Brands
Who makes what, and what each one is good at
Most brands here are excellent at one thing and ordinary at the rest. These pages say which is which, what a range costs to keep running once its leads, fuses and cells start needing replacement, and where the same factory sells the same instrument under three badges.
- Bosch Germany The blue-line tools, and the specification sheet that goes with them 9 products
- Bosch Professional Germany IP ratings and drop tests, and one figure they keep leaving out 6 products
- PeakTech Germany The category and the voltage, printed together 6 products
- Stabila Germany Bonded vials and a straight edge, and the reason both matter in year three 3 products
- KAIWEETS China The lit sockets, and the mistake they prevent 4 products
- VEVOR China The affordable half of accessories nobody else sells cheaply 4 products
- Leica Switzerland The measurement that leaves the instrument 2 products
- kwb Germany Small, cheap, and honest about its figure 2 products
- PRESCH Germany Gradients, angle scales and the trades that need them 2 products
- Stanley United States The brass joints and the plumb bob, a century apart 2 products
- Gakago China Gearing, on the two tools where winding is the work 2 products
- Mcbazel China Published figures at the bottom of two hubs 2 products
- Tolesum China A ratchet, and a specification described with the wrong word 2 products
- Neoteck China Figures published, at both ends of the price range 2 products
- Brennenstuhl Germany True RMS and two honest ranges 2 products
- Proster China DC current and dual-channel temperature 2 products
- Voltcraft Germany The complete rating, twice 2 products
- BSIDE China Milliamps and adjustable sensitivity 2 products
- BENNING Germany Named standards and a low-pass filter 2 products
- Fluke United States The name people buy, behind listings that say almost nothing 4 products
- VARTA Germany The cells, and the tester for them 2 products
- TOPDON China Two very different batteries, two very different instruments 2 products