You know we used to slag off Tandy when it was about as being over priced,
but i bought a meter in their sale and it lasted me until I lost too much
sight to use it. the leads were very good as well, it was probably a badge
engineered well known make of course.
I also used to lust after a meter I saw advertised in old construction
magazines which had both an analogue meter and digital one in the same box.
may have been a gimmick but it was over 100 quid at the time and hence it
was never purchased.

Those were the days...
Tandy also had a talking multimeter, but I never bought one, I cold have
done with it now!
Brian

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On 06/04/2015 12:39, Steve Walker wrote:
Hi -

I'm sick of using £5 Chinese DMM's off ebay. They don't seem to last 5
minutes before the test leads break, and I don't trust their accuracy
much.

Is there a decent DIY level DMM - maybe around £40-50 - which anyone
could recommend? I know I'm not going to get a Fluke for that, but I
just want something sturdy & reliable.

Testing requirements are mainly home (UK 230v) and car (12v), just
ordinary stuff about continuity, resistance, volts and milliamps etc.

Thanks

PS - Have tried anglegrinder... :-)

I have several cheaper ones scattered around various cars, drawers,
toolboxes, etc. That way I can usually find one fairly quickly.

If you are more organised than me, a Fluke off eBay would make sense. I
find it useful to have spare sets of leads with croc clips (eBay). I also
have a home made "extra long" set.