Recommendations on multimeters?

[Wombat]

It's time for me to get a DMM for home, since the current job doesn't involve them. I'll admit, I'm spoiled by the Fluke meters at my last job, but they cost way too much for what I need. I'm looking for good choices under $100 USD. Anybody have recommendations?

Thanks!

[Chucky Cheese]

have you looked at Jenson tools online?

C

[az]

Even the second-cheapest MMs are good enough for most stuff (look at the specs - tolerances are largely the same across quite a wide price range), so I'd just go by prices and looks/ergonomics.

[Chucky Cheese]

i couldn't bring myself to buy a cheap meter for home use...and i tried...i use fluke equipment(o'scopes, dmm and thermal and lan scanners) at work...my home meter is a Fluke 87 III...nice, but definately overkill for home use, but i use one at work and i am familiar with it.

i do have some jenson, paladin and triplett stuff for home/handyman uses and it isn't bad stuff.

c

[Jammrock]

Fluke. Why would you buy enything else?

[Wombat]

Because Flukes costs like 4-5x as much. I know it's quality stuff, but I don't need that quality for my home uses.

[Jammrock]

Because Flukes costs like 4-5x as much. I know it's quality stuff, but I don't need that quality for my home uses.

Then just get the regular cheap-o DMM from Radio Shack and call it day.

[Chucky Cheese]

...well...what did you get?

C

[spadnos]

If you haven't gotten one yet, here are a couple of suggetions:

1) Radio Shack, but not the cheapest one. I got one 6 or 8 years ago that has a serial port so you can log to a PC, and I think it even came with the cable and software.

2) Get a Fluke from eBay.

In either case, you should budget $75-150 for a good (enough) meter.

- Steve

[Fluff]

The local radioshack equivalent sells these...

http://www.uni-trend.com/recommededproduct.html

Uni-T they look to have quite a few features / options

[Greebe]

Fluke

I've had my 867B for 11 years now and it's still in cal. Drop test a cheaper meter and what do you have? A replacement.

Ebay is the best place to find them cheap. They last and are built of the highest Q.

I laugh about mine... yes it's over kill for a home meter, but then again it wasn't purchased for that role. It has served me well and has untold # of times it did what I bought it for other than a $1000 battery tester