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| janoc:
--- Quote from: IanB on March 31, 2018, 05:05:27 pm --- --- Quote from: janoc on March 31, 2018, 04:55:47 pm ---Haven't seen that in a meter yet. I thought you were referring to normal continuity beep (which it has, of course). --- End quote --- It's a feature of the 87V. --- End quote --- Ah ok. Never had a Fluke around apart from the 101 and that one is a bit oddball with its various autodetection features. |
| coromonadalix:
The quest for the best meter when ive bought the Gossen 28s and 29s was to have the highest resolution available, sturdiness and stability over aging / time, in my country Canada Quebec they dont cost too much when calibrating them, sure they are rare has hell, tried the more recent metrahit series, one word erk they dont even come close to the old series of metrahit 28 29 and 30 models. the biggest drawback are the accessories, the usb or rs232 interfaces are more rare and pricey too ... the clean and good Gossens sell often as 300 - 500 $ usd range, was lucky to find them aroun 250$ each, but the interfaces costed me a fortune (400$ just for 2x 232 and 1x usb interface) The most wanted feature i want is one dc range and one ac range, absolutely no mv range, i measure tons of testpoint voltages between few millivolts and 20 - 30 volts ... that was my first search. Had high hopes for the EEVblog gw121, still waiting for the troubles to get solved over time and new batches produced.. I had the chance to find a Fluke 189 because i needed one more meter, i love the fact you dont totally open the meter case to change the fuses and batteries, if i can buy one more ill do it right away, They are found in the 200 - 250$ usd range, ir interface around 100$ usd Ive seen Chauvin Arnoux "AKA Metrix" top models, i personally hate the leads positions and flip look a like startreck casing, but they seem well built and precise, calibration procedures and price unknowns ... I had Brymen 857s model, very good and fast, i hated the casing of the 869, and the tilt stand wobling. But stop telling its an 500k count, its a real 50k count with an 500k enhanced count in very few functions, sell around 175 - 280$ usd depends where you buy them, ir interface around 100$ Had in the past an Mastech 22000 count model, with easy fuses and battery acess, it was well built too, under 100$ usd, bargain at the time on DX Tried the fluke 28x of a friend, hated them, too high priced ... Uni-T blah, very few models a worth to buy... prices blah If you new at this : stay with the common and reliable brands, thoses who are tested by the eevblog members, the teardowns, the encountered problems ... the parts disponibility if sometimes needed, flukes are the luckyest one of the loot. Ex : syba fuses cost a lot each, the flukes ones are very good and lower priced ... 5-8$ instead of 10-30$ original syba fuses. Brymen have a good cost quality ratio, check for the S versions they are more recent and have better backlight, i would go for them as a start, calibrations procedures are known here and are available, Fluke and Gossen need special softwares, dont know for Mastech... Some Keysight are pain in the @%*( to change fuses, calibrations price and procedure ??? i dont even check them, prices 200 - 350$ usd here's my 2 cents of experiences. pricing is relative, they change and varies a lot Alixpress, DX, Ebay ... My best meter would be an Fluke 8846a in an portable dmm case .... loll |
| joeqsmith:
--- Quote from: MosherIV on March 31, 2018, 04:37:25 pm ---Hi I already have my dream dmm........Fluke 187 :D Sadly, you can no longer get them :'( --- End quote --- I have the 189 which I think is also a very nice meter. Agree that it's a shame they don't offer a basic meter like these anymore. I doubt they were very popular with electricians. You can get a stripped 87V or the over the top and slow 289. That's why I like the 869s. It's just a good all around basic meter and still my favorite of all the meters I have looked at. I'm going to go out on a limb and say I still like the UT181A and if they would make a better version of it, I would buy one. As it is, unable to use the meter when charging that odd ball battery, lens is easy to scratch, typical UNI-T ESD problems etc, I give it a no go. On the plus side, I like the Fluke 289 interface and the fact that they out right stole it. They even improved on the 289s UI in some respects. The meter is very stable with temperature. Graphing and boot times are much better than the 289. Like the BM869s, the 181A also has two thermocouple inputs. The bargraph is one of the fastest and is bidirectional. That is just slick. The Gossen Ultra wouldn't be too bad if it was not so sensitive to RF and static fields. Well, and don't get near it with a magnetic hanger. And battery life with BT is very short. I think if it were your only meter and you used it every day, you could master navigating the menus. Don't expect any service. I understand Gossen was working to improve it. It looks nice on the shelf. I still like my cheapo CEM DT9939. It's slow. The bargraph updates with the display making it worthless. There is a bug with the decimal point when it changes ranges. Overall quality is not the best. Rotary switch may crack if you loan it to someone wanting to turn it past the dead stops. It's certainly not the most robust meter I have looked at. When they were selling for $120, it was a very good deal. Like the RF link. Draws very little current and can log remotely for extended times. That should give you meter connoisseurs some ammo... :-DD |
| coromonadalix:
On the old gossen, i did not perceive the rf noises or sensitivity problems, but for the fun of it, the 28 and 28 have an inside plastic shield with an screw who touch an ground plane , i simply added aluminum auto-adhesive foil up to the screw, never had any problems has joeqsmith mentioned. |
| ogden:
The best multimeter is one that measures everything at highest precision imaginable, yet costs nothing. With same success you can ask about any tool, like automobile and get wild spectrum of answers - from sport cars till trucks and not only :) |
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