I have long felt that the 289 is a classic example of design by committee. It has every possible feature that no one wants or needs and a price that represents that, but not the features people actually care about in a meter (fast turn on, rugged, light weight, reliable, long battery life.)
Matthew Sent from Matthew D'Asaro's iPhone > On Mar 25, 2019, at 1:31 PM, William H. Fite <[email protected]> wrote: > > You're so right about the 289. It costs too much, sucks the life out of > batteries and is wayyyyy too big. > > I have about a dozen handheld MMs, from a piece of Harbor Freight trash to > a Gossen Metrahit M248A (believe it or not, a gift from a widow, off her > late husband's bench. NIB). My 87 is the one I use the most. You know what > I use my 289 for? Tracking internal temp on the Christmas turkey and the > occasional hunk of roast beef. > > It may not be the most desirable multimeter but it's one hell of a meat > thermometer! > > > >> On Monday, March 25, 2019, Dan Kemppainen <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> The 87 is a good general purpose meter. My preference has been the now >> obsolete Fluke 189. It was replaced with the 289, which is just horrible. >> It eats batteries, is huge, takes forever to 'boot'. No one in the ship >> grabs that one unless it's the last one on the shelf. >> >> We've gone to orange meters now that we can't get more 189's. The Keysignt >> U1272A has been a good replacement in our shop for the 189. >> >> I also have a U1241B, and am quite happy with it. I find myself reaching >> for the U1241B more often than the Fluke 189 as of late. It's smaller... >> >> All that said, I'm certain you'll be happy 87 for what you plan on doing >> with it. >> >> Dan >> >> >> >> >>> On 3/24/2019 12:00 PM, [email protected] wrote: >>> >>> Message: 8 >>> Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 18:00:12 +1100 >>> From: Jim Palfreyman<[email protected]> >>> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement >>> <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] multimeter >>> Message-ID: >>> <CALH-g5bVMrCJGqn-rzpN-JXvbW7xbVu=nivi8ViTrHHa74kHew@mail. >>> gmail.com> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" >>> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> Thanks so much everyone for your comments. I especially liked "get the >>> orange one". Because that's what I did get (I think it's orange - could be >>> yellow). >>> >>> I was deliberately vague (apologies) but I just wanted a broad response. >>> Which I got. >>> >>> I've settled on the Fluke 87V. It's on it's way. >>> >>> Jim >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/ >> listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com >> and follow the instructions there. > > > -- > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there.
