Hello, World!
I'm an EE student (freshman) and I love electronics, so I'm going to buy my first DMM mostly for my electronics projects plus for repairing some household devices. Now, the problem is that I can't easily purchase top quality DMMs like high-end Fluke models or Gossen Metrawatt, etc. They are either overpriced or not easily found on the market (especially Gossen Metrawatt is rarely found). Unfortunately, I can't [easily] buy from eBay or other international online shopping websites not based in Iran, and even if I could, there would be lots of problems with shipping to Iran or currency exchanges, etc. So I have to stick to local market anyways.
After watching Dave's Digital Multimeter Buying Guide (EEVblog #75), I think that I need the following specifications for my DMM to best fit my needs for electronics. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
• It should have Autoranging feature and it'd be nice to have the feature of selecting between Manual and Autoranging
• It should have an AC or DC volts range of 200mV up to say, 1000V (NOT those designed for electricians)
• Ohms range of 200? up to 20M?
• Microamps and/or Milliamps
• Input impedance of at least 10M?
• Separate terminals like (A-mA ?A-COM-V?) not (V?mA)
• HRC fuses not glass fuses
• Maximum test voltage of 4V for diode test
• A decent continuity test function (not delayed or scratched tone)
• A reasonable and acceptable battery life
• Capacitor test function would be nice (pF and nF)
• REL function (Relative Measurement)
• Hold or Autohold function ± MIN MAX function
• Basic DC volts accuracy of at least 0.5%
• High display updating and autoranging speed
• Burden voltage 1mV/mA or 0.1 mV/?A
+ other basic essentials
It's easy to find Chinese DMMs with fewer prices like UNI-T, Victor, etc but I'm not sure which model should I buy. I found Fluke 15B, 17B, 106 and 101 amongst relatively affordable Fluke DMMs but I've heard somewhere that Fluke 15B and 17B are not as good as their brand suggests, so maybe they don't worth their price.
Also Hioki ones, like DT-4211 or higher models.
Any recommendations or advice would be much much appreciated!
EDIT: It looks like that the editor replaced my ohms and micro symbols with question marks... I'll fix it as soon as possible.