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| Fluke 8846A Discontinued. Is it worth it to pay higher prices? |
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| Arhigos:
Wow that's a surprising news for me. I think they should now make a fluke-branded version of DMM6500 (just like they did with DMM4020 and DMM4050) before. |
| free_electron:
--- Quote from: Dubbie on June 29, 2022, 07:41:55 am ---There is no way I would get a bench meter without some sort of graphing functionality. --- End quote --- it is useless. you have a VFD with 192x64 pixels .. that's not even QVGA ... and the user interface to display, scroll and zoom is bass-ackwards... if you need graphing : machines have GPIB/ Serial / USB / LXI : install Agilents Benchvue and off you go. Graph to your hearts content. The only thing this machine has is a usb host , so you can plug in a memory stick and record long term, standalone. But then the newer TFT based agilent machines have that too.. |
| TomKatt:
Just an observation that going from a $50 hardware store handheld to a nearly $2K lab meter is quite a jump! While I certainly would love a meter of that class, I'm just curious what led you to orders of magnitude better equipment? Other than a permanent backlight, handhelds like Dave's BM786 are accurate and address most of your complaints about your current meter, for far less expense. But something like a Fluke 8846A surely looks good on the bench 8) Personally, I'm a sucker for VFD displays myself. |
| coromonadalix:
Depend of the OP needs, does it need to be datalogging ? you have softwares who can help with that too, seeing the tektronix variants clones and the flukes one, i would never ever pay that yes to the huge problem to repair them if needed, just that is enough to pass over them you have some rigols, keysight and others who can give you lot without costing this absurd price even the ''used'' price(s) will rise the same way it had with the 34401a, 884x series etc ... even old keithley 196 prices rose a lot too loll |
| Hydron:
I'd say it wasn't worth paying the price even before it went up - it's not a recent model, and the DMM6500 is being sold by the same parent company with a lot of added features and a lower price even before the rise (this is what I picked when I went from a handheld to bench meter). Would only make sense paying the premium if you had a setup that MUST use this specific meter - those with stock will be pricing them aimed at people in that exact situation (i.e. a captive market). |
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