Need Good On-Line Vendor for Digital Multimeter

Topic

New Reply

This one’s a bit out in left field, hope it fits here:

My 4-year old DMM went toes up today, a testament to harder times than these when I had to get anything, quickly and cheaply. The thing was a pain, as you had to disassemble it each time it needed a battery…and a 9V one at that! Well, cheap is as cheap does.

Now I’m looking for “modest”; I had a old Sears unit powered by two AA’s years ago that was a Fluke knock-off, and it lasted me 8 years or more before it fell victim to a house fire.

I don’t need a Fluke with traceability to NIST, but I’d like something in the neighborhood of my old Sears unit. Prices have gone up so much lately on everything-looked at Grainger’s on-line seems to be either cheap Chinese junk or leaps right into Fluke ($$$) territory. …and I’m a bit put off by their house brand “ExTech” quality. (Is that what happens to a Tech when they use their equipment?)

Any one out there have any on-line test equipment merchants they like?

Thanks in advance!

Win7 Pro SP1 64-bit, Dell Latitude E6330, Intel CORE i5 "Ivy Bridge", 12GB RAM, Group "0Patch", Multiple Air-Gapped backup drives in different locations. Linux Mint Greenhorn
--
"...all the people, all the time..."Peter Ustinov ad-lib in "Logan's Run"

Reply | Quote

Replies

Micro Center

1 user thanked author for this post.

Nibbled To Death By Ducks

Reply | Quote

Have you tried RS Components 😉
I use their sevices in the UK..no complaints
edit: seems to have redirected to the UK site (no more USA site?)

Keep IT Lean, Clean and Mean!

1 user thanked author for this post.

Nibbled To Death By Ducks

Reply | Quote

Might want to try Markertek.

"War is the remedy our enemies have chosen. And I say let us give them all they want" ----- William T. Sherman

1 user thanked author for this post.

Nibbled To Death By Ducks

Reply | Quote

I hope this helps: In the USA I would first check what is available in Amazon, BestBuy, that sort of place, read the reviews there, specially those with one and two stars; see which brands/models get also more than three and a half stars out of five and have been rated by more than let’s say 100 people, then look on the Web for the items of those brands that seem likely candidates, both because of public approval and price. The makers themselves may be selling online the digital meter one likes. Or some of those sites others have been recommending here may show up, letting you know they have the item in question.

Ex-Windows user (Win. 98, XP, 7); since mid-2017 using also macOS. Presently on Monterey 12.15 & sometimes running also Linux (Mint).

MacBook Pro circa mid-2015, 15" display, with 16GB 1600 GHz DDR3 RAM, 1 TB SSD, a Haswell architecture Intel CPU with 4 Cores and 8 Threads model i7-4870HQ @ 2.50GHz.
Intel Iris Pro GPU with Built-in Bus, VRAM 1.5 GB, Display 2880 x 1800 Retina, 24-Bit color.
macOS Monterey; browsers: Waterfox "Current", Vivaldi and (now and then) Chrome; security apps. Intego AV

1 user thanked author for this post.

Nibbled To Death By Ducks

Reply | Quote

Thanks to all for the additional sourcing & input. With inflation/shortages/sunspots, I figure I’m going to have to spend 20-22% more than I did for the same thing I bought 4 years ago!

Holy Patooties!

Will report back here what I find & settle on (for).

Win7 Pro SP1 64-bit, Dell Latitude E6330, Intel CORE i5 "Ivy Bridge", 12GB RAM, Group "0Patch", Multiple Air-Gapped backup drives in different locations. Linux Mint Greenhorn
--
"...all the people, all the time..."Peter Ustinov ad-lib in "Logan's Run"

Reply | Quote