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Products => Test Equipment => Topic started by: Grapsus on June 12, 2015, 01:05:14 pm

Title: Great multimeter score, rebranded Brymen 859 ?
Post by: Grapsus on June 12, 2015, 01:05:14 pm
Hi !

After seeing a lot of people here getting stuff like keithley 2000 for 30$ dollars on ebay again and again I finally got lucky :D
Look at what I got from local ads.

There is a damaged Fluke 185 for which I'll open a separate restoration thread.

Most importantly, there are three unknown multimeters which are labeled "Fi919Xa". I took them because they look a lot like Brymen 859, do you think they are the same with just the brand changed ? Is this a frequent practice for Brymen ?

I'll post a teardown tonight to investigate further.
Title: Re: Great multimeter score, rebranded Brymen 859 ?
Post by: EEVblog on June 12, 2015, 01:10:31 pm
Most importantly, there are three unknown multimeters which are labeled "Fi919Xa". I took them because they look a lot like Brymen 859, do you think they are the same with just the brand changed ? Is this a frequent practice for Brymen ?

Yes. That meter has been sold under many different brands for a long time.
Title: Re: Great multimeter score, rebranded Brymen 859 ?
Post by: retiredcaps on June 12, 2015, 09:08:23 pm
Most importantly, there are three unknown multimeters which are labeled "Fi919Xa". I took them because they look a lot like Brymen 859, do you think they are the same with just the brand changed ? Is this a frequent practice for Brymen ?
Yes, Brymen is resold under many brand names.  Here is a recent example of a Brymen pawn shop score.

https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/pawnshop-score-amprobe-am-91-'yellow'-rubber-case/ (https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/pawnshop-score-amprobe-am-91-'yellow'-rubber-case/)

You didn't state how much you paid for all 4 meters.  Without that information, we can't judge if you scored or not!   ;)  :-+
Title: Re: Great multimeter score, rebranded Brymen 859 ?
Post by: Grapsus on June 13, 2015, 09:45:13 am
Here are the pictures of the inside of one meter. Definitely a Brymen 859. I'm impressed with the build quality, it's the closest to Fluke I've ever seen.

You didn't state how much you paid for all 4 meters.  Without that information, we can't judge if you scored or not!   ;)  :-+

Fair enough, I paid 200 euros for the four meters and three sets of TL175 probes.