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joeqsmith:

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--- Quote from: kgavionics on April 23, 2020, 10:29:50 pm ---After receiving the meter it turns out that the display is junk, it works, but is full of color patches which make it unreadable in certain angles.I returned the meter today!Dave is right to not recommend cheap MM's!

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That's really weird. Every review of the AN8008 I've seen has praised its LCD, and based on my own unit I completely agree. (It's a clearer, more contrasty LCD than what my Fluke 87V uses.) I wonder what happened with yours. :(

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I wondered if they had found a way to make the clear lenses less expensive and it causes some distortion.  Maybe it wasn't a problem with the actual LCD. 

Fungus:

--- Quote from: tooki on April 24, 2020, 06:37:42 pm ---
--- Quote from: kgavionics on April 23, 2020, 10:29:50 pm ---After receiving the meter it turns out that the display is junk, it works, but is full of color patches which make it unreadable in certain angles.I returned the meter today!Dave is right to not recommend cheap MM's!

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That's really weird. Every review of the AN8008 I've seen has praised its LCD, and based on my own unit I completely agree. (It's a clearer, more contrasty LCD than what my Fluke 87V uses.) I wonder what happened with yours. :(

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Yep. I can only imagine that you got the 1 in a million bad ones.

LCDs are really cheap technology. Even those freebie DT-830D meters have really good LCDs (why aren't Flukes that black?)

kgavionics:
 I've seen a lot a 8008 reviews on youtube and haven't noticed any problems with the LCD, I must be unlucky to get this crappy one.
Anyways, i ordered the Brymen BM986S from welecton.com after seeing a lot of Joe Smith reviews about that particular meter!
They haven't shipped it yet, but i guess with the pandemic it gonna take a while before i'm gonna receive it !
Thank you all for your help

zabov:
Rather than opening a new thread, I decided to reply here.
Not looking for a cheap DMM but not going to spend a kidney on it either. My thoughts were to get a fluke 117 but then found out I can get a brymen 869s for the same price. Any advice? I’m a mechanic and have a cheap innova multimeter. Looking for something better.

Lightages:
You cannot go wrong with any Brymen. For a car mechanic and general use I would say go for a Brymen BM235, BM257, or bigger models if you can spare the cash. You also might want a clamp meter to look at battery currents. This opens up a whole new can of worms.

I suggest that you start a new thread for you. Starting a new question in someone's thread is confusing and can dilute the answer the original poster is looking for.

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