IMHO, the best LCDs I have seen have been in Uni-T. Very ironic.
I second that.
The most readable LCDs from all angles.
The Fluke 185 display looks pretty good !
The best LCD screen of all my meters (Fluke, Gossen, CEM, Uni-T), is on the Fluke 185 (Tektronix).
Strangely, it is readable from any angle, close to the horizontal, from any direction. This is old technology,
This is good technology you mean...

Those days are long gone. Now quality and functionality is
ruled by marketing/economics rather than need.
Other negative things on the BM235 is the stand which is way to soft for such a stiff function switch.
You have to press it down to turn the switch and if the stand does not have a good grip, the multimeter
start bending down quite a lot.

UT61E again has a very stable stand.
The hold function is a joke. Same as in the BM869s. If you have three hands its very useful.
The UT61E has a delayed hold which is perfect. Not as the Fluke 87V, but still very usable.
The battery case is screwed on with just one screw which is in the middle! Feels very cheap and
the case flexes from both sides. You have to be very careful when you remove the holster.
They could have used two screws spaced apart near the bottom. UT61E battery case is excellent.
On the bench I keep turning to the UT61E simply because its a more functional multimeter.
In my opinion the Brymens are more suitable for the electrical engineer than the electronics hobbyist.
The constant gripe you hear for the UT61E is the lack of input protection which is true, but how many
times will the electronics hobbyist start probing CAT IV installations ?...
The frequency measurement of the UT61E is pretty good and goes up to many Mhz very easily.
Brymens struggle with Hz.
Another thing I like on the UT61E is the Peak function. Suppose you have the following
1khz 3vp square wave, with a 3V offset.

The UT61E will show you the peak value of 3V very easily up to 10Khz. The BM235 is missing that
function and even the top of the range 869s will go only up to 800Hz. Same is true if there is no
offset. UT61E peak function on 230V mains voltage works perfectly as well.
Finally the UT61E is quite hackable with many functions that can be enabled or implemented
like a backlight, VFD function, MIN/MAX, enhanced APO functionality etc.
In my opinion if the UT61E did not have the accuracy drift problem, it would have been the best
multimeter for the electronics hobbyist hands down.
The EEVblog logo looks cool though.
