For that kind of money you could buy at least 16 AN8008 multimeters
Thanks for the suggestions.
Im not sure about that keysight, the brymen seems to give more bang for the buck though.
The Keysight one seems to be verry robust made. IP67 and all that.
But i have no plans on going for a swim with any dmm anytime soon or do any climing where wher i can drop it from a high place
Im not doing any field work that requires such robustness.
I also heard that Keysight isnt that good. such as the continuity test is real bad. but thats what i heard people say.
I have no experiance with either keysight or brymen so i cant tell and have to rely on other peoples experiance with them.
A bench top dmm could also be a option for me if they where a bit cheaper.
i guess i'll have to go watch more reviews of variouse dmm's :\
Anywho, i have saved up 300 dollars for a new dmm.
Im no electrician. so i want a dmm suted for electronics. (high voltage/current inst my thingy)
I have a Brymen BM869s, the EEVBlog badged Brymen BM235 and an Agilent U1252B. All have their advantages and disadvantages but for low energy daily-use electronics I would recommend the BM235. It is a good meter.
Get the BM869s if you can tolerate its size, you won't regret it. No reason to consider any alternatives. From what we've seen in reviews, teardowns, comparisons, and torture tests, there is no other meter that has better value for money in this price range.
You get plenty of bang for your money with a Uni-T. If you’re not poking around high energy circuits it’ll do the job. Then again so will a DT830.
I might buy one of those Aneng jobbies.
For that kind of money you could buy at least 16 AN8008 multimeters
Get the BM869s if you can tolerate its size, you won't regret it. No reason to consider any alternatives. From what we've seen in reviews, teardowns, comparisons, and torture tests, there is no other meter that has better value for money in this price range. The only reasons to consider other meters are 1. they have special features that the Brymen doesn't have (graphical display / logging, OLED, Bluetooth, IPX certification, etc) or 2. you want a meter that's less bulky. Otherwise, it's THE meter that does all basic electronics measurements well AND is extremely robust.
For that kind of money you could buy at least 16 AN8008 multimetersNote the qualifier "best" in the title.
If I was you buddy i'd look at getting 2 meters.
If I was you buddy i'd look at getting 2 meters.
Definitely.
I don't care how much you paid for a meter, if you don't regularly contrast/compare/crosscheck with another meter then you can't have true confidence in the numbers shown on screen.
An old Fluke 12B will do for this but the $20 Chinese meter market is amazing right now. It's worth getting one no matter what other meters you own, even if it's only to see what $20 gets you these days.