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joeqsmith:
I also use the BM869s high resolution mode.  It's too bad it's not supported in all modes.    That Gossen Ultra or what ever they call it now is a 300,000 count meter for about $850.   Normally I am using the old bench meters.    I'm also a fan of dual and tri-display meters, assuming they actually display something useful. 

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Actually, what I should have wrote about the 500K mode is it would have been nice to have a sticky mode where it is always active.

EEVblog:

--- Quote from: radiolistener on October 23, 2020, 01:44:59 pm ---
--- Quote from: multiJ on October 23, 2020, 01:30:56 pm ---Cost?

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I bought BM867 for about 150 USD.
This BM786 price is also 150 USD.
But BM867 has 500000 count mode, while BM786 has just 60000 count.

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$150 is not the normal price for the BM867
The BM786 is smaller and has features not found on the BM867.
I can assure you the FOB cost of the BM786 is lower.
Having the extra digit requires more segments on the LCD, and possibly a bigger or extra driver chip as a result, and a bigger case or smaller font.
500,000 count is no use for what appears to be the intended market of a Fluke 70 series competitor.
There might also be other compromises.

EEVblog:

--- Quote from: coromonadalix on October 23, 2020, 02:28:43 pm ---I always hate how people see "that 500k  count mode",  its an real 50k count      with an added bonus ...   
I love the 60k count of the 786,  maybe a 600k count hack with another lcd      loll

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Remember, 20% of the time the 60,000 count BM786 is going to have the same resolution as the 500,000 count BM876, and at better accuracy.

rsjsouza:

--- Quote from: EEVblog on October 23, 2020, 09:15:26 pm ---
--- Quote from: radiolistener on October 23, 2020, 01:44:59 pm ---
--- Quote from: multiJ on October 23, 2020, 01:30:56 pm ---Cost?

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I bought BM867 for about 150 USD.
This BM786 price is also 150 USD.
But BM867 has 500000 count mode, while BM786 has just 60000 count.

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$150 is not the normal price for the BM867
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I have been following the prices of this model for a few years and the price at the tme site has been stuck at US$156.00.
https://www.tme.com/us/en-us/details/bm867/portable-digital-multimeters/brymen/bm867s/


--- Quote from: EEVblog on October 23, 2020, 09:15:26 pm ---500,000 count is no use for what appears to be the intended market of a Fluke 70 series competitor.
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The 500k count is just a trend viewer - useful for charges and discharges, but with very loose accuracy. Something similar to the 20k count mode of the 87V.

What I really want to see is if the BM786 in 60k count is snappier than Keysight's U1282A.

Fungus:

--- Quote from: rsjsouza on October 24, 2020, 11:09:35 am ---What I really want to see is if the BM786 in 60k count is snappier than Keysight's U1282A.

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Check out Joe's video:

https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/hear-kitty-kitty-kitty-nope-not-that-kind-of-cat/msg3293014/#msg3293014

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