Thoughts on current production DMMs?

[Patrick Gray]

I used to have a Fluke Model 12, that I later gave to my brother. It was
one of the last lower priced Flukes that was still USA made. Now there
seems to be about $200 - $250 dollar threshold to get a USA Made Fluke like
the Model 279 that I have now.

If you haven't already you may consider the Mooshimeter
https://moosh.im/mooshimeter/

Alternatively the Amprobe line of Multimeters was bought by Fluke. I
believe they are pretty decent. I have a small pocket size that I keep in
my briefcase that I bought on eBay.

Pat KF4MTV

On Thu, Apr 1, 2021 at 10:46 PM Elton A Sanders <radiodog77 at pobox.com>
wrote:

> Hard to beat Fluke. That being said one can buy a lot of Harbor Freight
> meters for the price of one Fluke. I have both and they each have there
> uses.
>      Sandy
>      WB5MMB
>
> On Thu, Apr 1, 2021, at 7:59 AM, Rob Seastrom wrote:
> >
> > Hi gang,
> >
> > My Fluke model 12 has gotten a bit flakey, ironic timing considering I
> > bought it at Frys in Santa Clara almost 30 years ago.
> >
> > This was a piece of my tool bag equipment, routinely subjected to the
> > tender mercies of airlines.  Like my Mitutoyo 6” calipers, something I
> > took reasonable care of but didn’t feel bad about carrying clenched in
> > my teeth underneath a vehicle.
> >
> > Durability more important than features.  In fact the only “unusual”
> > feature that I have on the nice to have list is decent resolution (more
> > than one digit) in the low millivolts range both dc and ac since
> > periodically it would be nice to measure across a shunt, either
> > precision or field improvised.
> >
> > Any thoughts?  The cheap and cheerful Chinese brands on Amazon that
> > have mind share in the maker community are tempting but I have no idea
> > on the durability aspect.
> >
> > -r
> >
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