Rigol DHO800/900 pre-sales begin

[Martin72]

Same here...

[Fungus]

 

[Martin72]

Batronix now marked the DHO804 and DHO914 as on stock, "my" 804 has been shipped today.
With luck it will arrive tomorrow or wednesday.

[Fungus]

Batronix now marked the DHO804 and DHO914 as on stock, "my" 804 has been shipped today.
With luck it will arrive tomorrow or wednesday.

I haven't heard anything from Batterfly yet.

Looks like you win! 

[Martin72]

We have no competition...
I'm surprised about Batterfly, they work together with Batronix.
But who knows how that works, with the allocation of available goods.
If my scope arrives soon, it will remain untouched until at least next weekend anyway, because there is no time before then.
Then it will be tested, my own tests and those suggested to me, then we will see how far the scope can be hacked and at some point I will sell it again.
Or it's so good, I'll keep it as a sort of second scope for quick measurements in between.
That is not yet decided.

[LonnieU]

Got an email awhile ago from Saelig USA that my 924 had shipped today.

Of course UPS shows "your shipping label has been created" 

[Nominal Animal]

I was hoping to buy a DHO804 once they become available from the official Finnish distributor (iosignal.fi, 495€ including VAT, local and reputable, thus easier to deal with if stuff happens), but life intervened, and I ran out of funds.  I'd love to play with the innards at least as much as use it as a tool to inspect my microcontroller projects' signaling behaviour.

I bet once I get back on track, these have become unobtainium or because of space aliens the price doubled.  It'd be just my luck. 

[Fungus]

Batterfly just wrote me to say mine is shipping today!

Update: I got a DHL tracking number.

[dmulligan]

You folks are lucky.  I just got an email saying my expected October 16th ship date has been delayed until October 20th.

[Martin72]

Tadaaa...

[ebastler]

I bet once I get back on track, these have become unobtainium or because of space aliens the price doubled.  It'd be just my luck. 

Looking at the quickly growing bug list, I think your chances of obtaining a unit once you are ready are not that bad. 

I'm still waiting to pull the trigger. I want one (if only for the cute form factor and portability); but I am not sure whether I want to spend extra money for the AWG/Bode plot and the digital inputs before they kind of work.

[2N3055]

Tadaaa...

Nice!

[RAPo]

Bad news, the scope still didn't arrive. Contacted Batronix and DHL: it seems adress details are not right and Batronix should start up an en query procedure. That will take time, there is no current stock. I'm thinking of canceling all the bugs make me nervous.

[Martin72]

Which did you ordered ?
804 is on stock..

[RAPo]

The DHO 942S.

Which did you ordered ?
804 is on stock..

[Bzzz]

Aha...
Batronix won´t give any discount for this.

They might give you a tenner off if you're an existing customer and a little less on certain payment methods. While that is very nice (thank you Joel), it's obviously not a big discount in relative terms. I'm guessing these will sell like hotcakes for quite a while, so don't expect them to drop below the current price point anytime soon. Maybe don't even expect them to be in stock all the time, currently only the 804 is available and 802, 812 and 814 plus all 900s are about a week away. If you want one: Now is the time (especially if you already got an older scope that needs to be sold before more 12 bit equipment hits the market and prices plummet)
 
Mine arrived last Saturday (Packstation) and I picked it up yesterday. Couple of display and networking bugs, USB port in the back is a bit tight, and USB-PD via my office monitor makes it boot, but the unit turns off the very moment the main menu appears. Overall very satisfied with the unit, though. Still looking for a suitable VESA mount for the bench.

[Martin72]

They might give you a tenner off if you're an existing customer

I've been a regular customer there for a few years, I'm sure I've already left a 5-digit sum there, and I've made a significant contribution to their success with the demo board - but in this case there was nothing I could do, they stayed firm.
On the other hand, the usual 5% on 474€...Given.

If you want one: Now is the time

I already got one:
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/rigol-dho804-test-and-compare-thread/

[Bzzz]

I already got one:

I know 

[keenox]

If anyone wants to get one from Batterfly, I got a small discount coupon from them: DHODIS

[ebastler]

"Code is invalid or expired." 

[keenox]

I think it may only work on the DHO924S, that's what I asked them for. I just tested it now and it works, from 950 to 922 euros (not much).

[jerrymk]

It's less than 299USD for the 4 channel one since Oct. 24 for the 1111 (Nov. 11) sale, was 315USD regularly in China.
Not as much of a discount as I hoped...
Other stuff (sig gens and power supplies) on Rigol's shop is roughly 16% off (50RMB discount for every 300RMB spent)

[Fungus]

It's less than 299USD for the 4 channel one since Oct. 24 for the 1111 (Nov. 11) sale, was 315USD regularly in China.

Under $299 for a DHO804??

That's the greatest oscilloscope bargain ever.

[jerrymk]

Also, free shipping to doorstep from China to Taiwan. Probably have to pay 5% import taxes though. Still, an absolute bargain indeed!

Considered the DHO900S, but at over double the price, all I get is a sig gen that can do Bode plots, but with pretty bad specs, an LA port that I'll probably never use cuz the probes, and an official 125MHz/250MHz spec at the same 1.25GSa/s sample rate... yeah forget about it.

Also, one of their notable sale offers (according to them) is the fully upgraded MSO5074 with LA probes for 1278USD. Costs slightly more than a base unit + LA probes, but you don't have to hack it yourself. Nah.

[tv84]

I think every time someone adds a bug/requested feature to the list here in EEVblog, Rigol cuts $5 in the DHO prices... 

People will have to buy this scope! Some of them just don't know it yet!