Example from just now: Fluke 289 is $553.69 at Amazon USA because it has a discount, in Farnell/Element 14 it is $599.95 - in the EU in the same site it goes for €608.00 that is about $826.27.
I'd really hate to see you end up with the 289. Not that it's a horrible option, just expensive and bulky for the price with shit battery life. If you don't need portable the Agilent 34461 or the Hameg HMC8012 are both excellent meters.
For the record, the 30M doesn't need any kind of special setup, apart from a recommended warm-up period of 5 minutes, before accurate measurements are made. If the voltage source being measured is noisy, several filter strengths are available internally, to help steady the readings.
Although I wouldn't use such a specialized meter for continuity testing, it is fast enough, once the resolution has been reduced to the minimum, through the set-up menu.
The meter is also capable of 4-wire resistance and temperature measurements.
There are 2 baud rates available: 9600 and 19200.
The 30M is a nice meter, no question. Depends on if you need the accuracy/precision.
Well, that's what this thread is about, the most DC accuracy available for less than $1,100, not about the most feature-packed DMM on the market.