I have bought two Aneng meters. They were both crap, inaccurate and built or poor materials. I will not buy another.
I have bought two Aneng meters. They were both crap, inaccurate and built or poor materials. I will not buy another.
What models? I own a few and they're pretty good for what they are. Accuracy is spot on.
The 9002 looks like it has potential to be a worthy successor to the 8008. I like the jack arrangement and will be interested to see what Auto does. Nice to add the rel and min/max. Maybe next time for a bar meter. Q10 could be nice too.
I have bought two Aneng meters. They were both crap, inaccurate and built or poor materials. I will not buy another.
What models? I own a few and they're pretty good for what they are. Accuracy is spot on.
I'm interested to see what happens over time with them. Case in point, the aforementioned UT61E which can drift a fair amount in the first year of ownership (I had one). I'm not sure if the Aneng meters have any user adjustable calibration as well.
I'm struggling to think of a reason why you would want it to link to your phone via Bluetooth when it doesn't do data logging
I'm struggling to think of a reason why you would want it to link to your phone via Bluetooth when it doesn't do data logging
How do you have 10,000 posts and can't think of why they would add Bluetooth to a non-logging meter? LOL
1) HELLO.... REMOTE VIEWING!!!
There's been multiple times when I was in a challenging situation when I would have loved to have this feature.
2) Training / Presentations
You can run Blue Stacks on your laptop to run Android apps on your computer. Or do a screen project to laptop from your phone. Then you can share via a projector , Zoom, or other methods. Not too mention it looks nicer if you are teaching, doing a presentation, blog, or YouTube video.
3) You can take a screenshot to record your measurement and then write notes over top of the photo. I tend to lose my handwritten notes, so something like this would be handy for me.
4. Hard to read situations.
If your are trying to measure something difficult where it requires you to keep your eyes on what you are doing, you can do a screen record mode, and play back the video to see what the reading was.
Hopefully you can see this isn't a "WTF" feature as you thought. There is many meters on the market like this, and it's actually a nice addition to the feature set. My grandpa hated computers, the internet, LCD screens and was just happy using his analog Simpson meter for everything. He was an electrical engineer who worked for NASA. So it's easy to get stuck in your ways even if you are incredibly intelligent. But if you aren't open to new technology you will be missing out on some cool things which could make your life easier.
The 9002 looks like it has potential to be a worthy successor to the 8008. I like the jack arrangement and will be interested to see what Auto does. Nice to add the rel and min/max. Maybe next time for a bar meter. Q10 could be nice too.
Also takes AA cells, so hopefully it will run well on NiMh cells to avoid the leakage problem.
I have abandoned my 8008 because its AAA cells had leaked.
Also takes AA cells, so hopefully it will run well on NiMh cells to avoid the leakage problem.
I have abandoned my 8008 because its AAA cells had leaked.
Have you tried lithium primary cells? They are supposed to never leak.
That’s the sort of thing that would piss me right off and result in it being returned
That’s the sort of thing that would piss me right off and result in it being returned
Agreed. I'am looking at the new UT61E+ / UT161E but by the looks of things Uni-T has cursed these models with those fake bargraphs but I could be wrong. For me it's a showstopper.
I did a review on a failed product (Surpeer AV4) whose bargraph was a disaster. This meter seems to have been re-launched as the ELEG-Borbede BD-99
I have bought two Aneng meters. They were both crap, inaccurate and built or poor materials. I will not buy another.
What models? I own a few and they're pretty good for what they are. Accuracy is spot on.
I have two 8008s and two colleagues of mine have them, too. All the meters have problems with rotary switches. I's got to the point where it switches on and off randomly
That’s the sort of thing that would piss me right off and result in it being returnedAgreed. I'am looking at the new UT61E+ / UT161E but by the looks of things Uni-T has cursed these models with those fake bargraphs but I could be wrong. For me it's a showstopper.I saw a promotional video for the UT161E and the bargraph seems really terrible. The UT61E bargraph is very nice and has a bit of dampening that is just right.