[...] Fluke is everywhere in Asia. Brymen has a small presence in Australia, Europe and the US, through Greenlee and Metrel,
Don´t forget Amprobe.
but, for some unknown reason, they are not really competitive on price. [...]
In which way is Brymen responsible for the resellers calculation?
[...] As for cutting edge products, I suggest you browse through the recent Fluke and Gossen catalogues. [...]
I have missed something, perhaps...
Where is the handheld, UL-listed Cat IV 1000V multimeter from Fluke? Do you have a link?
Did I hit a raw nerve?
In no way. I do not use a Fluke 87V neither a Brymen 869. For safety related stuff I am using a Gossen Metrahit. I am also not a fanboy (not even of Gossen) or a distributor or anyhow related. Simply independent and neutral. Just self building my opinion. Hence interested in the progress of multimeters. But, yeah, nothing changed. I am not surprised that is unable for you to post a link.
What about Amprobe? Haven't seen a single one in Asia. That makes sense, as they mostly sell relabeled Chinese DMMs.
The asian market is just of zero interest for me. I am in europe. If presence in the asian market is direct related to the quality and safety of a multimeter, then the Uni-T devices are high-end stuff?
Retail prices are Brymen's problem insofar as it affects their sales volume.
The re-seller decides the price. He wants to maximize his benefit. And he buys more from the OEM,if and when he wants more. There is no influence of Brymen. If the re-seller doesn´t reach his wanted selling volume, than the price goes down. Nothing more simple then that. Obviously they can get the higher price. That must you tell something.
There is obviously no need in the industry for a handheld meter to work in a CAT IV 1000V environment, otherwise Brymen would have buried Fluke, Hioki, Yokogawa and Gossen a long time ago. The major manufacturers aren't in a rush to test to that level either.
Not now, perhaps. On the long run they will. Or loose.
If I can get the car with the best brakes for less money as the car with the second best brakes ("but good enough since 20 Years...") , then guess, which one would be preferred?
That must tell you something.
Sure. Some companies don´t learn from the past. The better is the enemy of the good. Ever. (And sometimes is cheaper = better.) Think about the image of japanese cars in the ´70s and 80´s. And today? And look at e.g. Detroit in the past and today (or Germany, Bochum, "GM Opel"). In the beginning japanese cars were sold very cheap and used ones even more cheaper. Hence the modelcycling time of the car (sometimes only 2 years) was very short and the car also not long up-to-date. The pricing of used US-cars were much more stable, hence the longer modelcycle the car was longer "hip". But every japanese modelcycling contained improvements. Can you get the similarities to Brymen or even Uni-T?
If CAT IV 1000V makes you feel safer testing your electric wurst griller in the garden, good for you.
It seems there is a massive emotional involvement. Raw nerve? I gave you no reason to be personal aggressive.
There is a distributor of Brymen, able to argue unbiased in a objectively, civilisized way. Why can´t this be ecpected from you? (Perhaps because in the last century my grandfather has beaten the sh*t out of yours? Or is it something else?)
And: Yes. I am feeling safer in the car with the best brakes. Even if I drive only Vmax 120 Km/h.
Where is the Brymen catalogue by the way? All I can find is their shitty company site.
It seems there is no more. Obviously Brymen is quite happy as OEM.
Not promoting and selling the own meters is, at least in my opinion, an unbelievable waste of potential.
Perhaps some day they will do. Till this day it is only an advantage for Fluke, Gossen and so on...