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Best handheld dmm, at any price?

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Mr. Scram:

--- Quote from: niner_007 on June 03, 2018, 03:02:53 am ---Currently high on my list is the Keysight 1272 or generally the 1200 series, specs are okay, but the internal construction is important to me, and this one has a beautiful discrete construction; nothing is worse than a product that has good specs and works properly but is ugly on the inside, speaking for myself here, I understand not everyone feels the same :) I hate when handheld meters use an ASIC or one of those multimeter ICs, that's honestly quite enough for me to turn it down. Anyone feels the same?

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What's wrong with a properly designed ASIC? They're cost effective, they're reliable and they're energy efficient. They should bring benefits to basically all important areas.

niner_007:

--- Quote from: Mr. Scram on June 03, 2018, 05:32:23 am ---
--- Quote from: niner_007 on June 03, 2018, 03:02:53 am ---Currently high on my list is the Keysight 1272 or generally the 1200 series, specs are okay, but the internal construction is important to me, and this one has a beautiful discrete construction; nothing is worse than a product that has good specs and works properly but is ugly on the inside, speaking for myself here, I understand not everyone feels the same :) I hate when handheld meters use an ASIC or one of those multimeter ICs, that's honestly quite enough for me to turn it down. Anyone feels the same?

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What's wrong with a properly designed ASIC? They're cost effective, they're reliable and they're energy efficient. They should bring benefits to basically all important areas.

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they are basically closed IP, that you cannot get into or source, if it fails, it's gone, it's less likely to get a replacement and on old test tools, you can completely forget about it; from a learning perspective, hard to understand as well; I probably wouldn't be as against it if their design and source code was open, but that's never happening

bricksnmortar:
I know this thread has been dormant for a while but in the interests of answering the OP it seems as if "best" (subjective I know given differences in what people want like logging) seems to be narrowing down to a meter from each of the tier 1 manufacturers (for want of a better description). I like coming up with answers to these types of questions because it gives manufacturers a pat on the back for a job well done. These models seem to be
Brymen 869s
Fluke 187 (seems to have more 'votes' than the 289 series)
Hioki DT4282
Gossen Metrahit 30M (or its newer replacement, looks like the Metrahit Ultra)
Keysight (maybe something like the u1253b)

Is that a fair list? And if so who are you leaning to for the crown (maybe putting aside size or battery leakage issues)? Since this is eevblog we are discussing an electronics focus, probably as a mix of bench and field but standing on its own (so not thought of as in conjunction with the capabilities of your bench DMM or other devices you personally own).

Excavatoree:
About 100 Fluke 70 series, a couple of 87-Vs, a 189, an 89, various other misc. Flukes, and a couple 189-IIs.  (LOL, sorry)

Seriously:
I know it'd be a Gossen, but really, they are so out of consideration I don't even know which one, exactly.

HKJ:

--- Quote from: bricksnmortar on December 22, 2022, 02:00:04 am ---I know this thread has been dormant for a while but in the interests of answering the OP it seems as if "best" (subjective I know given differences in what people want like logging) seems to be narrowing down to a meter from each of the tier 1 manufacturers (for want of a better description). I like coming up with answers to these types of questions because it gives manufacturers a pat on the back for a job well done. These models seem to be
Brymen 869s
Fluke 187 (seems to have more 'votes' than the 289 series)
Hioki DT4282
Gossen Metrahit 30M (or its newer replacement, looks like the Metrahit Ultra)
Keysight (maybe something like the u1253b)

Is that a fair list?

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Not really, see this list: https://lygte-info.dk/info/DMMHigh-end%20UK.html

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