"Cursitor Doom" wrote in message
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On Sun, 05 Apr 2015 10:50:04 +1000, Trevor Wilson wrote:

**A mate brought one of the Chinese ones for me to examine. It was
inaccuate and flakey.

The main problem with the Chinese ones is you simply don't know what
you're getting. The best of them are comparable to the ones made by Peak/
Atlas etc., - at least in design if nothing else - the rest are pretty
much hopeless. But because there's no reliable branding and no reliable IP
law in China to protect more reputable manufacturers, you can't tell what
you're getting; if it's any good at all and how long it's going to last.

The one I bought from China over a year ago works fine. It was just the
circuit board and I had to put it in a case. I have compaired the
components it tested against some known value of components to verify them.

I bet if you open the Peak one it will have a lot of Tiwan or other such
parts in it. There is some junk comming out of China,but some very good
stuff also. Isn't lots of the Apple stuff from China ?

I have bought some volt meter boards from China and they are right on with
my Fluke meter. These are not multimeters, but such things a a 3 digit
circuit board that you have to put in a case. Even the one I use to
monitor the 120 volt AC in my house is right on and has been working over a
year.