Thank you for that gentle reminder, Dave.
Actually, I
do have a bit of experience of Mindray monitors, so my initial comment stands:- "Made in China" ... as a euphemism for the
genre. Put simply, I find their kit to be typical of modern (contemporary) medical equipment. Tightly packed components, of course, and therefore difficult (if not impossible) to replace individually. Lots of plastic, naturally. And a bit "fiddly" (if you know what I mean). But that could just be a result of my deteriorating hand-eye co-ordination!
Not particularly rugged (the cases, that is) ... but again, just like "all the rest". I doubt that I'll be seeing many on the "donated equipment circuit" if I'm still around in fifteen years time. Even some of the ones currently in use have already seen a fair bit of
Araldite. Bland (just like Japanese cars) ... but as we are talking about medical equipment, perhaps the word "functional" is more appropriate.
As we have seen, Service Support (in the UK, at least) is now good.
Just like the new cars about these days, modern medical equipment (especially "monitors") appear much the same to me. There's hardly anything to choose between them.
So the only sensible thing to do is to decide on price. This is where (for the time being at least) the *likes of Mindray score. Again as we have seen, you wouldn't be best pleased if you bought from a "trusted" brand only to discover later that you what you have in your hands was actually identical to a much cheaper product from Shenzhen.
Lastly, don't forget that if equipment is purchased cheaply then maintenance may need to be reconsidered. Put simply, it may be "cheaper to buy a new one" when the nurses drop it and it disintegrates into a number of pieces.
Happy now?
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Don't forget also that quite a few other Chinese manufacturers are available.
