What about the HIOKI products...??? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: BillGeo
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: January 03, 2011, 10:14:52 pm
content: Hello there...Today I stumbled upon the HIOKI brand, and I think they make some interesting products.Well, they are a typical small Japanese company, in that they are not interested in "taking over" the measuring instrument world,so its hard to find a lot of opinions on their products (and the products themselves for that matter).But they seem to be focusing on quality over quantity, and some of their instruments(I checked out the Multimeters and the Data-loggers) look pretty good, on paper at least...Take a look at the 38xx series, and especially the 3801 / 3802.http://www.tequipment.net/pdf/Hioki/3801_datasheet.pdfhttp://www.hioki.com/product/380150/index.htmlAlso the 7016 signal source/DMM is very interesting...http://www.hioki.com/product/7016/index.htmlWhat do you think...?

author: PetrosA
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 04, 2011, 04:15:47 am
content: From what I know among electricians Hioki meters have a good reputation. They used to be available locally but that stopped about 20 years ago...

author: Kiriakos-GR
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 04, 2011, 08:04:20 am
content: Yes HIOKI has an good reputation , I had use their small pen type multimeter, it was an good quality product.About price point , HIOKI never was cheap ..That's why its not that popular.

author: qno
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 04, 2011, 08:39:42 am
content: Hioki is OK.My first meter was a Hioki, now 30 years ago, and it still works fine.It is a typical Japanese company, they make excelent stuff but do not brag about it.I think they are at least as good as Fluke and last very long.It is used a lot in the electrical bussines in Europe and Japan.All industrial equipment manufacturers I know (Fuji Electric, Mitsubishi, Omron, Hitachi etc) from Japan specify one or the other Hioki tester for testing theire equipment.

author: BillGeo
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: January 04, 2011, 02:17:52 pm
content: Quote from: PetrosA on January 04, 2011, 04:15:47 am??,...In their official they still mention a reseller for Greece.GREECEM.J. PRINIOTAKIS SCIENTIFIC APPARATUSES & INSTRUMENTSP.O. Box 18044, GR 11610Athens, GreeceTEL +30-10-7227719FAX +30-10-7234251info@priniotakis.grI guess thats a left-over from not updating their site that much e?

author: PetrosA
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 08, 2011, 03:16:11 am
content: Quote from: BillGeo on January 04, 2011, 02:17:52 pmThanks but I'm in the USPart of the reason they're not available locally anymore has to do with a drastic change in how test equipment is sold in the US now.

author: zaoka
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 14, 2011, 07:57:50 pm
content: Just purchased Hioki 3801-50 on eBay, new demo meter for only $99 (retails $399)It should arrive soon.

author: PetrosA
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 15, 2011, 04:34:57 am
content: Congrats! I doubt you'll be disappointed as long as it has all the functionality you need.

author: tyblu
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 15, 2011, 05:52:14 am
content: Thanks for the tip. I went to their site and browsed -- does indeed look like solid equipment. Then I went to tequipment.net to check prices and did a double-take. I wanted one of their waveform generators, but 10k!? Yeep... guess it takes money to get 10mHz resolution over 10MHz bandwidth. But I haven't given up hope: will keep window shopping