Do Fluke, Hioki and Keysight DMMs have lower power consumption than Brymen? According to product datasheets I think so.
I wonder what the OLED Keysight is.
I wonder what the OLED Keysight is.From the specifications...
Wow!!?? 8 hours!! So, to be real honest, after running the power sucking UNI-T I really could not complain about it. 40 hours of life was more than enough for what I would call a portable bench meter. So 36 on the U1252B, as long as I can recharge it, would not be too much of a problem. But 8???!! That's not even a full work day!
Sorry, I couldn't meet the schedules due to the fact I had to keep changing my meter's batteries. To prevent this in the future, I have added a task to the schedule to allow for a battery change a day. We plan to assign this task to the new intern to save costs. We also had the purchasing department work on getting us volume pricing for the batteries and we have budgeted for this ....
8 hours....
I have also decided to buy the BM869S but I can only find it on TME.EU
I've sent them 4 emails during the last 48 hours and got no response...
I am not %100 sure its a wise choice to buy form TME. On top of that,
the battery compartment of the BM869S scares me...
Shall I pull the trigger?
You are right I guess.
I think I will buy it and see what happens.
Just before I press the BUY NOW button... do you think that there is a better multimeter at this price range?
From the little research I did, this looks like the best multimeter for the price.
(but again, I cannot believe how they choose this kind of battery connection )
BM867 was indeed my first choice, but I've heard that they use lesser quality fuses.
I don't really care about the VDF.
I have also decided to buy the BM869S but I can only find it on TME.EU
I've sent them 4 emails during the last 48 hours and got no response...
I am not %100 sure its a wise choice to buy form TME. On top of that,
the battery compartment of the BM869S scares me...
Shall I pull the trigger?
1., the beeper is so loud, that my glasses always breaks when I turned it on. No problem, I bought already a power resistor to replace the 3 ohm in there, that will solve this problem.
>>2., the display light has a timeout, which, I would say is unacceptable, but I never used it (I use it as a desktop meter), so it is just a theoretical issue for me. Still an issue!
+1: the encoder switch is too stiff, definitely needs some lubricants, but I can live with that for now.
They ignored two emails from me as well, and I had already paid. Just relax, life is too short to get wound-up over this stuff. I got my meter in around 4 days shipped to Canada.
I have also decided to buy the BM869S but I can only find it on TME.EU
I've sent them 4 emails during the last 48 hours and got no response...
I am not %100 sure its a wise choice to buy form TME. On top of that,
the battery compartment of the BM869S scares me...
Shall I pull the trigger?
QuoteCan you elaborate on your concern about the battery compartment?
What scares you about it?
This : ....
Completely unacceptable, to say the least, on a $250 multimeter.
The $45 UT61E is light years ahead in battery case design. (unfortunately this stops there... )
Older versions of Fluke 87 are exactly like this.
QuoteOlder versions of Fluke 87 are exactly like this.
Exactly...
Indeed, having an instrument damaged just from a leaked battery is not the best.
>>And to be 100% safe, just go for 9V Lithium batteries from VARTA. They have a shelf life of 10 years.
Nice to know! They will be my next 9V batteries.