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Uni-T UT71B or UT171B?
mqsaharan:
I only noticed after posting my last reply that the reply 12 was not from the original poster.
If you have read the rest of the thread, you'd know that I linked the very same review in my first reply.
UT171 series indeed is higher grade than their even cheaper and older meters but still as you wrote you don't use it for CATIII/IV, I was trying to explain the same to the original poster.
Fungus:
--- Quote from: Bobson on August 08, 2022, 08:22:20 am ---I think UT-171B & C versions are hi-grade DMMs, only UT-181 is higher in current Uni-T line. It has 0.025% best DC accuracy, 100 KHz TRMS AC+DC, concurrent AC & DC voltage measurement, 100GOhm resistance.
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But as noted, they have several problems, eg. internal batteries.
--- Quote from: Bobson on August 08, 2022, 08:22:20 am ---I don't use it for CATIII/CATIV, since I have a lot of other DMMs which are more suitable (APPA, Chauvin, Brymen, SANWA, etc). It is really useful general purpose instrument for electronics.
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For the less money than the Unit -T you can have a similar-featured CAT IV 1000V Brymen.
Bobson:
--- Quote from: Fungus on August 08, 2022, 10:13:03 am ---For the less money than the Unit -T you can have a similar-featured CAT IV 1000V Brymen.
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It depends on features. There is no similar-featured Brymen for the less money. UT-171C is routinely available for $200 and sometimes even less (got mine for $150 @ali). Comparable Brymen models 859 and 869 cost more and don't have internal logging and don't include PC interface (bought separately).
Also, I don't consider rechargeable battery as a drawback (however the drawback is absence of battery level display). Replacement is easy, there are lot of batteries that fit.
In my opinion, for amateur low-voltage use UT-171C is one of the best choices. If you deal with high voltage, and want universal DMM, APPA/Benning 500 series or Brymen/Greenlee 800 series (no internal logging) are better choices with good accuracy, but higher prices. There are lot of choices much cheaper than UT-171C with better high-voltage resilience but lower accuracy from Brymen and APPA, and other brands.
Peter2K:
Hi all,
because it seems to be one of the few topics about UT171B. I have the problem that the software does not work at all. The software does not detect it or claims to have detected, but no values are seen in the software.
Some hints?
Thank you very much,
Peter
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