Are very cheap DMMs worth buying?

[kalee20]

Originally Posted by The Philpott

I think Fluke were entitled to request a colour change of the soft case to avoid the units looking too much like their own product. They'll have to watch for yellow cases turning up on temu, ali express etc though.

Fluke already have - and defended their colour scheme, ordering seizure of lookalikes. But they were very gracious over a bulk shipment intended for hobbyists - see here.

[jamesperrett]

Originally Posted by kalee20

Fluke already have - and defended their colour scheme, ordering seizure of lookalikes. But they were very gracious over a bulk shipment intended for hobbyists - see here.

Interesting - maybe that's why my lad's meter from CPC has an orange outer case rather than yellow. Although the meter I purchased for myself from CPC about 5 years ago looks more yellow than orange.

[tony at home]

I had a cheap supermarket meter from Aldi that cost a fiver, one issue was it would read UK mains at 50V when its PP3 was low. It got binned, lethal Chinese junk.

[Cobaltblue]

As this thread has gone the way of its predecessors and just spiralled going over the same ground it's time to close.

Cheers

Mke T