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Best Digital Multimeters of 2023
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nctnico:

--- Quote from: bdunham7 on July 02, 2023, 07:14:19 pm ---
--- Quote from: nctnico on July 02, 2023, 06:40:41 pm ---The modern day batteries are utter crap.

There is a huge range of cheap 4.5 digit bench meters out there which are excellent replacements for handhelds where it comes to electronics work.

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Agreed, although this probably isn't what you had in mind...

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No. More along the line of bench DMMs from GW Instek, Vichy, Owon, Uni-t, etc.
BeBuLamar:

--- Quote from: Fungus on July 02, 2023, 03:23:12 pm ---
--- Quote from: J-R on July 02, 2023, 10:44:23 am ---IMHO, shootout comparisons can be helpful for a newbie who just wants someone to offer a reasonable suggestion, but ultimately it's a no-win situation for the content creator and the buyer likely will be unhappy at some point in the future.

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The newbie "what should I buy?" question is always impossible to answer because the devices don't all cost the exact same amount of money and no general shootout can ever take into account what the newbie will be using it for. Everything device has strengths and weaknesses.

It's much easier to see if I ask you "What car should I buy?" How on earth would anybody tell me that in a Forum? Even if you knew my income, marital status, distance to my work, weekly activities, twice-yearly activities, garage size, latitude, etc., you still don't know how tall I am, what sort of roads I drive on, crime rate in my area, whether I want new or second hand, how handy I am with a spanner, etc., etc.

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Even if I know all other things about you I can't recommend a car for you either. Only you would know.
joeqsmith:

--- Quote from: bdunham7 on July 02, 2023, 04:38:12 pm ---
--- Quote from: joeqsmith on July 02, 2023, 03:46:12 pm ---First thing I consider, will it get me from A to B reliably.  Maybe you have kids and are concerned with safety... 

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I doubt anyone wants an unreliable and dangerous car.  But how does one actually determine those things?  Just saying "do your homework" isn't very helpful.  Suppose I agree and want a safe car (why would I need to have kids to want a safe car...) and I want it to be reliable.  What factors are most important in determining what make/model meets my needs?  The reputation and historical performance of the manufacturer and perhaps specific model?  Insurance instititute or NHTSA ratings and crash tests?  Teardowns by Sandy Munro?  Opinions by Youtubers?  Should I reject an entire brand because they built a particularly unreliable model 40+ years ago?  Or because I saw one involved in a fatal accident in the news?

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It's the consumer's job to sort out.    Another one to consider: https://www.consumerreports.org/   Good thing is we are living in a time where so much of that data is easy to come by.   

I just bought a new helmet as mine are past their dead date.   I could buy something that meets DOT, but instead buy products that pass Snell's testing.   https://smf.org/about     
joeqsmith:

--- Quote from: EEVblog on July 03, 2023, 01:12:18 pm ---
--- Quote from: joeqsmith on July 02, 2023, 06:45:23 am ---As I mentioned before, we used to watch them at work after hours before heading out.  You took offense to the last time I mentioned this and wanted to know why we stopped watching.  I think you were upset that we found some of that early footage comical and very entertaining rather than viewing you as some master in the field.
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I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about  :-//     
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Oh, it sounded like you were keeping a score card.   


--- Quote from: EEVblog on July 03, 2023, 01:12:18 pm ---
--- Quote ---I've suggested you ban the account if it causes you too much grief.
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LOL. I get thousands of people say order of magnitude worser things to me than anything you've ever said or implied, and I don't ban them. it's water off a ducks back. Quack.

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Not sure why you brought it up yet again that I've got something against you.   Obviously, something is triggering you.  I stay out of discussion on  religion, politics, anti-vax....   Maybe it's my comments on the 121GW.  You would think that would be the one area you wouldn't care.     Anyway, offer stands if you want to blab direct.

joeqsmith:

--- Quote from: EEVblog on July 03, 2023, 01:38:08 pm ---
--- Quote from: bdunham7 on July 02, 2023, 04:38:12 pm ---Teardowns by Sandy Munro?  Opinions by Youtubers?
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Like it or not, people watch Youtubers for a reason, it's in the name YOUtube. They watch YOU for YOUR opinion whether us creators like that or not.
Joe for example might think he's not offering an opinion, and that he's just doing the tests and presenting the data, but it's way more than that. Viewers are taking subtle clues from what he says and the way he says it etc. Welcome to the human race.

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It's a tiny channel and I doubt it has much influence.   As far as being a "no win", I guess from a financial perspective, I agree in my case.   But consider I'm running these tests out of personal curiosity, and if I'm learning something from them, then I consider it a win.     
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