🚀 go-pugleaf

garland@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu wrote:
: In article <C1FqqK.2vt@taligent.com>, kayshav_dattatri@taligent.com (Kayshav Dattatri) writes:
: > I want to buy a digital multimeter for my hobby set. I have seen models
: > from Philips, Funa etc. I'm willing to spend about $100.
: > 
: > Can the gurus recommend a good model and source to get it cheap (mail order or
: > in the SFO bay area market).
: > 
: > Thanks
: > 
: > Kayshav
: > Kayshav_Dattatri@taligent.com
: > 
: 
: I recommend the Beckman series of DMM's. There are several in the $100 price
: range. I've found them to be very rugged, and they have large LCD displays with
: good contrast -- better than the Fluke line in that regard.  Also, a point
: frequently overlooked, is that they have extremely long battery life -- about
: x10 longer than the Fluke's, and they're also well-shielded against rf.


Not to mention Beckman's are very rugged.  You can drop them a few times, bang
them around a lot, even spill stuff all over them; they're like the Energizer
Bunny, they keep going and going and going...

I don't know, to me something called a Fluke just doesn't inspire thoughts of
reliability.


Jerry


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