Digital calipers

[nickk]

How do you weed out the suspect non genuine mitutoyo calipers ?the prices vary by huge amounts. Thanks.

 

[atomant48]

I just bought a pair last week..... no idea how to tell genuine from fake but I based it in price - ie discounted anything around the 25 mark and ended up with a set from DRO for about 80 from memory.

be interested in he answer to your question.

 

[Gragson]

Japanese company SARD who make fuel pressure regulators were so sick and tired of having their products counterfeit by cheap Chinese copies that they posted a "how to tell the difference doc" showing discrete markings and images of fakes versus real, you can guess what happened, the fakers took the advice - thing is the fakes would fail where the genuine ones would not.

 

[Munkul]

Buy from a reputable supplier

 

[graffian]

I looked at a few fake spotter sites and compared pics of 25 quid ebay calipers and real ones.
I wasn't sure so I pressed the button and paid loads for calipers from Roberts.

 

[Shox Dr]

Buy from a reputable supplier

Yup. I buy my mity gear directly from Mity. It’s (hopefully) genuine. Prices are in line with other sellers of questionable origin

 

[Mick Annick]

I just bought a pair last week..... no idea how to tell genuine from fake but I based it in price - ie discounted anything around the 25 mark and ended up with a set from DRO for about 80 from memory.

be interested in he answer to your question.

Got my crack-handed ones from DRO, not Mitutoyo but very happy with them