I bought a Fluke 101 and case for my toolbag. I was disappointed in the inaccuracy of my Aneng 8009 on voltages when I checked it with my DMM Check plus. I still wanted something relatively small and for $40 USD, it's a good enough deal. I probably should have bought this first instead of the 8009 and the 8008 that I have as a back up.
GreyWoolfe, this is interesting info; did the Anengs start to drift continuously or were they subjected to an... ahem... "event"? 
If the former, that says a lot about their build and reliability.
Actually, no. The only event they both went through was the well documented mods for the more stable display. OF course, I received the DMM Check after the mods were done so I don't know if I
something up doing the mods, though I doubt it. C'mon, it's adding a couple of caps and replacing a couple--not hard to do. The 8008 was much closer than the 8009 but not near as good as my old Fluke 27/FM. They live a quiet life in my company van as I needed a small multimeter accurate on low ohms reading and they both do it very well. The only voltages they have been exposed to was the DMM Check. They are much better than the red HF meters, I found 2 of them NIB with fresh batteries that were an order of magnitude off for what I needed. Quite embarrassing as this was at a training session which prompted the Aneng purchase. After more pondering and rumination, I may need to do quick voltage checks including mains and I don't really trust the Anengs for that. That's what prompted the Fluke purchase. I will still keep the 8008 as a spare but I may Wildarize the 8009 just for fun. I haven't used my 2 pound hammer for anything in quite awhile. I will see if the voices in my head tell me to keep it intact.
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