But on the theory that it’s better to buy the best first and cry only once, is the Fluke 179 worth the price?
I have a Fluke 85 that I got 30 years or more ago and have never had a moment's problem/regret. In that time, I replaced many "off brand" instruments that simply did not hold up for technicians in the shops I supervised. While I'm sure there may be other good products out there, unless the requirements call for some special feature not otherwise available, I would still stick with the Fluke.
73, ... Joe, W4TV On 3/19/2018 11:09 AM, Dauer, Edward wrote:
My inexpensive DMM is becoming troublesome – internal rotary switch contacts intermittent, requiring wriggling back and forth before it will give a reading on some ranges. And it has limited functions Some research suggested the Fluke 179. I would like to have autoranging, all the usual DMM functions, plus capacitance, diode testing, frequency, and temperature. Amazon sells it with an accessory kit (the Fluke 179/EDA2) for just under $300. That’s about four times what the less expensive brands go for. But on the theory that it’s better to buy the best first and cry only once, is the Fluke 179 worth the price? Ted, KN1CBR ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to li...@subich.com
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