Chinese fiber optics?

Madman Lighting · Post by **Madman Lighting** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 7:43 pm

I'm checking out a Chinese vendor for fiber optics and wondering if anyone has any experience with Chinese made fibers. The obvious reason I'm checking is cost. The hard thing to determine, is of course, quality.

thanks!

-John C.

Pat Amaral · Post by **Pat Amaral** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 1:23 am

The only thing I can tell you is after you try it, you'll be hungry again in about an hour.

Oh wait...

Ok, I'll go

Seriously, I'd be willing to bet money that the fiber packed in those lighting kits AMT/ERTL used a few years back were probably from China. That should give you a pretty good guage of quality. Isn't that the same stuff you already use?

Madman Lighting · Post by **Madman Lighting** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 9:06 am

MMMM.... kung pow fiber!

Actually I use Japanese made fiber right now. Its really good stuff, maybe even good enough for some medical or industrial use. Believe it or not I'm still working through the first spool I bought four years ago!

-JC.

kitty · Post by **kitty** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 10:02 am

The mitsubishi 250µM multistrand jacketed plastic fibreoptic cable is produced in China.
It's used in Philips Medical Systems equipment amongst other things.

Like all other countries, China produces good quality stuff and bad quality stuff.
The only way to get a good estimate on the quality would be to get a sample.

You might want to look into India based companies too, they are the upcoming country for electronics and communication components and China isn't that cheap anymore.

Sparky · Post by **Sparky** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 11:07 am

I was doing a search online yesterday for bulk sources of fiber too. How weird is that.

I've ordered LEDs from a Chinese source before. Strip LED tape and some 'regular LEDs. They list both high quality and low quality LEDs in their vast catalog of LEDs. So you can get whatever suits your application and cost structure.

No_6 · Post by **No_6** » Fri May 01, 2009 5:10 pm

WEll, I've had good luck ordering LEDs from China off evil bay [links removed], All my fiber optics, I buy from here: [links removed].

If anyone is interested, PM me and I'll send you the info.

JWattsJr · Post by **JWattsJr** » Fri May 01, 2009 6:45 pm

No_6,

Thanks for the links. Order sent.

Jeff

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dsl40083 · Post by **dsl40083** » Fri May 22, 2009 5:04 am

That fiberoptics webpage hurts my eyes!

The wording on the page (sounds like we are all idiots) and the broken links don't give me the confidence to order anything from the company.

As a image of the company, it sends some very bad signals.