Fluke 87 mk3, or Agilent U1242B, which is better

[smudge]

I have the opportunity to get one or the other . Have Daves bog standard issue and having one of these would be my next buy
Any one have had both and their thoughts would help me, thanks

[Electro Detective]

Fluke 87 mk3 is the clear winner   

Touch Hold, AC response to 20khz, lightning fast PEAK Min Max

THE best Continuity -BEEPER- in the business and loads more

What's not to like ?   

Pair it up with your EEVblog meter and you pretty much have most features covered, what one lacks the other has 

[smudge]

Thanks for that, FLUKE it is. My old Fluke 77 is going to be so miserable there's a new (2nd hand) Boss around     Just need a scope to complete the Zen. Thanks.

[Electro Detective]

Suggest a WORKING analogue scope, anything from 15mhz up to a 100mhz bench hog

and a budget 100mhz DSO scope in 2 or 4 channel, with dedicated controls directly above each channel (avoid shared / switched up-down-left-right controls BS that quickly drain the brain)
any low bug  model DSO that's popular and known on EEVblog forum,
Siglent or Rigol etc basically anything with the capture freeze function that the standard analogue scopes can't do

Just like having two multimeters, two different scopes always helps to verify WYSIWYG, or close enough

Happy spending decisions...   

 

[mzacharias]

This thread is probably already dead, but yeah. The Fluke will still be working when the Agilent has disintegrated.

(exaggerated intentionally)

[Electro Detective]

This thread is not dead till OP smudge says so   

https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/agilent-u1253b-oled-slowly-going-bad/

the latest of many similar posts...   

[Robomeds]

Bit of a hard call.  The Fluke is generally nicer to use thanks to an easier to read screen (even better than the 87-5) and a much easier to hear beep.  The Agilent has a better set of features including temperature and I think logging.  I believe both have touchhold.

[wraper]

This thread is not dead till OP smudge says so   

https://www.eevblog.com/forum/testgear/agilent-u1253b-oled-slowly-going-bad/

the latest of many similar posts...   

Do you know the difference between LCD and OLED? 

[Electro Detective]

AFAIK, the LCD works as a long term robust meter display

and the other is brighter, devours batteries like pacman, and cashes out sooner than later   

[wraper]

AFAIK, the LCD works as a long term robust meter display

and the other is brighter, devours batteries like pacman, and cashes out sooner than later   

Then why you link to the tread about early generation OLED screen which has longevity issues when meter in question has LCD.

[Electro Detective]

Firstly I deemed it relevant to the casual chat here

and because from what is posted everywhere about Agilents in general, including here > www.eevblog.com/forum/reviews/agilent-u1242b/
they don't appear to be that great for the dollars, 
perhaps an eye candy attempt at door busting into Fluke's established territory, with not enough field and longevity testing,

with 'new technology' apologies / excuses thrown in to soothe any butt hurt added to coin toss repair/exchange/tough titties support

If I had to consider a non Fluke, it would be a Brymen or look at Japanese offerings

Agilents appear to be a rushed production Escort rebadge, and I don't see them still going strong in 10 or 20 years (hoping to be wrong on that)

unlike my first top end bells n whistles Escort EDM-83B, 20+ years later and still going strong sporting a large LCD and the 9v battery lasts ages. 
Here's someone using one here > https://rimstar.org/materials/dielectrics/capresist.htm

[smudge]

Dead I am, thread is not. thanks for the suggestion for scopes Electro Detective, desk space I have little of, and btw, it's WYSIWYGN (N=not) closer to the truth from experience.
  hasn't arrived yet, not in the post today so if it arrives tomorrow, it'll be a fluke cos the postie doesn't work on the weekends.
  what? that cheap joke would of sucked even more with an Agilent  .

Do you know the difference between LCD and OLED?     ..... "yer, it spilt difurnt   ,  oh, I can just hear Kenny. OLED screens can get "screen burn",  look nicer in all lights but not as bright. flexible , emitt UV, CRI of 90 and greater, 1/2 the life of LED and uses 100th the erbs but cost 10x more to produce but that was then. Just bought some LED COB bars to test, spooky thin for what they do. Things DO change from day to day, just follow LiPo battery witchery.   OK so theres no witch, who stole it?

[smudge]

   UPDATE: it arrived today and it's Sooo nice compared to my other 2 erh . . .  what ever they are called.
I have no regrets, just a smile.
makes the Dave Special look like  a pocket 
sorry Dave.
and thanks to all that helped with the decision discussion and help.