Cheap scope probes?

[steve30]

I have an old Hitachi V-222 20MHz oscilloscope. I use it with some dodgy coax cable which I made up with crocodile clips on the end.

I'd like some proper probes to use with it. I was wondering, am I likely to be OK with some cheap chinese ones, or did I ought to go for some better quality ones from a more well known brand?

I've never really used proper scope probes before, so I'm not too sure on what the quality is like.

[SeanB]

Use the cheap Chinese probes, and look out for a used set of Tek probes to compare with. With the 20MHz scope the cheep probes will work fne, just get a few sets so that you can toss them when they break. I use the cheap probes from RS, they work well enough for basic work. If you get some get plain X10 ones as well as switchable ones.

[steve30]

Thanks.

I'll have a look around ebay and dealextreme etc and get some cheap ones.

[blankfield]

I recommend this
I'm using it with DS1052e without any problems and build quality to price ratio is great.