This answers a lot of questions people have asked about Fisher detectors, and where their made !!
From Mike Scott....................
Like any business we try for the low prices while still maintaining a level of quality and many of our parts we could get much cheaper but dont due to problems they could cause in performance or in field failures. Quality first, then negotiate price..Defective units cost more in the long run.
We recently sent back thousands of electronic components to a vender because they did not meet our standards and had a high failure rate and inevitably are now paying more for the same part from a different vender.
We went from plastic ABS mounting brackets on water units to a much more expensive Lexon trying to achieve higher quality but found the less expensive had more flex and were less prone to cracking.
We use some components that are almost 50 times more expensive than the cheapest ones on the market but we use the ones with a virtually zero failure rate. There are many, many more examples of us trying to get parts for better prices but not using them because they fail or do not work as well as some of our trusted venders we have used for many years.
100% of our non electronic components used in building our detectors are made in the USA-All metal tubes come out of NJ and virtually every plastic piece out of AZ. All our electronics components come from some of the industries most reputable distributors such as Digi Key and Mouser
All of our detectors are made in the USA except the BH JR model
The above are facts and not based on personal opinions.
Hope this helps,
Mike
From Mike Scott....................
Like any business we try for the low prices while still maintaining a level of quality and many of our parts we could get much cheaper but dont due to problems they could cause in performance or in field failures. Quality first, then negotiate price..Defective units cost more in the long run.
We recently sent back thousands of electronic components to a vender because they did not meet our standards and had a high failure rate and inevitably are now paying more for the same part from a different vender.
We went from plastic ABS mounting brackets on water units to a much more expensive Lexon trying to achieve higher quality but found the less expensive had more flex and were less prone to cracking.
We use some components that are almost 50 times more expensive than the cheapest ones on the market but we use the ones with a virtually zero failure rate. There are many, many more examples of us trying to get parts for better prices but not using them because they fail or do not work as well as some of our trusted venders we have used for many years.
100% of our non electronic components used in building our detectors are made in the USA-All metal tubes come out of NJ and virtually every plastic piece out of AZ. All our electronics components come from some of the industries most reputable distributors such as Digi Key and Mouser
All of our detectors are made in the USA except the BH JR model
The above are facts and not based on personal opinions.
Hope this helps,
Mike