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Conrad Electronic to close all stores in Germany
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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The Zurich store definitely carried name-brand stuff. Fluke, Rigol, Weller, Ersa, Knipex, Bosch, Makita, etc. were all there.
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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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