Not everyone has access to calibration equipment to resolve this issue. A calibration cert cames with the Agilent DMM and you would expect the meter to be in proper order not just in the level of calibration but also function accurately to spec.
No one said that this calibration " Issue " will be something that every one will face , when he gets this model.
If any one say something like that, he must be nuts ..
I did an comparison of the serial number of the DMM that Tronixstuff had , with the one that Dave got ,
it looks that there is out there , hundreds of thousands of such units.
And also the Google spying monster , its totally clean from complains too.
Not to say, that this expensive DMM , has as target mostly professionals,
and those people, are capable enough to contact the company and resolve any issues.
And they do have, more than one DMM to work with !!
So to send back the possibly problematic one, even just for inspection.
All those contracts about check and calibration between the maker of the DMM ,
and the large factories or private companies (that are the customers) ,
serves exactly this purpose .
No matter what , you are covered .
The single consumer just uses the warranty plan , it simple and effective.
And I am here and writing all those words as an reaction,
because I have sense in the atmosphere unjustified exaggerations.
That's all.