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Choosing a multimeter - decisions.... decisions....
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Fungus:
If I ever decide to get a "luxury" multimeter it will be a Hioki DT4282.

nightfire:
At my last employer, I had a Fluke 179 and a current clamp from Hioki- build quality of t his was really good, especially considering the very competitive pricing back then- but I have to admit, that I have no practical haptical experience with their recent DMMs.
Martin72:
For some people this doesn´t matter.. ;)

I´m thankful to work in a professional testfield since 19yrs, learning to use and know pro-equipment every day and comparing them to my home equipment.
This is the real deal instead reading datasheets and watching videos..
We use equipment from lecroy, tektronix, fluke, hioki, yokogawa, GenRad, ZES.
At home I got siglent, hioki, tektronix, brymen, and some china brands.
Based on my experiences at home/work, I would call the brymen meter for example as a cheap alternative to pro-brands.


kayasaman:
Again thank you all so much for the valuable input and recommendations!

Someday I really hope to pay the favor back, but let's see what the future holds.

Looking more closely at the DT422x range, they are small and ultra cute but not having current measurement just feels a little restrictive.

Really it seems right now the smaller DMM choice will be a close call between the Bryman 257s and Hioki DT4256. It's a shame as I like the size of the 422x series.... Really it's like the difference between my Greenlee (Textron) NC100 and NC500. The NC100 being smaller is more practical for basic LAN wiring tests while if you need to test more eg. at a patch panel then the NC500 is more suited to that kind of thing. Though.... having said that it looks like Hioki even have a tester with more then just 8 dongles... that would have helped so much while wiring my house as I have over 100 ports in the 3 patch panels upstairs and 4x server racks in total.

The suggestion for 2 DMM's is probably the way I will go and that means combining one of the above with a Hioki DT4282.


As to which one I will get first will probably boil down to my other interest needs... I mentioned photography previously and that stuff is heavily expensive, especially for astro stuff; so I'll really need to weigh things up on my end.


Yes Hioki is from Japan and usually the Japanese make fantastic equipment and feats of engineering. Brymen I think is German (along with Gossen) which are also fantastic for engineering and quality. I would say probably the two top countries globally that just have an edge over everyone else. :)
Though I can also vouch for many other companies from other countries but I am generalizing in the above statement as really anyone can make high quality products, it just depends on how knowledgeable and caring the company is and if they are willing or not to skip on things.
kayasaman:

--- Quote from: Martin72 on November 17, 2022, 12:29:33 am ---For some people this doesn´t matter.. ;)

I´m thankful to work in a professional testfield since 19yrs, learning to use and know pro-equipment every day and comparing them to my home equipment.
This is the real deal instead reading datasheets and watching videos..
We use equipment from lecroy, tektronix, fluke, hioki, yokogawa, GenRad, ZES.
At home I got siglent, hioki, tektronix, brymen, and some china brands.
Based on my experiences at home/work, I would call the brymen meter for example as a cheap alternative to pro-brands.

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Indeed, and I have to agree with you. I'm sure as a fellow engineer we share that same sentiment of what professional work is looking for and what we are looking for outsifde of the "office", even though we may know our fields inside and out.

Maybe because of my medical condition I don't know, but most people compare me to Prof. Brown from Back to the Future. Especially anyone doing residential "Home Automation" stuff.... most of the time I recommend to those guys to mix good quality pro stuff at not high level prices with custom built stuff. I get nods and blank looks at this time but it's just so much easier having open API's to communicate between different things then some licensed protocol that you can't get your hands on.

For the network backbone, I always recommend to use fully managed L2 switches with LACP trunking capability. No, you don't need to spend $10k per switch doing this and in fact it can be done at a quite reasonable price. Unfortunately most of the time these guys tend to install unmanaged switches to save on price then end up with all their eggs in one basket which causes nothing but problems.

It's the same thing if we relate that to multimeter or test equipment choice. At home for personal use we might actually end up wanting more then what the pro stuff have to offer but not needing the paper trail or IPxx design... I mean it's highly unlikely that one would need an explosion proof multimeter for home or personal use - unless you like blowing things up a lot haha :) :)

@martin72 it's a shame we can't talk more about this over a nice beer as the debate would be quite fun without a doubt... :D I haven't actually said "{Prosst)" in a long time either :P
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