New ANENG Q1 9999 Counts ?

[Jon.C]

another for the collection... 


https://www.banggood.com/ANENG-Q1-9999-Counts-True-RMS-Digital-Multimeter-AC-DC-Voltage-Current-Resistance-Capacitance-Tester-p-1302943.html?rmmds=search&cur_warehouse=CN

[BravoV]

Soft power button ... hmm ... the 1st thing pop out of my mind is ... how much is the off/stand by current ? Will it drain the battery ?

[joeqsmith]

Normally in any of my tests, these ANENG meters put the PTC and clamp after the switch, the switch arcs and that's the end of it.   I tried testing one of the rotary switches on one as well and destroyed it. 

This thing being so different, make me wonder.   Think they auto detect the leads to switch to current as I see no buttons for it? 

[Jon.C]

Soft power button ... hmm ... the 1st thing pop out of my mind is ... how much is the off/stand by current ? Will it drain the battery ?

when it arrives I will check if it has consumption when it is off   

[Fungus]

This thing being so different, make me wonder.   Think they auto detect the leads to switch to current as I see no buttons for it?

None, apart from where it says "DCA/ACA >2S POWER" on the case... 

Ok, I read the manual. You press the power button for longer then 2 seconds to turn it on.

Once it's powered on you press it to toggle amps mode.

[Jon.C]

Normally in any of my tests, these ANENG meters put the PTC and clamp after the switch, the switch arcs and that's the end of it.   I tried testing one of the rotary switches on one as well and destroyed it. 

This thing being so different, make me wonder.   Think they auto detect the leads to switch to current as I see no buttons for it?

Hello Joe

nice to meet you




user manual


http://img.banggood.com/file/products/20180530013032ANENGQ1.pdf

[ataradov]

I want to see the quality of LCD. This is quite a photoshop job they did there. Other Aneng meters have unusable viewing angles.

[nidlaX]

I want to see the quality of LCD. This is quite a photoshop job they did there. Other Aneng meters have unusable viewing angles.

Very interested to see if they can pull off a good high contrast negative display. Then again, it's not that cheap right now.

[Fungus]

user manual

http://img.banggood.com/file/products/20180530013032ANENGQ1.pdf

 

Basic DC accuracy 0.5%.
TRMS up to 1kHz
No middle milliamp ranges - it jumps from 1A to 1mA.

Very interested to see if they can pull off a good high contrast negative display. Then again, it's not that cheap right now.

Me too.

They generally don't work for me, the shadows cast inside the 'white' of the digits make them look blurry.

[bitwelder]

If that's a Banggood promotion, I guess soon we'll have a flurry of youtubers+tinkerers posting their reviews about it.

[daveshah]

Also being sold, as always with these things, as the "ZOTEK ZOYI ZT-X"

Video here:


Longer video in Chinese: https://www.bilibili.com/video/av23841752/

Display looks very nice, but almost certainly battery-destroying.

[nidlaX]

Longer video in Chinese: https://www.bilibili.com/video/av23841752/

Analog bar graph looks slightly useful, but certainly nowhere near Brymen fast.

It's also chubbier than the AN8009. Display looks like good stuff!

[Fungus]

Display looks very nice, but almost certainly battery-destroying.

Looks like really black LCD with a bright, constantly on, backlight. Not as battery-destroying as an OLED but still, could easily be 1more than 50mA consumption.

[Fungus]

Longer video in Chinese: https://www.bilibili.com/video/av23841752/

Analog bar graph looks slightly useful, but certainly nowhere near Brymen fast.

Looks like it updates at the same speed as the numbers, about 3 times/sec.

Hard to say though, he only had leads connected to the meter for about 0.0000000000001% of that video

(and even when they were he was just clicking aimlessly on his resistor box)

[EEVblog]

If that's a Banggood promotion, I guess soon we'll have a flurry of youtubers+tinkerers posting their reviews about it.

Banggood have a dozens of people who reach out to bloggers with freebie offers. Not just one marketing person, seriously, dozens 

[nidlaX]

Longer video in Chinese: https://www.bilibili.com/video/av23841752/

Analog bar graph looks slightly useful, but certainly nowhere near Brymen fast.

Looks like it updates at the same speed as the numbers, about 3 times/sec.

Hard to say though, he only had leads connected to the meter for about 0.0000000000001% of that video

(and even when they were he was just clicking aimlessly on his resistor box)

It looked (and he said it was) slightly faster than the digital updates.

[Fungus]

Not particularly accurate/special but it looks flashy.

Even with poor battery life this meter might be usable with rechargeable batteries. The batteries are removable so you can swap them out and continue without having to stop and recharge the meter for an hour.

They should have used a magnetic catch on the battery door so make it faster to get in/out with no tools.

[Fungus]

Looks like it updates at the same speed as the numbers, about 3 times/sec.

It looked (and he said it was) slightly faster than the digital updates.

I don't speak the language so I'll take your word for it. It's impossible to tell from that video.

I'd swear there's a precision voltage reference on the bottom-right corner of his desk for the entire video, but nooo... 

[joeqsmith]

Normally in any of my tests, these ANENG meters put the PTC and clamp after the switch, the switch arcs and that's the end of it.   I tried testing one of the rotary switches on one as well and destroyed it. 

This thing being so different, make me wonder.   Think they auto detect the leads to switch to current as I see no buttons for it?

Hello Joe

nice to meet you


user manual
http://img.banggood.com/file/products/20180530013032ANENGQ1.pdf

Lead detection, wow!  They are moving up the scale.   I want to see one apart.   

[Fungus]

Lead detection, wow!  They are moving up the scale.

The price has gone up 50% for the same basic specs so they must have improved something.

I want to see one apart.

The banggood site is on "preorder" at the moment.

[ebastler]

They should have used a magnetic catch on the battery door so make it faster to get in/out with no tools.

I think safety regulations get in the way of that idea.

[joeqsmith]

They should have used a magnetic catch on the battery door so make it faster to get in/out with no tools.

I think safety regulations get in the way of that idea.

  Now THAT is funny!!!!

[maginnovision]

They should have used a magnetic catch on the battery door so make it faster to get in/out with no tools.

I think safety regulations get in the way of that idea.

  Now THAT is funny!!!!

They could have some safety suggestions they use, you never know.

[Fungus]

Now THAT is funny!!!!

You don't think it will meet its CAT rating? 

I notice they've gone down a CAT level, it's now CAT II/III instead of CAT III/IV.

[joeqsmith]

They should have used a magnetic catch on the battery door so make it faster to get in/out with no tools.

I think safety regulations get in the way of that idea.

  Now THAT is funny!!!!

They could have some safety suggestions they use, you never know.

Well, it does not have the CAT III 600V safety rating like my ZT102.  So they have made some improvements.