Ever wondered if those too-good-to-be-true deals on Mitutoyo calipers you find on eBay and other marketplaces are legitimate? Wonder no more. I bought a couple of fake calipers on eBay so you don't have to. Today we will look at them carefully and I'll show you how to tell the difference.
Here are some of the tools I used in the video. I'm not providing links to the calipers. I don't recommend purchasing them, for obvious reasons.
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Rigol DP832 Triple-Output Power Supply (Amazon*): https://amzn.to/2FHtSfz
EEVBLOG Brymen BM235 Multimeter (Amazon*): https://amzn.to/2YKFSEk
Raw Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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00:00 Intro
00:49 Packaging
06:40 Plastic boxes
08:04 Internal packaging
11:16 Documentation
14:55 Battery installation tags
16:07 Batteries
18:34 Plastic molding and labels
20:17 PCBs
21:17 Machining and grinding
22:55 First power-up behavior
25:06 Printed graphics
25:54 Origin button height
26:31 Screw alignment
27:09 Label on the back
28:11 Current draw and battery life
30:47 Low battery behavior
33:09 Satisfying screen protector peeling
33:24 But are they worth the money?
34:23 Wrap/how the counterfeit markets thrive
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