This has to be the greatest oscilloscope I have ever owned. I have never had a digital 'scope before but they have so much more to offer than a CRT analog 'scope. I didn't have a lot of money to upgrade, as this is just a hobby. I restore antique radios and tinker on all kinds of other electronic projects.

So after months of research and reading many reviews and watching unboxings on youTube; I narrowed it down to the Siglent SDS1052DL. There were a couple other brands in the same price range but comparing them by feature and specifications, as well as the customer reviews, I had made my choice. And I am so glad I chose this one.

As I was opening the packing I quickly realized that this was made very well. The finish of the case feels clean and well fitted, the bezel marking sheets are very straight and clean around the edges and easy to read. And the unit has some gravity in it. This is no cheap light weight. Setup was very easy and the UI is excellent. There is even a built-in "dictionary", for lack of any other word for it, that explains every key on the panel. The display is also super bright and clear. Very easy to read with lots if information displayed.

I highly recommend this brand to anyone.

It worked fine the first couple years, but suddenly out of the blue it wouldn't boot up. Got stuck on the boot screen. Tried pressing "Math" during startup, no luck. I contacted Siglent North America for help, and they got back to me in a few hours. They helped me create a USB stick to do a factory reset, which worked great.

So on the plus side, you can get quick support for these instruments. On the downside, the device shouldn't have died just sitting there.

I am an electronics hobbyist and need a basic two-channel scope for my work. This scope has a very nice, large screen; almost 2 inches wider than my old analog scope. The scope is very light weight and very portable. However, by in large its best attribute is its functionality.

I have yet to explorer all the great features, but a few of the main ones I have encountered so far are: triggering is very visual and easy to set up; I love having cursors for measuring both horizontal and vertical values; it has a built in frequency counter that shows on the main screen; it can display a summary of all the values of a particular waveform; it has Math functions, particularly FFT for doing a bit of frequency domain analysis; and a built in help system. The user's manual is a bit sparse but very helpful if you are new to oscilloscopes, particularly digital storage scopes. I did take the pdf file to my local Post Net store and had it printed out using both sides of the page.

I haven't really found any definite cons yet, but I am sure there will be a few things that could be made easier to find and/or use. No machine is perfect.

I'll end by saying that this is an entry level scope with features often found only in more expensive scopes. However, this is a 50MHz scope with 500M samples per second. If you are doing much RF work in the higher frequencies, you might want to consider at least 100MHz with a 1G samples per second, although I am finding this scope adequate for doing stuff in HF ham frequencies.

I've rated the Siglent SDS1052DL five stars but realize that this rating is from one who has limited experience with oscilloscopes and the rating is based on my hobby use. I did much web browsing for inexpensive scopes before purchasing the Siglent. Neither my budget nor needs allowed for an expensive "˜top notch' brand. I was not expecting the equal to a scope costing several thousand dollars. When i received the scope I was surprised - it looks quality and, more important, works great. It has some features (FFT, XY scan) that I'll probably not use often but they're there if need arises. My critique has to include: 1) the "˜Users Guide" that comes with it is not useful for someone inexperienced with scopes and 2) the "˜Universal Knob" is nice but very sensitive and it's easy to accidentally change a selection when pushing the knob in. To eliminate #1, there is a full Users MANUAL available from the Siglent site and it is useful and nicely done. As for #2, it's minor and you can use buttons to select options so don't have to use the "˜Universal knob' if it's bothersome. Overall, I'm delighted with the scope. I don't know of it's possible use in a lab environment but for hobby use I recommend it.

My Tek finally died - the high voltage section was fried. I went on Amazon to see what was available. I service audio equipment as a side line. After reading the specifications of the Siglent scope I decided to buy it. It is rated as a 50 MHz scope - but I have no trouble displaying a 100 MHz signal. On feature which I did not see listed is it has a frequency counter. The frequency counter is dead on and is actually more sensitive than my TEK 5316. My signal generator only goes up to 108 MHz and it only takes about 15 Millivolts of RF for the counter to lock in.

One other thing about this scope is when I use it with a sweep generator and use channel 2 as the horizontal reference, there is no drift in the display. With both analog scoped that I had owned, the scope would need a warmup time of 10 minutes or so to be stable. There is no warm up time needed with this Siglent.

If you are looking for a general purpose scope the Siglent is excellent. I am 100% happy with it. There is only one thing about it that I had to change in my equipment stack up. On the top of my stack was the frequency counter, then the scope, then the RF generator and finally the distortion analyzer. Well with the small size of the Siglent I could not stack the frequency counter on it. So I took my 5316 out of service because my new scope is actually a better frequency counter.

The TFT display is excellent. There is a on screen menu display that will let you quickly set up the scope. The scope comes with a set up guide, a CD, two very nice probes and a USB cable. It is a compact unit that is only