I bought this scope just now, http://www.tequipment.net/InstekGDS-1022.html

I have been looking around for a while on ebay for a used scope with more bandwidth but am just too weary of buying used stuff for too much money. I was tempted to buy this one, http://cgi.ebay.com/TEKTRONIX-2430A...ItemQQptZBI_Oscilloscopes?hash=item1e5a3a8a5e.
The Instek will be all I need for a while anyway. Does anyone own or have experience with one of these 25 MHz scopes?

 

Nope, but it looks interesting. Maybe you can do a review for the rest of us when you get to try it out.

 

I bought an HP 475 on Ebay good for 200+ MHz and it works just fine. High quality and very reliable. Perhaps I was lucky. But you can usually tell who to trust on Ebay by their selling record, which is given by Ebay.

 

I have been using my 100 MHz Tektronix 2235 since the 80's and it still works like new. They make some tough scopes. Been looking at purchasing a LCD version to save space but my experience with a scope meter and it's limited display capabilities turned me off to LCD scopes. Has anyone tried one of those "turn your PC into a scope" units? How do they stand up to shop use, and do they even make one that runs at 100 MHz?

 

I bought an HP 475 on Ebay good for 200+ MHz and it works just fine. High quality and very reliable. Perhaps I was lucky. But you can usually tell who to trust on Ebay by their selling record, which is given by Ebay.

Yeah I found some decent sellers but another thing I'm looking for now is a good warranty. I'll let you guys know how this little thing does.

 

I have experience with some of their other scopes.

The GW Instek stuff I found to be well made equipment. I've got one of the lower end scopes at home. It hasn't let me down yet...

 

Iv'e been thru them all, from teck-tron 535 to .... the best for your money is Pro-tec chinese made , well callib. and. easy to use, they sell three models up to 100 Mcs. sorry hertz

 

This seems like a decent scope. I haven't done much testing yet. The only thing that's a little buggy is the autoset. Sometimes using it will cause the vertical position to jump down to -40-50 volts and I have to dial it back up. I'm still checking on that.