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| BeBuLamar:
I think Brymen makes some of the Amprobe DMM and Amprobe is part of Fluke. I don't think Brymen makes any of the Fluke including those lousy Chinese made ones. |
| J-R:
There is definitely a significant amount of "cross pollination" that has happened over the years, but I don't recall seeing any Fluke-branded handheld or clamp meters that looked like anything Brymen has ever made. Wavetek-Meterman-Amprobe rebranded some Brymen meters for sure, however (I have a few), and of course Fortive owns both Fluke and Amprobe currently. Some of Amprobe's current models are Chinese imports. There is a good chance that parent company Fortive makes various deals with other manufacturers including Brymen, and obviously Brymen does the same, because Brymen doesn't make Alkaline batteries or cardboard boxes, for example! So it's possible that when Fluke wants to build something they may consider obtaining some parts from Brymen. I doubt it's the main PCB assembly, as that might help Brymen discover something Fluke doesn't want them to, who knows. Some of the Fluke probes are made by Chinese manufacturers. So Brymen might make something for Fluke somewhere in between those two extremes. I purchased a Greenlee DM-210 (a rebranded Brymen BM202) over 20 years ago from a local electrical supply place. I remember wanting it because it had a computer interface, which I used with my laptop and it was quite a bit cheaper than Fluke. I think the only other DMM I had at the time was a Micronta 22-167 (all the others were analog). While Greenlee pricing is slightly higher than direct from Brymen, it's not outrageous especially when you consider many Greenlee prices you see online are retail prices (and you do get the lifetime warranty). If I go into my local store and ask for contractor pricing, it can be 10% or even 25% below retail in many cases. So Brymen (via Greenlee) in the US has enjoyed quite a bit of exposure over the decades, but they really were never that popular IMHO. I don't think Brymen (Greenlee) ever really was a direct competitor to Fluke, more like a budget brand back in the day. But these days, "budget" typically means a low-cost Chinese DMM, which Greenlee does sell as well. So this means even less of a chance for Brymen probably. |
| tautech:
--- Quote from: BeBuLamar on December 26, 2022, 03:17:07 am ---I think Brymen makes some of the Amprobe DMM and Amprobe is part of Fluke. I don't think Brymen makes any of the Fluke including those lousy Chinese made ones. --- End quote --- Yes the Chinese Flukes are just cheap rubbish, a fraction of the price of a Fluke in the west and with zero warranty outside China. Last time I looked I could buy 3 of these cheap junk Flukes to one model 11* Fluke yet Joe Smith ran a one of these POS Flukes, a 17B+ through his tests and it performed as well as the best of anything else. So DON"T buy them or you'll push the price up ! :horse: |
| Monkeh:
--- Quote from: BeBuLamar on December 26, 2022, 03:17:07 am ---I don't think Brymen makes any of the Fluke including those lousy Chinese made ones. --- End quote --- Then why does Brymen ship Fluke, not Amprobe, containers full of multimeters? And what makes their many products made outside the US 'lousy', other than xenophobia or racism? E: Okay, it looks like the Amprobe name isn't used on the customs paperwork, fair enough. Still doesn't answer why we have evidence of complete, retail boxed Fluke brand meters being shipped from Brymen if they don't make them, now does it? --- Quote from: J-R on December 26, 2022, 03:41:47 am ---There is definitely a significant amount of "cross pollination" that has happened over the years, but I don't recall seeing any Fluke-branded handheld or clamp meters that looked like anything Brymen has ever made. --- End quote --- At a glance a Flir DM66 doesn't look much like a Brymen meter, but it's a BM235 in drag. --- Quote from: J-R on December 26, 2022, 03:41:47 am ---So Brymen might make something for Fluke somewhere in between those two extremes. --- End quote --- Or they might make the whole extreme, like shipping finished Fluke 373s by the container. |
| J-R:
--- Quote from: Monkeh on December 26, 2022, 03:49:50 am --- --- Quote from: J-R on December 26, 2022, 03:41:47 am ---There is definitely a significant amount of "cross pollination" that has happened over the years, but I don't recall seeing any Fluke-branded handheld or clamp meters that looked like anything Brymen has ever made. --- End quote --- At a glance a Flir DM66 doesn't look much like a Brymen meter, but it's a BM235 in drag. --- Quote from: J-R on December 26, 2022, 03:41:47 am ---So Brymen might make something for Fluke somewhere in between those two extremes. --- End quote --- Or they might make the whole extreme, like shipping finished Fluke 373s by the container. --- End quote --- What are you going on about, Flir is not Fluke. Do you have any photos showing a Brymen clamp meter that looks like the Fluke 373s? |
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