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I am impressed with the Fluke 101.

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Axtman:
I bought a Fluke 101 multimeter the other day. I wanted a small, inexpensive, safe, reliable meter that I could put in my pocket to garage sales, swap meets, hamfests, etc. I wanted to bring along a meter to make a few quick measurements before I bought a piece of equipment. The Fluke 101 is better than I expected.

So the Fluke 101 gets two thumbs up from me.  :-+ :-+

Ground_Loop:
I gave some thought to getting one as a "kitchen drawer" meter, but I've seen a number of negative reviews about build quality (the meter itself, leads), and performance  (incorrect readings, slow auto ranging, battery life, etc.).  Have you experienced any drawbacks?

colorado.rob:
Other than the name and color, what makes this better than say a cheap Aneng AN8008?

It doesn't measure current. So it is a little limited in what it can do.

LazyJack:
I have 2 Fluke 87s, an 85 and an 83, and a couple of bench meters, etc. , but I keep finding myself using the 101 for a lot of simple stuff. It's small, easy to handle, I'm not afraid of tossing it into the tool bag and so far I did not have any problem with it (I have it for now over 2 years). Sure, autoranging is slow, the continuity tester is not as nimble as of the 87, but it works. I do not have any accuracy problem whatsoever. For the price, unbeatable.

Fungus:

--- Quote from: Ground_Loop on July 20, 2023, 01:44:35 pm ---I gave some thought to getting one as a "kitchen drawer" meter, but I've seen a number of negative reviews about build quality (the meter itself, leads), and performance  (incorrect readings, slow auto ranging, battery life, etc.).  Have you experienced any drawbacks?

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I've had one for years. It's small and cute, dial is smooth and clicky, I like the little numbers, overall build quality is 100% Fluke. Joe Smith's testing has shown it to be one of the toughest meters out there. Fluke's website used to call it "Extremely robust" but they've turned down the language a bit lately (so it doesn't affect sales of their expensive meters?)

Autoranging is NOT slow. Continuity speed isn't great but OK for occasional use. Diode test will light a white LED.

I don't know where you get incorrect readings from, I can't imagine Fluke would release a meter that didn't read properly.

The supplied leads are Fluke's cheapest, ie. not great quality, but easy to replace. I don't use them myself because they're way too long and bulky (1.5m long I think) and I want to fit it all in a small carry pouch. I replaced them with some much shorter Anengs. See photo.


My only real criticisms would be the limited functionality and the beeper is a bit on the quiet side for use in a noisy environment.

If you want a reliable pocket-size meter with a real CAT rating then I don't think there's anything that will beat it.

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