Aneng takes the smartphone analogy too far? (ANENG 620A)

[Fungus]

Even the on/off switch is like a phone's on/off switch and the function select buttons are where a smartphone volume buttons would be:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002124657734.html

[james_s]

Well I wouldn't want one, but I guess the market will decide.

[GrayCat]

So, it' the " ANENG 620A " model. Just to make this topic searchable 
 
The main question is: does it have the real mode switching? Their previous model 619A has an awful "Smart" mode, auto-switching between Volts, Ohms and continuity -- so you can NOT measure small voltages, neither small resistances. I expect Aneng to return to the manual mode switching.

[Fungus]

So, it' the " ANENG 620A " model. Just to make this topic searchable 

I changed the title. 

The main question is: does it have the real mode switching? Their previous model 619A has an awful "Smart" mode, auto-switching between Volts, Ohms and continuity -- so you can NOT measure small voltages, neither small resistances. I expect Aneng to return to the manual mode switching.

In the video you see both "Auto" mode and fixed modes (eg. when testing the LEDs).

The ranges are shown on the Aliexpress page:


I think this meter is for casual users. If you're really interested in fine measurements there are much better ones (eg. Aneng 870).

[TimFox]

In the still image shown above, two normal test probes are connected to a capacitor, but the readout is temperature in Celsius.

[wraper]

In the still image shown above, two normal test probes are connected to a capacitor, but the readout is temperature in Celsius.

So what? Measurement is displayed on top. Due to large capacitance, measurement was displayed after a few seconds.

[Fungus]

In the still image shown above, two normal test probes are connected to a capacitor, but the readout is temperature in Celsius.

The bottom half of the screen always shows temperature (the room temperature).

The capacitance result will appear in the top half of the screen when it's finished reading.

[TimFox]

That dispels my mistake: I never view these videos.

[GrayCat]

So, according to some YouTubes, this meter only has the "Smart" mode for V/R/continuity. You can not measure voltages below 0.5V, and resistances below ~~30 Ohm with it.
 
==> Trash Can.
 
The next my favourite will be the "Habotest HT116" == "GVDA GD128" multimeter. It has a slightly smaller (3.5 inch) but "Semi-Colour" VA display. And YES, it can be switched to manual V/R/Cont. modes, along with Auto/Manual ranges!