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| Decided to Buy Brymen 869s - Help Me Avoid Buyers Remorse |
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| shapirus:
--- Quote from: mwb1100 on March 22, 2024, 06:58:28 pm ---The only problems I have with any of them (and neither applies to the BM869s AFAIK) is that some have a weak diode mode - won't light up som LEDs) --- End quote --- To put some numbers, my BM869s outputs up to 2.94 V in diode mode into a 10 MOhm (another DMM) load. Not enough for some (typically white) LEDs. |
| Bud:
Be an adult, make your choice, and do not sweat over it. |
| Majorassburn:
--- Quote from: Bud on March 22, 2024, 07:32:21 pm ---Be an adult, make your choice, and do not sweat over it. --- End quote --- Right-O. I'm buying the 869s instead of the Greenlee version because of the price difference and because the two lowest price sellers of the Greenlee are a telephone operation hiding behind a website based on a side street in Las Vegas! I'll probably go with TME and/or Welectron. P.S. The bulkiness won't matter - its gonna live on a prototype design bench until our new Keithley DMM6500 gets delivered. Thanks for all the great suggestions. I appreciate all of your comments. I'll let you know how much I love my new Brymen after I get it. :-DD |
| J-R:
The Keysight 1282A is easy to get from any number of top tier online sellers like Mouser. For the money, I would suggest one from eBay then ship it out for calibration + data. Greenlee is equally easy to find from any number of online sellers: https://www.greenlee.com/us/en/dmm-500k-counts-dm-860a-dm-860a Probably just go here: https://www.tequipment.net/Greenlee/DM-860A/Multimeters/ But I agree, the Greenlee price is a bit steep. It's better for someone who needs local support. |
| HKJ:
Brymen meters are good meters, if BM869 work for you is up to you, read the specifications. It is not a cheap Chinese meter. I do like Brymen meters, but they are not Fluke. What do I mean by that? Most Fluke meters have a very good and simple user interface (289 excluded), they are very precise, they have very good specifications and are tested to handle anything you can throw at them. Brymen do not have as good user interface, mostly because they support more functionality, they have even better specifications that Fluke, but they lack the history of reliability that Fluke have. I like and adore Fluke and wish more brand would make meters that match Fluke, but Brymen wins easily as a advanced meter as long as your do not demand a simple user interface (Again excluding 289). If I had to equipment a couple of people with meters would I select Fluke or Brymen? If a standard Fluke meter could do it (Not 289), I would select Fluke, because it is much easier to teach people to use a Fluke meter, than a Brymen meter, even though the Brymen is technically best. $100 (or a bit more) is not really significant in that calculation, what is required is a simple meter that can do the job (Fluke excels in that) . |
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