APPA is the manufacturer of Ideal, Greenlee, Iso-Tech, Jensen, Westward, Benning, some Tektronix and Megger meters, plus other brands.
Some other OEM manufacturers of other brands are Brymen, Uni-T, and Mastech.
In the past there were even rebrands of European meters: some ITT Metrix units were rebranded by BK Precision!
Just thought of a couple more who make their own meter and don't allow rebranding. Gossen and some Hioki high end meters.Actually Gossen do/have rebranded their meters as Dranetz, Siemens, Avometer, Unigor, I've even seen a ABB metrawatt on the bay of evil.
APPA is the manufacturer of Ideal, Greenlee, Iso-Tech, Jensen, Westward, Benning, some Tektronix and Megger meters, plus other brands.
Some other OEM manufacturers of other brands are Brymen, Uni-T, and Mastech.
In the past there were even rebrands of European meters: some ITT Metrix units were rebranded by BK Precision!
I believe Greenlee is made/rebadged by Brymen.
APPA is the manufacturer of Ideal, Greenlee, Iso-Tech, Jensen, Westward, Benning, some Tektronix and Megger meters, plus other brands.
Obviously Fluke and Keysight. I can't think of anyone else now.
(Danaher Corporation as Fluke), Hioki, Kyoritsu, Der EE, Tonghui, Yokogawa all do their own. There might be co-development across some brands, esp. from Danaher-brands like Fluke, Tek & Amprobe, but overall those companies should have their own development.Fluke and Tektonix are part of "Fortive" (spinoff of Danaher mid 2016).
Obviously Fluke and Keysight. I can't think of anyone else now.
Gossen/Metrawatt and Sanwa for sure. I'd also suggest Beha-Amprobe (Danaher Corporation as Fluke), Hioki, Kyoritsu, Der EE, Tonghui, Yokogawa all do their own. There might be co-development across some brands, esp. from Danaher-brands like Fluke, Tek & Amprobe, but overall those companies should have their own development.
I have the AvoMeter clone, and a Metrahit 28s the input protection is slightly different in parts, it loose the cat IV specs ... but same quality fuses.
Fluke and Tektonix are part of "Fortive" (spinoff of Danaher mid 2016).
@Macbeth bought from an EEvblog member ...Very interesting. Megger own the AVO brand. Perhaps this is some prototype marketing of the old AVO label?
I've tried Google, Bing and duckduckgo and can't find the M3045S for sale or images anywhere other than
look @ www.maxtechinst.com.hk/product/pdf/megger/M3000.pdf (http://www.maxtechinst.com.hk/product/pdf/megger/M3000.pdf)Thank you Zeitkind, I was particularly amused at this:
oh oh, found another Gossen 28s clone, from Dranetz a DranTech ULTRA ...Dranetz is owned by Gossen Metrawatt. So it's the same meter with different labels and boot color (light blue for Dranetz and dark green for Gossen).
on google : drantech-ultra-brochure-rev3.pdf
Speaking of Agilent, here's an interesting re-brand for you. It's a Fluke 19 with "Agilent 977A" on the front.
This is perfect stuff for that improved EEVblog Wiki I was talking about.That or add a column to wytnucls' excellent spreadsheet.
| OEM | Sub-Brand owned | ReBrand`s |
| Fluke | Tektronix, Beha-Amprobe | |
| Chauvin Arnoux | Metrix | |
| Gossen Metrawatt | Dranetz | Siemens, Avometer, Unigor |
| Keysight | Agilent | |
| APPA | Ideal, Greenlee, RS Pro (aka Iso-Tech), Jensen, Westward, Benning, some Tektronix and Megger meters, plus other brands. | |
| Brymen | Grennlee, Extech, ELMA | |
| C.E.M. | RS Pro (aka Iso-Tech), PeakTech? | |
| Hioki | ||
| Kyoritsu | ||
| DER EE | ||
| Tonghui | ||
| Yokogawa | ||
| Sanwa | ||
| Mastech | ||
| UEI Test instruments | ||
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Metrel from Slovenia manufacture their own instruments, but are more towards the electrical test sector.
https://www.metrel.si/en/shop/DMM/ (https://www.metrel.si/en/shop/DMM/)
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Metrel from Slovenia manufacture their own instruments, but are more towards the electrical test sector.
https://www.metrel.si/en/shop/DMM/ (https://www.metrel.si/en/shop/DMM/)
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I think Metrel handhelds are all Brymens.
At the time that Dave's BM235 came out, I did wonder if 'eevblog blue' might be a little too close to 'metrel blue' for comfort.
APPA is the manufacturer of Ideal, Greenlee, Iso-Tech, Jensen, Westward, Benning, some Tektronix and Megger meters, plus other brands.
The way I understand it, at least in the past, APPA was making multimeters for Tektronix but they were a Tektronix design.
Sonel, a Polish Company are another own manufacturer, I cannot place who makes their multi-meters or if they are their own design.
Hello folks!
I would like to take up this topic again. Started a new Topic covering graphical Multimeters (https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/multimeters-with-color-graphic-display-summary-comparison/msg2353230/#msg2353230) most of them which also offer COLOR Display.
It is obvious that there are many rebranded models so I think it would be helpful to creat an actual list containing OEM Manufacturers and rebranded types of them!
IN future I will update this Post to include new replies and knowledge provided buy other users who reply to this one:
So if I understood right, the following Companies make their own Multimeters, left row, and rebranded types are in the right row:
OEM Sub-Brand
ownedReBrand`s Fluke Tektronix, Beha-Amprobe Chauvin Arnoux Metrix Gossen Metrawatt Dranetz Siemens, Avometer, Unigor Keysight Agilent APPA Ideal, Greenlee, RS Pro (aka Iso-Tech), Jensen, Westward, Benning, some Tektronix and Megger meters, plus other brands. Brymen Grennlee, Extech, ELMA C.E.M. RS Pro (aka Iso-Tech), PeakTech? Hioki Kyoritsu DER EE Tonghui Yokogawa Sanwa Mastech UEI Test instruments
Once I was interested in the 121GW (although that is also "rebranded") and I still would have bought it if the firmware was officially open sourced, but the closed software made me hesitate.
Back before HP was renamed to Agilent, they sold meters from the same numbering sequence, 973A and 974A. They were made by a HP-Yokogawa partnership in Japan.
No HP for sure, Yokogawa more likely, still could be a SOAR design.Could you express yourself more clearly? The meters are branded HP, made in Japan by YEW, and the two companies had a joint venture at that time (that was wholly responsible for several instruments including the 4260A).
Why would you care?
I don't buy rebranded meters, simply because you have less insight of what it actually is. 20 years ago you were sort of limited to what was locally available, but now it's just as easy to directly buy the OEM meters.
Once I was tempted to buy an UT 61, but Uni-T meters are apparently a bit hit or miss concerning quality, and the last straw was that the contents of the UT-61 vary depending on where you buy it. (The Chinese versions hardly have any MOV's inside).
Once I was interested in the 121GW (although that is also "rebranded") and I still would have bought it if the firmware was officially open sourced, but the closed software made me hesitate.
Then I asked myself what I find really important in an EUR200 DMM, and I considered reliability and accuracy more important then fancy measurements and I choose the Brymen BM869s.
One feature I like, that is not present on current APPA multimeters, or any others, is having an OFF position at both ends of the rotary switch travel.My first DMM, decades ago, had a push button for on/off. Advantages:
One feature I like, that is not present on current APPA multimeters, or any others, is having an OFF position at both ends of the rotary switch travel.
My first DMM, decades ago, had a push button for on/off. Advantages:Now I have a DMM that is better than the first one in anything but this. The pushbutton is hard to find today, limits the choice of models too much.
- For those who use the same function all the time, it is always the first to access. The whole debate whether that should be DC or AC volts becomes superfluous.
- Less wear on the rotary switch.
- True one-hand operation of even the lightest DMM (for your main function), because you don't rotate the meter with the switch when turning on or off.