Products > Test Equipment
Flood of new Agilent 82357B GPIB-USB adaptors on eBay the real deal?
<< < (5/83) > >>
anotherlin:

--- Quote from: amc184 on August 06, 2015, 04:43:34 am ---
* Agilent probably tested their USB GPIB adapters with a huge range of equipment during development.  I wouldn't trust Beiming to have been so thorough. 

--- End quote ---
Beiming is very probably the OEM manufacturer of the Agilent !
The Linux driver code for both is the same.
amc184:

--- Quote ---They aren't just Agilent labels.
--- End quote ---

I didn't mean that so literally.

I think it would be worthwhile to counterfeit them, there's a fair few selling on eBay, as well as most other auction sites.  I've purchased a product before that came with a similar set of bumf (manual, warranty card, box, etc), found it was totally fake.  It was only when I got it side by side with a real one that it was really noticeable (and subtle even then, you had to know where to look).

One suspicious thing I noticed is that every listing I saw on every Chinese website these are listed on (eBay, aliexpress, taobao, etc) that shows the box has a datecode of 20091102.  Either there was a huge batch that went to Chinese sellers, or the guy who made the counterfeit labels didn't think the move the batchcode around.


--- Quote ---The Linux driver code for both is the same.
--- End quote ---

Because it's a clone.  It needs to appear the same so Agilent software will work with it.
dadler:
Date code on mine from eBay is (second post in this thread) 20141016.

I tried to find the least-shady seeming seller on eBay. Not the cheapest, but best feedback and other buyers indicated they received legit product.

This is such a niche product that I will be very surprised if these are being cloned.
amc184:
Maybe they're real, you got a great deal if they are. Even if they are counterfeit it's not a bad price for what you get.

I wanted to clear up the terms I was using; by clone I mean a functional equivalent that doesn't claim to be the same thing, like the Beiming S82357.  By counterfeit, I mean a non-Agilent made device that claims to be an Agilent 82357B.

The Agilent 82357B is definitely being cloned, but only possibly being counterfeited.
pascal_sweden:
Sometimes clones are better than the original product.

But I agree that it should be sold as a clone and not as a counterfeit, so the consumer can make the decision to either buy the original or a clone, and that there are no surprises afterwards.
Navigation
Message Index
Next page
Previous page
There was an error while thanking
Thanking...

Go to full version
Powered by SMFPacks Advanced Attachments Uploader Mod