The inexpensive ones I have in my collection are typically of a bit higher quality than the total crap harbor freight ones, but still they usually only get used for low voltage and current troubleshooting. For instance I have a couple of really small craftsman ones which I bought on clearance from sears which live in the car and in the trade show toolbox. I consider these disposable but I also need them to work when called upon.
Anytime I am working on grid power or similar, the fluke comes out. And for engineering I have a couple of high quality bench DMMs which I use almost daily. Occasionally these get supplemented with a pile of inexpensive handheld DMMs when I need to monitor numerous voltages at once. I don't think this has happened since I upgraded the bench DMMs though... On Jan 17, 2016 9:20 PM, "Chuck McCown" <[email protected]> wrote: > I tell my guys, Harbor Freight for one time use - disposable stuff only. > > The only issues I have with fluke is that the amp fuses are oddballs. I > have three of each in my stock. Not often I blow them, normally it happens > if I loan the meter to someone. > > *From:* Bill Prince <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Sunday, January 17, 2016 7:22 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Fluke 87 > > As I'm sure others have, I was lured by the siren call of a cheap meter > (or two or three)... They all broke, and at the worst possible time. > > Then I bought a Fluke, and it has been my go-to meter ever since. Works > better too. > > There's got to be some parable about buying cheap tools. > > bp > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > > On 1/17/2016 2:01 PM, Chuck McCown wrote: > > Just bought three used off of Ebay auctions over the past week or two to > give as gifts to my sons.� > Always bugs the crap out of me when they pull out these free crappy Harbor > Freight meters. > � > In any event, I paid a range of $105 to $125 for them.� > > >
