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Buy FLUKE 101 or HIOKI 3244-60 POCKET MULTIMETERS ??
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Fungus:

--- Quote from: jeffkf on May 31, 2024, 05:56:53 am ---I want to buy a pocket multimeter, and my choices have boiled down to either the FLUKE 101 or the  HIOKI 3244-60

Have you bought any, or both, of them?

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I own the Fluke, it's a good meter but a very basic one.

It's famous for being very tough but it's not as nsealed against water/dust as some other meters.

It doesn't measure current and the continuity isn't the fastest. Also no backlight.

If that's not a problem then get one.

floobydust:
Uni-T UT121, UT123 and others are their usual scam - they leave out the protection components like MOV's/2nd PTC to save a few pennies.
Look at DMM reviews: UT123 UK
BeBuLamar:

--- Quote from: Fungus on June 03, 2024, 09:46:12 pm ---
--- Quote from: jeffkf on May 31, 2024, 05:56:53 am ---I want to buy a pocket multimeter, and my choices have boiled down to either the FLUKE 101 or the  HIOKI 3244-60

Have you bought any, or both, of them?

--- End quote ---

I own the Fluke, it's a good meter but a very basic one.

It's famous for being very tough but it's not as nsealed against water/dust as some other meters.

It doesn't measure current and the continuity isn't the fastest. Also no backlight.

If that's not a problem then get one.

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In general Fluke are tough but I am not sure how tough is the low end 101. I am OK for the limited functionality and no current measurement.
Fungus:

--- Quote from: BeBuLamar on June 03, 2024, 10:27:31 pm ---In general Fluke are tough but I am not sure how tough is the low end 101.

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https://youtu.be/ymJc5oxthlw?t=791

floobydust:
Another issue to consider is the battery used - Hioki 3244-60 and several other pocket DMM's use lithium coin cells which are nice and compact but have very little energy about 1/5 of an AAA alkaline pair. CR2032 Energizer sells for $6 here ouch.

Fluke 101 is not true-RMS and no idea of its AC frequency response, if it goes over a couple kHz.
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