EEVblog #99 – $100 Multimeter Shootout – Extech Amprobe BK Precision Ideal UEi Uni-T PART 1of2

PART 1 of 2
Dave compares six $100 Multimeters:

BK Precision BK2709B
http://www.tequipment.net/BK2709B.html
Extech EX505
http://www.tequipment.net/ExtechEX505.asp
Amprobe 34XR-A
http://www.tequipment.net/Amprobe34XR-A.html
UEi DM391
http://www.tequipment.net/UEiDM391.html
IDEAL 61-342
http://www.tequipment.net/Ideal61-342.asp
UNI-T UT61D
http://www.uni-trend.com/UT61D.html

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Product Design FAIL – IDEAL Multimeter

Bad Product Design 101:
How to screw up your product with a simple design oversight.
The IDEAL brand 61-342 looked like a nice multimeter until Dave tried to actually use it and discovered an epic product design FAIL!

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EEVblog #80 – Nokia E71 + Garmin Mobile XT = Embedded Hell

Dave cuts loose on the ridiculous battery life on the Nokia E71 mobile phone.
The code monkeys at Garmin and Nokia get a serve.

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EEVblog #73 – How to screw up your winning product

Another random drive-time rant.
Dave rants about how dickhead marketing changes can screw up your winning product.

The Tropicana Story:
http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/brandnewday/archives/2009/04/tropicana_fiasc.html
and
http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/linda-tischler/design-times/never-mind-pepsi-pulls-much-loathed-tropicana-packaging
and
http://www.johnmamus.com/designeverything/2009/01/tropicana-design-critique.html

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EEVblog #28 – Product design drives me NUTS!

Dave goes nuts over dodgy product design decisions in Canon DV camcorders, Fluke multimeters, Timex watches, Princeton Tec LED lights, and PVR’s.
And how cool would it be to design farting gnomes?

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