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KungFuJosh:
Exactly. Tonghui's build quality is exceptional in our LCR meters. I think their support is abysmal, and people should buy the rebadged SourceTronic versions of those LCR meters, but that doesn't take away at all from the build quality.
Aldo22:

--- Quote from: KungFuJosh on May 13, 2024, 01:52:10 pm ---The distinction is irrelevant since the country of manufacture had no impact on any of that.

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Yes, I wasn't talking about Chinese products at all.

I meant something else.
A cheap product can be very welcome and you don't necessarily have to call it a bad name, even if it doesn't match the quality of more expensive models.

For example, I have an FY3224s signal generator.

Is it crap or "shite"? Yes, there are many aspects that seem cheap, starting with the appearance and the lack of a 3-wire power cable.

Would I buy it again or recommend it to others?
If you can get it for $50: yes!
It's simply the cheapest, usable 2-channel, 20Vpp, 24MHz AWG available.
And it works. Everything else is details in the specs.

Sufficient for hobbyists and you can be thankful that something like this exists.
If you know that you need a better device, you can get it elsewhere, but you don't have to insult the cheap one.

It's better to complain about expensive goods that don't meet your expectations.  ;)

And here we are "on-topic" again.
The topic starter pays € 300 and rightly expects more than the $50 model offers.
Berni:

--- Quote from: Aldo22 on May 13, 2024, 12:12:28 pm ---To which specific model does your statement refer?

HDG3000B Series
HDG3000C Series
HDG6000B Series

Can you share your experience with us?
Information on these is relatively scarce.

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It was a HDG2000B series.

I was pretty impressed with the hardware of it, but the software was so horribly buggy that it made it unusable. Tried a firmware update or two but then gave up on it and sold it. Later on when the Rigol DG1032 was released for a good price i bought it and was much happier with it.

It is possible the newer Hantek HDG models are better, but after the awful experience with it, i didn't even look at any other models.
mawyatt:

--- Quote from: KungFuJosh on May 13, 2024, 02:53:59 pm ---Exactly. Tonghui's build quality is exceptional in our LCR meters. I think their support is abysmal, and people should buy the rebadged SourceTronic versions of those LCR meters, but that doesn't take away at all from the build quality.

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I would give Tonghui a 10 on the TH2832, but a 3~4 on support (they did help with an issue early on), and for Hioki 10 on the IM3536, and maybe a 4~5 on support. Of course Tonghui is China origin and Hioki is Japan origin, both exceptionally good OEM TE suppliers in their respective product lines IMO.

Rigol and Siglent are much broader OEM suppliers tho, and both have demonstrated good value in most of their respective equipment offerings.

Personally think we should all thank Rigol, Siglent, and GW for thinking of us on the low end of the equipment totem pole, and quit bitching/nitpicked about features/performance/comparisons and so on  :palm:

Everything we've seen from these OEMs is quite good in overall value and performance, and thankful we have these selections at this low totem pole position :-+

Best,
KungFuJosh:

--- Quote from: Aldo22 on May 13, 2024, 02:59:04 pm ---I meant something else.
A cheap product can be very welcome and you don't necessarily have to call it a bad name, even if it doesn't match the quality of more expensive models.

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I totally agree with that. I have a TC3 that I think is great for what it is. I don't expect it to compare with serious TE, but it is a useful toy.
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