I realize it may be painful to hear, but some people really do just want to know what the best value low-end oscilloscope is.
And, getting back on topic: Rigol reliability does seem up to par.
PS: Dave's a professional and he likes them.
Many good points Fungus. Thanks.
People argue too much about this here. For a hobbyist, if your needs are simple you get a $400 scope, if all you have is $400 you get a $400 scope, if you have money to burn you get a much better scope. If you really appreciate a $10,000 scope and can afford it, go for it. End of story!!!
Not all hobbyist are designing space shuttles at home.
Changing subjects. When watching youtube home electronics videos or pictures of peoples home benches on this forum, a lot of them have stacks of Fluke and Keysight bench multimeters, stacks or Keysight power supplies, $4000 scopes, spectrum analyzers, etc. This is some serious money.
The other day I counted 13 hand held multimeters on some guys shelf.
Who needs 13 multimeters!!!
"The Signal Path" guy has a half millon dollar scope in his house. (nothing against "The Signal Path", he's great)
I'm just saying this is some serious money for a hobbyist.