Need a new multimeter and holy crap what a rabbit hole this is
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I was planning on treating myself to a Fluke, but finally wanted one with a DC clamp meter (and ideally logging). The 325 seems great for this, but loses fine measurements for electronics use (no mV/mA measurements) :(
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Okay, punting on the DC clamp meter functionality for now and down to the Fluke 117 and the EEVBlog/Brymen BM235
BM235 benefits:
117 benefits:
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Personally as a Fluke owner I'd go with the Dave-o-meter.
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@darryl_ramm Elaborate
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@christianselig I got the Brymen and would choose it again. It just doesn’t make any financial sense to get the Fluke as someone who doesn’t earn money with the tool.
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@lx The price difference isn't that much, it's more that I'd expect the Fluke to last forever and I'd have less of an expectation of that with the Brymen haha
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@christianselig I would guess a fluke that completely matches the features of the Brymen would be more expensive. But from what I can tell you already discovered the infamous EEVBlog, I’m sure he has a good review or even comparison 😁
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@christianselig what’s so nice about the one being a fluke? I’ve never touched a multimeter in my life
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@DiodeHyena Fluke is kind of the gold standard brand for electrical measuring equipment and has been for decades
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@christianselig I started out with a 20 EUR meter. Used it until the dial went bust. Now I have a 100 EUR meter which has slightly more features (Voltcraft 292). If I were to earn money with this, I might consider Fluke, but as it stands it is absolutely great for being a hobbyist tool. So many features, even got a clamp meter.
EDIT corrected scope to meter. But scopes are another interesting topic... lots of great stuff below 500 EUR!
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@christianselig or treat yourself to a Pokit Pro.
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@akafester I don't want to have to rely on an app for a multimeter
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@christianselig I don’t think the 117 has uA, so don’t know that it’s what you are after.
I have the EEVBlog BM786 and the Fluke 179 with the EDA2 kit.
The EDA kit is nice as it has additional thin probes you can push straight into bread board holes, but ultimately, I prefer the BM unless I need to provide certified measurements, which I don’t.
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@bjkirton Microvolts would be cool but yeah not really needed. Why do you prefer the BM overall?
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@christianselig Honestly, the main reason is because it remembers the function you were last using when you turn the dial.
I bought the Fluke because it’s a Fluke, and I could. But I have nothing to recommend it for other than I do quite like the EDA2 kit probes. Both sets are better for electronics than standard MM probes but both sets are not exactly exclusive to Fluke and the BM ones have the removable banana plug things that I find pretty useful as well.
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@christianselig I think I would rather 2 or 3 BMs than 1 Fluke as I often need current and voltage at the same time.
I also bought an oscilloscope which is the best thing ever, and if I could do it over, would spend what I did on the Fluke on a waveform generator :)
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@bjkirton What do you use the oscilloscope for? I've heard a lot of recommendations for those but I've never personally needed one, wonder if I'm missing out
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@christianselig My son got into robotics and then I decided to do a Mech Eng degree for fun with a robotics major and so playing around with Arduino’s and basically anything with electronics and the o-scope lets you actually see what’s happening.
Seeing an input signal and an output at the same time and being able to see the transients etc really helps learning and understanding.
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@christianselig When dealing with power being on/off and how many volts, MM can be fine, but any type of signalling, amplification, etc and the o-scope makes it 100x easier to see and understand.
I got the Siglent 1104X-E and did the firmware hacks to get all the features. No regats.
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@bjkirton interesting, interesting. Thank you!
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@christianselig Fluke, Klein, and Greenlee are all good. Greenlee is what my licensed journeyman and master electricians typically prefer.
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@quarterswede The electricians on Reddit seem to hate Klein haha
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@christianselig There’s a lot of hate for Apple too …
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@quarterswede Not for reliability reasons though
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@christianselig If it works its a Fluke!
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@christianselig I have and use a Fluke 117 and love it. No regrets.
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@christianselig I think this is the first time I have abjectly disagreed with you. I’m a big fan of the "buy cheap/used first for tools" if it breaks from use, or that will no longer do the job, then buy the swanky one.
But I also have ADHD and switch hobbies constantly. Possibly related?
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@nerdwoman hmm what part do you disagree with? I typically follow your philosophy too, my existing cheap old multimeter just sucks haha
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@christianselig I think mentioning Fluke right off the bat made me cringe a bit in price reaction, but I also somehow missed that your previous one died. A two-for-one, my bad
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@nerdwoman oh no all good! I would probably react similarly haha
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