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GigaJoe:
when I look at 257S, that what i don't like:     AC voltage   60mV / 1000V   ±(1.0%+5) @ 50-400Hz;   400Hz - really low , it more like electrician meter ...
seems only 860, 820 running to 20Khz ..   869 - to 100Khz

https://www.welectron.com/Brymen-BM867s-Multimeter_3  150 euro -  consider , 5.5D ; precision, wide AC freq, bargraph, logging to PC,   ...



rsjsouza:
In addition to the Brymen/Greenlee (which I love) and since you are in the US, Home Depot has quite decently priced meters from Klein. The MM600 and MM700 are built-to-last meters with many features.
mtdoc:

--- Quote from: GigaJoe on July 13, 2018, 03:29:39 pm ---when I look at 257S, that what i don't like:     AC voltage   60mV / 1000V   ±(1.0%+5) @ 50-400Hz;   400Hz - really low , it more like electrician meter ...

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Testing my BM257, I get 1% accuracy up to 1kHz with a 1 Vrms sine wave and up to 20kHz at 7 Vrms.

In reality I rarely ever need to measure high frequency AC amplitude and I doubt the OP does either at this point.  Of course there are always trade offs unless you have unlimited funds. 

The BM867 falls outside of his budget.

FWIW, in addition to the BM257 I own a Fluke 87V, Keysight U1252b, EEVBlog 121GW,  3 bench meters and some cheaper handhelds and yet the BM257 is my most used meter. It has all the functions and enough resolution and accuracy for 99% of what I do. Granted I am a hobbyist, not a professional EE, but so is the OP.

Gizzygone:

--- Quote from: rsjsouza on July 13, 2018, 04:03:01 pm ---In addition to the Brymen/Greenlee (which I love) and since you are in the US, Home Depot has quite decently priced meters from Klein. The MM600 and MM700 are built-to-last meters with many features.

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I was curious about the Klein ones.... I have plenty of Klein tools that I love, but I wasn’t sure if their DMM options were anything worth looking into.
rsjsouza:

--- Quote from: Gizzygone on July 13, 2018, 05:10:42 pm ---
--- Quote from: rsjsouza on July 13, 2018, 04:03:01 pm ---In addition to the Brymen/Greenlee (which I love) and since you are in the US, Home Depot has quite decently priced meters from Klein. The MM600 and MM700 are built-to-last meters with many features.

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I was curious about the Klein ones.... I have plenty of Klein tools that I love, but I wasn’t sure if their DMM options were anything worth looking into.

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A teardown/review of a MM600:
http://budgetlightforum.com/node/58275

Dave did a "Mud Run" with a Klein MM500... it survived!
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