What does Fluke, Uni-T, GWInstek, Mastech and others have in common?  Tecpel - Page 1
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author: saturation
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 09, 2011, 09:51:38 pm
content: I was looking for a detailed data sheet on my Mastech GPS 3030D and was surprised to find GPS prefixed modeled numbers, similar to Instek, are all traceable to Tecpel in Taiwan.It would explain why the build quality of GPS labeled Mastech PSU are a touch higher than those labeled HY. More surprising are a host of other things they make:http://www.tecpel.com/index.htmhttp://www.tecpel.com.tw/product_c.htmhttp://www.tecpel.com/gds-1000a.html

author: FenderBender
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 10, 2011, 02:31:57 am
content: Wow seems like a crudload of our well known manufacturers are using stuff from them.

author: casinada
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 10, 2011, 07:19:01 am
content: BK and AMREL products look also like the ones manufactured by Motechhttp://www.motechsolar.com/products/intruments.aspx?view=PROGRAMMABLE_DC_POWER_SUPPLIES

author: grenert
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 10, 2011, 07:36:54 am
content: Saturation, with so many clones of clones, how would you know if they really are the OEM of those companies? Maybe they're just making copies.

author: hacklordsniper
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 10, 2011, 09:54:13 am
content: Quote from: grenert on December 10, 2011, 07:36:54 amI don't get the spirit cloning each another over and over, where is innovation?

author: saturation
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 10, 2011, 02:24:46 pm
content: These are unlikely to be copies because they are nearly identical from specs to casings including blantant use of other makers trademarks, so it more like Tecpel is an ODM or OEM for these devices. The website is rich with information, you have to plod through it to find the data and the English site is slightly different from the Chinese site, which you can google translate.http://www.tecpel.com/company-profile.htmlThey can't use the name of Fluke in a counterfeit item and advertise on the Internet, since Fluke has a presence in China. At the least, there is also strong legal connections between the US and Taiwan that would make this counterfeit business very problematic.Fluke:http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=zh-CN&tl=en&twu=1&u=http://www.tecpel.com.tw/Fluke.html&usg=ALkJrhjaW3dCojUgfqGrH6PfZLLNh1XfPgInstek:http://www.gwinstek.com/en/product/productdetail.aspx?pid=3&mid=7&id=42http://www.tecpel.com/gds-1000a.htmlUni-T:http://www.tecpel.com.tw/uni-t.htmlThe bottom line is if you know about the workmanship of these instruments, comparing the better and worse among them: Fluke, Instek versus UniT, it suggests that Uni-T products are likely to be made better than other brands or devices not made by Tecpel. It shows too among many eevblog posters who have bought Uni-T products, they are generally pleased with them, with few misgivings. The Chinese Fluke DMM and Instek devices seem to be notch higher in quality and cost, and that could come from more stringent post-production QC at Instek and Fluke evaluations warehouses, but the core manufacturing is similar.Quote from: hacklordsniper on December 10, 2011, 09:54:13 am

author: grenert
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 10, 2011, 02:49:41 pm
content: Quote from: saturation on December 10, 2011, 02:24:46 pmI don't understand your link. The Fluke 179 is still made in USA, and I believe the laser distance meters are made in Europe. I don't see how Tecpel has anything to do with those.

author: ciccio
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 10, 2011, 03:16:36 pm
content: Maybe they are selling, importing or distributing all these products (including Fluke's)?I'm not sure that a small (by Chinese standards) Company can be the original manufacturer of so many different products, ranging from multimeters to scopes..Sometime I think that there is a "master maker" of multimeters, another "master maker" of oscilloscopese, etc, and they are OEM manufacturers for each other.I don't know, but everybody seems to be selling the same multimeters, but at a closer look they are different.

author: saturation
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 16, 2011, 03:01:44 pm
content: Folks, my bad. You'all are right. After some time trying to digest their website, I find out they are not just ODM or OEM, they also distributors and importers. So my error! Ignore the thread!!