Thanks Alm.
Personally I was hopping to was something promising as new product ( The promising pictures and hypes on their web site made me think that way).
The industry of DMM units, its not similar like the car industry that presents new models every one or two years.
I was hopping that they would had add some extra thought on it, like to was a new step for the future.
I would prefer 1000 times to was 20 or 40$ more expensive, and the actual product to was near or even better to the latest offerings of Uni-T.
I would prefer to not had this cheap(ish) IC bubble , and instead to had a true ESS-xxxx or AME-xxxx or MSP-xxxx type, or similar IC.
The ruggedness level is Zero, one large zero with the know big hole at the center of it.
And the most important, its not even dust proof, most of the 20 years old designs was respecting this factor,
this one does not.
And it did happen even to me, after putting the rear cover on, and it was closed and clean,
I started testing it, and few minutes later I discovered particles of dust at the inner side, between the clear protective plastic and the LCD display.
I got totally surprised, because I had not remove the PCB from the case , and so it was not my fault.
In order to remove this chunky particle of dust, I tried to blow some compressed air, from the openings ( escaping light picture),
and this action made the trick.
I was not even bothered to test the Data logging capabilities of it,
the specific model version comes with an IR-USB cable.
And in the accessories there is a set of short cables with banana & crocodiles ( capacitance measurements).
By just looking the accessories, you get some raised expectations, about this unit.
V&A haves around 10 similar models, based in the specific design with small changes between them.
And their top ones, if I can use this word, are one or two models at 10.000 counts, and one at 50.000 counts.
One product review of those, it would give plenty of information's , about what the V&A - Mastech had in their mind's by popping up this specific series.
If the VA18 are truly their bottom low line ( Price VS futures ), and if the 10.000 or 50.000 counts in not any better,
then its just a teddy bear line of products, just for kids with very low level of awareness.
Currently , and from all the reviews that I have see by Dave and others, if there is an award for the Chinese manufacturers,
goes exclusively to UNI-T, because those products does not look good only as drawings, but they work in the real world too.
Even if they are not champions in speed.
About Mastech I am totally confused, they was a leading manufacturer before 20 years ago,
even today many companies copying their 20 years old product range.
If they are involved in the specific design, they should fire their product developers, or close down as company.
No one really needs such quality of products today.