Hello NANOG,
Could somebody recommend an SFP supplier in Europe with a warehouse in the EU and fast shipping? I need to pick up some 80km Bidi SFPs and I'd prefer to use a supplier has and will keep stock locally.
Jared
Flexoptix may be an option; they're Germany. Even US shipping is typically two day.
Can't reccomend Flexoptix[1] enough. Great service, fast shipping, and you only need to maintain one stock of optics even if you use kit from different vendors.
FS.com are the go-to for bulk purchases of pre-coded optics on a budget: a few more cot deaths than most, but they're cheap and in my experience work reliably enough.
[1] https://www.flexoptix.net/en/
~a
You’ll want to have a talk with FlexOptix, they’re based in Germany and you can live view the stock in their local warehouse on the website, without even logging in. They’ve got a great team too!
May want to try fs.com.
https://www.fs.com/company/about_us.html
I use their optics and am quite happy with them.
-Mike
I highly recommends https://www.alturnanetworks.com/
They sell solid optics, all are tested
Quick shipping, competitive price
I have never been even remotely disappointed with those guys
Thanks to everybody that recommended Fiberstore and Flexoptics.
Unfortunately Fiberstore is what led me to ask about alternative suppliers. Fiberstore actually ships in their Bidi SFPs from Asia and lead times are one to two weeks. Flexoptics is actually worse with 4-6 weeks after ordering.
Jared
+1
Best regards,
Daniel
That's weird, I've never had to wait for a Flexoptix order: Are you ordering pre-coded or are you coding them yourselves. Actually, I don't remember having to wait very long the last time I ordered a bunch of fs.com optics.
~a
That’s not been my experience with either of them.
Aled
I'm just quoting what they state on their web pages. Not all models are in stock at their EU warehouses.
Jared
nanog-isp@mail.com writes:
Unfortunately Fiberstore is what led me to ask about alternative
suppliers. Fiberstore actually ships in their Bidi SFPs from Asia
Odd. They have lots of different BiDi SFFs "in Stock, EU Warehouse"
according to https://www.fs.com/de-en/c/bidi-sfp-89
and lead times are one to two weeks.
My experience is that they ship a lot faster than that from Asia too,
but I guess I've just been lucky.
Bjørn
Only short haul is in stock.
Jared
+1
They ship from the Netherlands, and delivery for France is 1-2 days (because we usually send them orders after 17h00 CET/CEST).
Same, they’ve been great for me, even when I dropped in on them unexpectedly when I needed an optic in Frankfurt..
Ashley
Hello NANOG,
Could somebody recommend an SFP supplier in Europe with a warehouse in the EU and fast shipping? I need to pick up some 80km Bidi SFPs and I'd prefer to use a supplier has and will keep stock locally.
With the caveats discussed in the thread taken into consideration,
I'd pitch in that both FS and FlexOptix have proven useful to me.
Flex got me a very specific coding (Siemens SDH gear compatible) in
no time, and FS are -- for stocked items -- hard to beat on price and
shipping time. Both being inside EU means zero hassle with customs
which is important. (Poor Brits, what have they done to themselves?)