I'm loving my new supply (from what little I can use it until I get some good leads
) but there are a few quirks that I'm disappointed with.
RIGOL was gracious enough to give us trials of two features: Analyzer and Monitor. I was even more happy to see in Dave's video the trial was good for 35 hours.
More than enough right? Nope.
As it turns out, the clock is ticking on those 35 hours ANY time the supply is on!
Maybe for those with a lot of experience with supplies and supply features, this is no problem. You either know right away if you want or do not want it. But some of us (me!
) my last supply I used for projects was literally THIS:
http://www.amazon.com/Philmore-Multi-Voltage-Regulated-Power-Supply/dp/B004M45MHQ/ref=sr_1_107?ie=UTF8&qid=1429923033&sr=8-107&keywords=12v+power+supplyThis supply has TONS of stuff for me to learn and it will be quite a while before I even consider or know if the two trials are of any benefit to me. Based on the current model, always timing down when powered up, I will have used up this trial offer way before I'm ready to use them.
Would it not have made sense to allow the owner to start the trial when they want to? Or even better only time down each trial when they are being actively used? I would even settle for 10 hours with this model. As it is I may never know if I want to buy the upgrade as I will never get to try it. I won't buy it if I can't return it if I don't like it or it doesn't work out for me. So RIGOL has just potentially lost this future sale from me.
Just ranting...ignore me.
Anyone else have any peezs on this supply?