Snap-On Multimeter - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / testgear

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 25, 2024, 04:30:22 am
content: Only AUD$535 (US$225) for a 2000 count manual range meter.Inflation is really stinging...https://shop.snapon.com/product/Automotive-Digital-Multimeters/Traditional-Digital-Multimeter/EEDM503D

author: Muttley Snickers
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 25, 2024, 04:59:35 am
content: The poor mechanics who get sucked in are clearly being lubed then shafted by Snap-on.

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 25, 2024, 05:41:02 am
content: Snap-On stuff has always been expensive, nothing to see here.Hopefully like for many of their tools they also offer a lifetime warranty.....

author: Smokey
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 25, 2024, 06:20:36 am
content: Ya, but they will deliver it your shop in a white truck! That's gotta be worth something.

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 25, 2024, 07:24:01 am
content: Quote from: Smokey on March 25, 2024, 06:20:36 amTBH I have more of a liking for Stahlwille, Hazet or Dowidat however quite a bit of my kit is good old SK Wayne.

author: AVGresponding
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 25, 2024, 08:19:32 am
content: I must confess I'm mildly curious to know who the OEM might be

author: DaneLaw
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 25, 2024, 07:17:25 pm
content: Quote from: AVGresponding on March 25, 2024, 08:19:32 amThey got a quite a few models, maybe that could give an indication of which OEM they are using, but they could also just be loose on the tail, and jump from one OEM to the next.https://shop.snapon.com/categories/675528Love how the user manual in itself is over 10 bucks for some of these Snap-On-branded meters.https://shop.snapon.com/product/Automotive-Digital-Multimeters/User_Manual-USB-7-Land/EEDM596F-USB

author: Fungus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 25, 2024, 07:58:03 pm
content: Teardown!

author: Gregg
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 25, 2024, 07:59:41 pm
content: The main product Snap-On sells is credit for purchases. The second product is marketing what they claim is the very best (overpriced) stuff that buyers are proud to own; not unlike Apple. The dealers that make a good living selling Snap-On are also very good at selling face to face.

author: CatalinaWOW
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 25, 2024, 09:11:41 pm
content: My son comments "There goes another serial rapist" whenever he sees a SnapOn truck. They are generally good tools but way above the bend in the price performance curve.

author: thm_w
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 25, 2024, 11:57:44 pm
content: Whats up with that pricing. 225 USD is 344 AUD. Its telling me 274 CAD which is less than 225 USD.Still garbage price for a manual ranging meter, even if it has a warranty.

author: floobydust
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 26, 2024, 02:23:49 am
content: Snap-On Toolsrepair and diagnostic tools and equipment, are high quality yet very expensive. When the price makes your butthole hurt.For mechanics, the expense is considered part of a lifetime investment in their tools of the trade.They give a license to operate a franchised mobile store so the extra markup is for the franchisee I believe. They have phone tech support.Then there is some other game getting service manuals, schematics for the equipment etc. I've heard they also lock that down so repairs are exclusive and expensive. Not sure about their warranty.Snap-on goes to an OEM with their own "special features", looks etc. Their custom multimeters are OEM'd out of Korea, have 61010 safety certs. that I can see.A common application for automotive multimeters is measuring parasite drain, and of course the fuse gets blown so I wonder what they have - Cat. III 600V so it's your usual expensive multimeter fuse. Mechanics would need a bushel of 10x38's UGH.I recently fixed a Fluke used by heavy duty mechanics and they'd machined brass spacers to accommodate 5x20mm fuses in the 10x38 holder lol. One way to save pain. I should post a pic, start a fad.

author: Fungus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 26, 2024, 02:33:54 am
content: Quote from: floobydust on March 26, 2024, 02:23:49 amI never saw a multimeter in a workshop with an intact fuse.I've seen a lot of tinfoil wrapped fuses though.Edit: Found a pic of the fuses inside it:

author: Someone
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 26, 2024, 03:20:35 am
content: Quote from: thm_w on March 25, 2024, 11:57:44 pmYou're not from round these parts. For example Fluke 87V$529.99 USD vs $1,226.50 AUDGeographic distribution contracts.

author: AVGresponding
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 26, 2024, 06:34:42 am
content: Quote from: DaneLaw on March 25, 2024, 07:17:25 pmIt looks vaguely Iso-Tech or Appa design style to me