What Is the CAMI Research M4?<\/strong><\/p>\n If you’re not familiar with the M4, it’s one of the most capable cable testers on the market. These aren’t the average $30 continuity checkers you find at a hardware store or the $500 aliexpress specials. The M4 is a professional-grade, modular cable testing platform used by manufacturers, defense contractors, aerospace, electronics technicians, and hobbyists (when they find them on the secondary market) who needs to verify complex wiring harnesses and cable assemblies with precision.<\/p>\n A brand New M4, you’re looking at roughly $4,500-$5500 for the base M4 unit. The price is not listed CAMI is one of them companies ya have to call and ask. What do they say? If you have to ask ya cannot afford it. The AEX Add-on modules run around $1,300-$1,500 each, and the adapter sets add another $300 to $400 per connector type. I have a post on the Cami Research Adapter PCB Footprint<\/a> so you can make your own. If you have the pinmap or build options. A fully loaded M4 system can easily push well past $10,000 for testing common cables. These are not impulse purchases they’re capital investments.<\/p>\n Which is exactly why the used market for them is so active, and why a “dead” unit at a fraction of that price is worth a serious look. Sometimes the liquidators don’t even actually power them up they just list them as dead or untested.<\/p>\n Here is the Ebay Listing Screen Shots! Bonus this one has the M4-AEX<\/i><\/a> and some boards with Microsoft printed on them?? Will need to research these!!<\/p>\n RCW 19.415.010(11) defines “Owner”<\/strong> as: “an individual or business that owns or leases digital electronic products purchased or used in this state.”<\/em><\/p>\n The obligation for original manufacturers to make parts, tools, and documentation available applies to products “first manufactured, and first sold or used in Washington, on or after July 1, 2021.” So the coverage question isn’t just about who owns the product now, but whether the product itself meets the geographic\/temporal nexus when it first entered commerce in Washington state. I will be making another request if denied another report to the AG’s office with full evidence of manufacture date and the date it entered WA State.<\/p>\n June 02 2026 Box Arrived. Lets unbox it and take it apart see what all the secrecy is over the internals of the device compare it to the M3U and attempt to back up the firmware (Most Likely Locked). I am sure cami Research will black list the serial numbers of this unit.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.stevenrhine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/CAMI-Research-CableEye-M4-Cable-Test-System_Teardown_Anti_Repair_Ebay_2026-300x150.png\")
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\nDescription Noting this has issues. “Unit Does Not Power On?”
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\n(Cami Research CEO\u00a0Christopher E. Strangio<\/em><\/a> in his own words states he don’t like the idea of buying these used and broken fixing them and making a profit) that is a massive FTC Violation will they ever enforce it? probably not! Cami CEO’s intent is to “close off business opportunity for independent repair shops”<\/strong> directly describes what Strangio is doing that the FTC policy on deceptive trade practices are there to prevent.
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\nCami Research has this anti right to repair<\/a> statement on their site now… 100% yea we violate the law!
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\nBox was rather large.. and Cottie Kitty Cat had to make it hers as Always.
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