cheap and total crap (plugs fall off, screening made of two strands of microscopic wire) or somewhat better but outrageously expensive. |
| jfiresto:
Reichelt will gladly let you buy much too cheaply. Are you just dying to buy 9-pin DSUB connectors for 0,15€ each? Well, go for it. I bought some dirt cheap cables to extend a USB port: to take the wear and tear of plugging and unplugging devices. With some lubrication, I figured I might get a hundred cycles or two before the flash/plating wears through and becomes intermittent. Instead, the first cable failed at the other end, from the contacts creeping apart, because I left it plugged into the computer (and undisturbed) for six months. Reichelt is often not the cheapest place for tools. |
| tooki:
--- Quote from: janoc on April 16, 2022, 07:30:47 pm ---… Their online store carries also decent brands like Fluke or Amprobe but I have never seen one of those in the physical stores. … --- End quote --- The Zurich store definitely carried name-brand stuff. Fluke, Rigol, Weller, Ersa, Knipex, Bosch, Makita, etc. were all there. |
| janoc:
--- Quote from: tooki on April 18, 2022, 04:45:31 pm --- --- Quote from: janoc on April 16, 2022, 07:30:47 pm ---… Their online store carries also decent brands like Fluke or Amprobe but I have never seen one of those in the physical stores. … --- End quote --- The Zurich store definitely carried name-brand stuff. Fluke, Rigol, Weller, Ersa, Knipex, Bosch, Makita, etc. were all there. --- End quote --- Knipex, Bosch and Makita (the hobbyist, not pro ranges) are available also here - but so they are in any Bauhaus (home improvement store, there is one in almost every quarter) and usually with wider range and cheaper. I meant more things like test equipment, power supplies, multimeters, etc. Conrad sells all that from decent brands on their website. But good luck finding any of those in a physical store. Voltcraft and Basetech is about the best you can hope for, along with other obvious rebrands of cheap Chinese products. |
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