The kickstand is plastic, weak, and unstable. The meter will fall over sideways with the slightest bump. The kickstand hinge mechanism is just barely strong enough to hold up the meter -- bump it slightly and it pops off and the meter falls flat. Plus it's a plastic bump and slot arrangement that holds the kickstand on, and every time it pops off it gets chewed up and less able to hold the meter up.
The 87V also has the the same problem like at the hinge too, also imo, sideways is always the weak point of this kind of handheld meters as they're tall and thin.
Only big wide form like handheld oscilloscope doesn't have this flimsy sideways problem.
The side by side comparison of my 287 and 87V, the 87V kickstand hinge is not much different than your 289, so cheer up.
Other than those convenience problems though, it is an awesome meter. But I wish I'd gotten the 87V instead. I only bought the 289 because I had a project that required logging.
Anyone else feel the same way?
87V is not the same league as your 289.
Personally, I called my 87V a multimeter, while the 287 is sort of low frequency, but ultra high resolution handheld oscilloscope.
As it's logging feature is quite powerful especially when you need it.
An example few years ago when I needed to verify whether my newly installed air condition unit is working regulating the room temperature, using the standard thermal probe that came with the meter, logged the room temperature and left it for 8 hours. Below pictures of the DMM screen showing the recording chart of full span 8 hours temperature fluctuations, and zoomed down to 2 minutes resolution, and this is the real power of 28x meter. No hassle like needing to use separate pc/laptop/tablet to view the recorded data.
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(Fluke 287 screen on the recorded temperature chart for 8 hours)Personally, for day to day use like doing a quick measurement of voltage/resistance etc, I don't use my 287, as I find the boot time is quite annoying.