multifunction tester make?

[lookatrabbit]

hi guys i went to the wholesalers today and wanted a price for the megger 1553 and the guy in there said ill give you a price for the equivilant the Ethos 7920 has anybody got or seen one of these are they the same quality

 

[DurhamSparky]

tell him to poke it!!! looks cheap and nasty

Ethos 7920 17th Edition Multifunction Tester - Ethos Security Products

 

[Guest123]

I've got an Ethos phase rotation meter, does the job. Cant comment on the the installation tester though.

 

[lookatrabbit]

to be honest i thought that compared to the megger. and thats not what i wanted price for in first place

 

[DurhamSparky]

tell you what!!! im going to try and blag a one for free to try..!!! (seen as they based in bloody Durham near me)

will give it a whirl for say 4 weeks and write an independent report...

i have used a dilog, meggar and robin testers so i got a good base for comparison!

 

[SirKit Breaker]

Does look a bit flimsy, but never used or seen one, so can't really knock it, especially when i get a lot of my tools from Aldi

 

[ukpablo]

get the megger..............tell him to poke it where he wipes!..............u will regret it if u dont, they are bloody brill!

 

[lookatrabbit]

yes think i will just looked up the megger and it looks impressive

 

[Amp David]

hi guys i went to the wholesalers today and wanted a price for the megger 1553 and the guy in there said ill give you a price for the equivilant the Ethos 7920 has anybody got or seen one of these are they the same quality

Sounds like a decent wholesaler that, asking for one thing and him giving you something totally different.

Get a new Megger MFT, use it for a while, come back a let us all know what they are like.

 

[eskimo39]

Funnily enough I went to my local Porsche dealer for a price on the new 911 (had a good year 2010) and he gave me the equivalent here

 

[ukpablo]

got my megger 1553 from acutest for £611 all in inc vat and delivery................cheapest i could find anywhere on net. they are v reputable too. check them out.

 

[Amp David]

Sounds like a very good price for a 1553

 

[lookatrabbit]

yes sounds good ill check that out thanks

 

[lookatrabbit]

sorry to bring this up again but been on the net having a browse at tester and came across the Metrel MI3000 on test-meter.co.uk and this looks as though it does all the same tests? anybody tried one? i like the look of the megger best but just starting out and need to watch costs but also dont want to have to change tester soon after buying one

 

[ukpablo]

its like this.................buy once and buy the best u can afford! i always think along the lines that when i purchase something, i dont want to be thinking 3 months down the line that i wish i had spent the extra lets say £150 for the better reccomended tester! its all relevant really, as u can write it off against ur tax bill at the end of the tax year................or a percentage of it at the least.
I cannot speak for any other testers as i have tried fluke and megger and for me and ease of use it was megger al the way................they are bomb proof