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impetus_maximus:
i'm looking at mid/high range ($80-$150) digital multimeters and found APPA is a manufacturer out of Taiwan.  :-+
are there reputable retailers for the US market? or at least ones that ship to the United States?  i don't want a Chinese clone.

thanks
/max

Veteran68:
From what I know of APPA (I don't own one) they make a good meter. However there are many good meters that are made in Taiwan and China. The Fluke meters made in China are still very good meters.

$150 is not "high" range. That's decidedly in the mid-tier market. That's not to say you can't get a great meter for that price, but it's far from a high-end meter price. Hioki, Fluke, Keysight, Gossen, etc. can run $400-800 and even higher.

Brymen is generally going to be your best bang-for-buck meter in terms of quality, features, and price. Unfortunately if you want a US retailer your options are limited. You can buy Greenlee branded Brymens, which provide a lifetime warranty but at a significant increase in cost over the same OEM meter. The FLIR DM64/65 is a Bryman BM235 and the DM64 is on sale right now for $50 direct from FLIR, which is a great buy, but it's not a feature-rich meter. Then of course Dave's eevBlog BM235 and BM786 can be had on Amazon.

Otherwise to get the full line of Brymen meters, I can strongly recommend buying from Welectron.com in Germany. Shipping is $10 to get here in a few days, there is no sales tax, and their prices are great. You can also try the marcoreps5 discount code for another 5% off. I bought my BM869s from them and they are a pleasure to do business with. As easy as any US retailer (and easier than some).

bdunham7:
Nothing direct, AFAIK.  APPA imports to Fluke (Amprobe) and Greenlee, so at least some of their products are OEMed or rebadged APPA, but neither appears to carry anything remotely close to the entire APPA line.  Benning has rebadged APPA models in the EU, but I'm not sure how cost effective that would be.

impetus_maximus:
@Veteran68 thanks for the reply.  :)

i don't want to get political, (nothing against The People of China) but i prefer to support Taiwanese manufacturers.

edited out the high end of my OP as i see what you mean about pricing. $150-$200 being high end for me, doesn't make it high end.  :P

i've looked at Brymen. the BM235 looks great feature, size, and price wise. unfortunately i plan on using NiMH batteries. also hate AAA cells.  |O
that FLIR DM64 on sale at that price is pretty tempting though! i know some follks use Lithium batteries (after a slight discharge?) but i hate the idea of paying rechargeable prices for one (albeit long) time use. the BM789s uses AAA batteries, but seems to play nice with NiMH a bit better. guessing because there are 3 of them? wish manufacturers would still use AA or Transister (9v) batteries. i know some hate 9v and they are more of an US thing, but there are 8 cell 9.6v NiMHs, as well as rechargeable Lithium-Ions. the BM869s is a sweet meter, but i'm looking for a more handy all-arounder instead of a bench meter.

ah Welectron.com. i was wondering about shipping. thank you for that. no tax, but what about VAT? i know nothing about that. i know TME in Poland exports Brymen as well. was a little bummed a discount code TME sent me wouldn't work with a BM689s in my cart.  :-\ so i never pulled the trigger. now i've since changed my mind on the BM689 anyway.

i reached out to APPA's American location 'MGL AMERICA, INC.'
they got right back to me and said
"We do not have any retailers in the US for Appa products.

We do have a brand that shares similar technology between Appa products that is in the United States, it goes by the name KPS."

coincidentally similar to the Greenlee, they are green. i'm waiting to hear back from the about KPS United States retailers.

@bdunham7 thanks. i'll check out Amprobe, and Greenlee. i'm hoping the markup isn't as bad as with the Greenlee Badged Brymens.

cheers
/max

Veteran68:

--- Quote from: impetus_maximus on September 27, 2023, 01:05:23 am ---i've looked at Brymen. the BM235 looks great feature, size, and price wise. unfortunately i plan on using NiMH batteries. also hate AAA cells.  |O
that FLIR DM64 on sale at that price is pretty tempting though! i know some follks use Lithium batteries (after a slight discharge?) but i hate the idea of paying rechargeable prices for one (albeit long) time use. the BM789s uses AAA batteries, but seems to play nice with NiMH a bit better. guessing because there are 3 of them? wish manufacturers would still use AA or Transister (9v) batteries. i know some hate 9v and they are more of an US thing, but there are 8 cell 9.6v NiMHs, as well as rechargeable Lithium-Ions. the BM869s is a sweet meter, but i'm looking for a more handy all-arounder instead of a bench meter.

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I'm using either Energizer Ultimate Lithium or NiMH Eneloops in my AA and AAA meters. For my 9V meters I use Li-Ion rechargeables. I don't have a BM235 but I do have a FLIR DM64 (which is a BM235 in a FLIR case) running the Energizer Lithium AAA's. My one gripe with the DM64 is no beep in diode mode.


--- Quote from: impetus_maximus on September 27, 2023, 01:05:23 am ---ah Welectron.com. i was wondering about shipping. thank you for that. no tax, but what about VAT? i know nothing about that. i know TME in Poland exports Brymen as well. was a little bummed a discount code TME sent me wouldn't work with a BM689s in my cart.  :-\ so i never pulled the trigger. now i've since changed my mind on the BM689 anyway.

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You don't pay VAT from the US. The price you pay is the price they show in Euro's (converted to USD) plus $10 shipping. That's it. Oh, and minus any discount code. I think they do charge an extra 3% for using PayPal though.


--- Quote from: impetus_maximus on September 27, 2023, 01:05:23 am ---i reached out to APPA's American location 'MGL AMERICA, INC.'
they got right back to me and said
"We do not have any retailers in the US for Appa products.

We do have a brand that shares similar technology between Appa products that is in the United States, it goes by the name KPS."

coincidentally similar to the Greenlee, they are green. i'm waiting to hear back from the about KPS United States retailers.

@bdunham7 thanks. i'll check out Amprobe, and Greenlee. i'm hoping the markup isn't as bad as with the Greenlee Badged Brymens.

cheers
/max

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Yes the KPS meters look very nice. I've been interested in the DMM9000BT but cannot find it anywhere in the US, only a couple of European sellers. Plus it's a $375-400 meter. I really don't need another $400 meter, but I have a DMM addiction and that meter speaks to me for some reason. When they become more available in the US, I will probably get one.

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