RCL Tweezer Meter

[Richard H.]

Contrary to the normal postal junk, this product caught my eye for the
form factor; it looks very handy, especially for SMT parts.
http://www.siborg.com/smarttweezers/ST_Canada_2.htm
http://www.excelta.com/marketplace/browse.asp?category=317

Does anyone have experience with / opinions on this meter? Is there
anything similar on the market? (There's gotta be - these guys can't be
the OEM; the rest of their product line is hand tools.)


At first, the US$300 price struck me as high; I was expecting comething
in the ballpark of a DMM - unrealistically, it seems, as RCL meters seem
to range from ~$1k to $13k for high-precision benchtops. Suddenly $300
doesn't seem so high.

Curiously, a Google search turns up not manu products, but a number of
porn sites with the keywords "RCL tweezer meter"...

Cheers,
Richard

 

[Robert Baer]

Contrary to the normal postal junk, this product caught my eye for the
form factor; it looks very handy, especially for SMT parts.
http://www.siborg.com/smarttweezers/ST_Canada_2.htm
http://www.excelta.com/marketplace/browse.asp?category=317

Does anyone have experience with / opinions on this meter? Is there
anything similar on the market? (There's gotta be - these guys can't be
the OEM; the rest of their product line is hand tools.)


At first, the US$300 price struck me as high; I was expecting comething
in the ballpark of a DMM - unrealistically, it seems, as RCL meters seem
to range from ~$1k to $13k for high-precision benchtops. Suddenly $300
doesn't seem so high.

Curiously, a Google search turns up not manu products, but a number of
porn sites with the keywords "RCL tweezer meter"...

Cheers,
Richard

There is no way in hell that one can get 5 *digit* accuracy from a
unit that is 1% at best.
Expect 3 digits +/- 1 digit at best.
Does not look so good, now at $300, does it?