We have had one of the MAARS 5000 units for at least 3 years now and love it. We initially had some issues with a bad processor but the guys out of Knoxville bent over backwards to get things fixed. We have 16 simultaneous channels of which I have 12 set-up for vibration and 4 for for temperature. The variety of channel configurations is pretty extensive and if a set-up requires a different module for the channel, they are very reasonably priced. Update and support is less than 10% of what I pay for all of my XXXXX stuff and they make some good updates, listening to what their customers tell them. I don't work for these guys in any way but really like their product. It does what we need. DRAKE

I have had great success with the MAARS Model 5000, as well. This is the primary instrument I use for my diagnostic testing and data acquisition jobs. It is well packaged and PC based. The instrument and software is designed with rotating machinery diagnostics in mind (unlike some instruments more suited to lab testing). The optional MAARS transient capture feature is especially useful and technical support from MAARS has been great.