I got my first multimeter!

[Auggie]

So I was looking to buy a multimeter and the whole time I just kept hearing Dave's voice scream "FLUKE 87!!!" So i got me a Fluke 87! Thanks Dave. Cant wait for it to get here so I can start measuring!

[GeekGirl]

So I was looking to buy a multimeter and the whole time I just kept hearing Dave's voice scream "FLUKE 87!!!" So i got me a Fluke 87! Thanks Dave. Cant wait for it to get here so I can start measuring!

You will not be disappointed I think it is the best meter (both value for money and USABLE features) that fluke have made.

Regards,

Kat.

[Ed.Kloonk]

I want to buy one tomorrow. I don't mean order it and wait for it, I mean go somewhere that has it on display. I wanna touch it, feel it and then buy it.

I am at Windsor NSW, but will travel.

Any recommendations? Who sells this meter?

[EEVblog]

Tricky Dick Smith used to carry it, but I doubt they have it any more.
Don't know anyone close to Windsor who would really have it in the window for a scratch'n'sniff.
Unfortunately if you buy it from a shop front you are very likely to overpay.
Sadly, it's a very expensive meter in Australia

There is a used one on ebay from an Oz seller if that suits:
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Fluke-87-Multimeter_W0QQitemZ320509347637QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAU_B_I_Electrical_Test_Equipment?hash=item4a9fd88735

Dave.

[Ed.Kloonk]

Tricky Dick Smith used to carry it, but I doubt they have it any more.
Don't know anyone close to Windsor who would really have it in the window for a scratch'n'sniff.

Yeah, we nuttin' out here but banjos and moonshine. 

Unfortunately if you buy it from a shop front you are very likely to overpay.
Sadly, it's a very expensive meter in Australia

Yeh you said it.

There is a used one on ebay from an Oz seller if that suits:
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Fluke-87-Multimeter_W0QQitemZ320509347637QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAU_B_I_Electrical_Test_Equipment?hash=item4a9fd88735

Dave.

I was looking at that too. I cant decide a brand new 179 would be better. I'll get the 87 some day, but for now I just need a digital meter with low sens on the DC.

I am using the full featured handheld jaycar (not so) cheapy $140 meter with the 200A clamp that they were selling a few years ago. It's great for working on household power and cars etc. Today I was working on a little comparator circuit on a breadboard and I couldn't figure out why my trim-pots were 'moving'. 

Then the penny finally dropped that the damn meter was pulling down on the voltage when I had it connected to an input.  So I went to the 2007 jaycar catalog and looked at the specs cos the manual is long gone: No impedance rating even given!! 

Edit: I remembered where I left the book for the old meter. Input impedance is supposed to be 10 meg. Well is isn't 10 meg today. Something's amiss. 

+1 the OP. Hurry up Fluke and get here.