Hantek Oscilloscopes - Any Opinions? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / testgear

author: German_EE
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 11, 2019, 09:41:09 am
content: Does anyone have an opinion on recent Hantek oscilloscopes? The last time (I think) one was reviewed on the blog was about six years ago and whilst Dave was initially impressed there seemed to be some firmware issues. Hopefully by now they will have worked the bugs out.So, how many Hantek owners are there out there and what do you think of your purchase?

author: Jan Audio
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 11, 2019, 10:07:42 am
content: Go with the flow.If all buying and unlocking Rigol 1054Z for 400,- , you should not buy Hantek for 270,-Sorry cant help you further.

author: Aidanator7000
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: May 11, 2019, 10:59:44 am
content: I used the Hantek DSO4254C at uni for a little bit. For the basic stuff it was fine even if the interface is a little confusing IMO. Depends what you want to do with it - but for seeing a squiggle on the screen it will do the business. Separate controls for each channel and built in waveform gen can come in handy.

author: Fungus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 11, 2019, 12:50:51 pm
content: If people here aren't buying them/discussing them then they're probably not worth it.(sounds like catch-22 but not really. There's enough people here to spot the bang/buck instruments and do reviews/etc)

author: MasterT
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 11, 2019, 04:18:04 pm
content: Have DSO4072C, overall experience is rather negative.Hardware:1. freq. is max 70MHz if two channels in use, but probe capacitance is high (>27 pF) on 1:10, and pulse becomes sine at about 15 MHz;2. front-end very noisy, nothing can be seen below 20 mV;3. restarting for no reason ones in a while;4. encoders start glitching after a year, not every day irregular use.5. lcd backlight is not even.Software:1. full of bugs;2. no options to save DDS settings, each restart - start tweedling with crappy encoders for a few minutes till get all sets restored;3. no filters in initial release, so they have some in latest update, but have to reset software back because device begin accidental restarting for no reason much often;4. fft plot very basic, like fft-256 or so. No averaging, have no idea what switching windowing does - not what is supposed to do.

author: German_EE
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 12, 2019, 09:21:57 am
content: Ah! Now we are getting somewhere, I had some suspicions about this brand and now they are being confirmed.I have been offered a Hantek scope at a very reasonable price and I want to see if they are worth the money. What I have noticed is that a lot of badge engineering is going on and scopes from Conrad and Uni-T are really Hante devices underneath. So, we now have a puzzle, these companies are no fools so why would they select Hantek as a supplier?

author: Aidanator7000
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: May 12, 2019, 09:54:01 am
content: Quote from: MasterT on May 11, 2019, 04:18:04 pmInteresting you say that. I was using one at uni and had the same issue - alot of noise in my measurements. I tried out the one next to me with the exact same setup and settings and the noise drastically reduced. Maybe some issue with manufacturing?As to the rest of your points they mirror my own experience

author: janoc
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 12, 2019, 11:19:58 am
content: Quote from: German_EE on May 12, 2019, 09:21:57 amConrad and Uni-T are hardly high-end brands - especially Conrad, do they actually even manufacture anything of their own? Uni-T makes some of their own products (multimeters) but even then they are not really considered "premium" brand by any measure.Rebadging something like a cheap Hantek instead of e.g. Siglent gives them more margin, that's all. It is no indication of quality or endorsement - as long as the product is good enough to avoid excessive returns, it is fine.

author: jjoonathan
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 12, 2019, 01:23:52 pm
content: My first scope was a headless Hantek USB. The software was awful -- the version on the CD required XP and crashed constantly while the newest version from the website didn't run at all because it had been compiled against debug DLLs that they didn't package with it. The waveform update rate was awful, the FFTs were awful, the entire experience was about what I would expect from "hey look I did an oscilloscope for my thesis."My next scope was a Rigol DS1054Z and it was such a gigantic step up in all respects that I never looked back.

author: magic
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 12, 2019, 09:56:33 pm
content: I own one of the old ones, I don't think it has much going for it except 200MHz capability and price (got a decent deal on it).The UI locks up when it's busy processing, it sometimes crashes, sometimes losing all settings. No idea if newer are better.

author: genghisnico13
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: May 12, 2019, 10:41:20 pm
content: Quote from: magic on May 12, 2019, 09:56:33 pmlike Tek scopes

author: ed99L
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: January 17, 2022, 03:34:05 pm
content: Disappointment (very) with this scope ** > I own this unit (new) about 6 months and used for 2 months then it Ch2 became out of calibration - the zero is off by 150mV when use the "zero" button. The reading also lower than Ch#1 by about 46% when I connect the same probe to the square wave test output post of the scope. I used the calibration function(found in Utility bottom) and it came back with error code : 511d6. I also downloaded the latest software from Hantek. It did not improve and same error code. Tried email to Hantek service . Hantek in China finally responded with instruction to re-flash firmware.Followed instruction exactly and the results were WORST > now CH1 zero is off by 800mV and reading 4V on 5V. CH2 was as bad as before. Contacted Hantek again and cannot help and was asked to contact seller! ( the seller was Hantek Official Store) If you are thinking of buying this beware you are on your own for service and repair. It would be questionable at best on the logistic , honour and followup repair

author: Grandchuck
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 17, 2022, 04:04:36 pm
content: Welcome to the forum.Too bad about your scope. How long has this been going on? I have heard Hantek are slow but will take care of issues eventually, but I have no personal experience.

author: ed99L
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: January 17, 2022, 04:44:56 pm
content: just recently. I believe it is not worth sending it back for repair- shipping costs ( round trip) not knowing how well /whether the seller or Hantek in honouring repairs .I just accept it and just use for scoping waveform but not measure the values or mentally adjust the readings