[time-nuts] multimeter

[Matthew D'Asaro]

I have long felt that the 289 is a classic example of design by committee. It has every possible feature that no one wants or needs and a price that represents that, but not the features people actually care about in a meter (fast turn on, rugged, light weight, reliable, long battery life.)

Matthew

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> On Mar 25, 2019, at 1:31 PM, William H. Fite <omniryx at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> You're so right about the 289. It costs too much, sucks the life out of
> batteries and is wayyyyy too big.
> 
> I have about a dozen handheld MMs, from a piece of Harbor Freight trash to
> a Gossen Metrahit M248A (believe it or not, a gift from a widow, off her
> late husband's bench. NIB). My 87 is the one I use the most. You know what
> I use my 289 for? Tracking internal temp on the Christmas turkey and the
> occasional hunk of roast beef.
> 
> It may not be the most desirable multimeter but it's one hell of a meat
> thermometer!
> 
> 
> 
>> On Monday, March 25, 2019, Dan Kemppainen <dan at irtelemetrics.com> wrote:
>> 
>> The 87 is a good general purpose meter. My preference has been the now
>> obsolete Fluke 189. It was replaced with the 289, which is just horrible.
>> It eats batteries, is huge, takes forever to 'boot'. No one in the ship
>> grabs that one unless it's the last one on the shelf.
>> 
>> We've gone to orange meters now that we can't get more 189's. The Keysignt
>> U1272A has been a good replacement in our shop for the 189.
>> 
>> I also have a U1241B, and am quite happy with it. I find myself reaching
>> for the U1241B more often than the Fluke 189 as of late. It's smaller...
>> 
>> All that said, I'm certain you'll be happy 87 for what you plan on doing
>> with it.
>> 
>> Dan
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 3/24/2019 12:00 PM, time-nuts-request at lists.febo.com wrote:
>>> 
>>> Message: 8
>>> Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 18:00:12 +1100
>>> From: Jim Palfreyman<jim77742 at gmail.com>
>>> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
>>>        <time-nuts at lists.febo.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] multimeter
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>>> 
>>> Hi All,
>>> 
>>> Thanks so much everyone for your comments. I especially liked "get the
>>> orange one". Because that's what I did get (I think it's orange - could be
>>> yellow).
>>> 
>>> I was deliberately vague (apologies) but I just wanted a broad response.
>>> Which I got.
>>> 
>>> I've settled on the Fluke 87V. It's on it's way.
>>> 
>>> Jim
>> 
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