Hi All, As you know I bought the yellow one.
My Fluke 87V has arrived and I've been playing with it for a few hours. I love it. Most importantly for this group it read 5.000 on my voltage reference. But seriously what I love is its response, It's so much quicker than what I used before. The fact it beeps when you have the leads in the wrong holes is impressive. Most impressive. Brilliantly designed (The "Rel" or "Tare" button is awesome) I so wish I'd got this years back. Thank you all for your advice. You were spot on. On Tue, 26 Mar 2019 at 12:00, Matthew D'Asaro <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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.
