| Products > Test Equipment |
| Vichy VC99 Multimeter Review and Teardown |
| (1/21) > >> |
| electronupdate:
This is a $35 auto-ranging multimeter. I have seen it on lots of blogs and online discussion and it seemed like a pretty good value. It was hard to resist buying at that price... The meter's measurement functions and specification are good on paper. I put it through the paces and indeed, it seems to be as advertised. It's definitely built down to a specific price however. It's interesting how you can buy a multimeter anywhere from $10 to $100 in $10 increments these days, with each increment in $'s buying just a bit more quality. Good measurement accuracy, however, seems to be common even in these very low cost meters. |
| samgab:
Thanks. I was actually pleasantly surprised by your review, it was quite informative and you come across as quite knowledgeable about the subject. I wasn't expecting much from this meter, as I've seen it come up in reviews in the past, and seen tear-downs of it, but horses for courses: For a hobbyist, who only uses it for small electronics projects that aren't mains powered and are low energy devices, this could be quite adequate. |
| GEuser:
I got one of these a few months back off the bay , its ok imo , sometimes a bit slow on auto but fine when set to manual . Is there a way to speed it up a bit or is the chip running at max already? I tried to look but it looks like the IC is under the display , cheers ... |
| Wartex:
awesome review, just one complaint: when measuring voltage with parallel meters, stick one lead of the reference into the black of 1st meter and another into the red of 2nd meter, this way you compensate for meter-meter jumper resistance. |
| Rick:
Time to buy:) It's only $35... it's a "no brainer" ;) Thank you for the very objective review. |
| Navigation |
| Message Index |
| Next page |