PART 2 of 2 Dave compares six $100 Multimeters: BK Precision BK2709B http://www.tequipment.net/BK2709B.html Extech EX505 http://www.tequipment.net/ExtechEX505.asp Amprobe 34XR-A http://www.tequipment.net/Amprobe34XR-A.html UEi DM391 http://www.tequipment.net/UEiDM391.html IDEAL 61-342 http://www.tequipment.net/Ideal61-342.asp UNI-T UT61D http://www.uni-trend.com/UT61D.html Podcast: Download

PART 1 of 2 Dave compares six $100 Multimeters: BK Precision BK2709B http://www.tequipment.net/BK2709B.html Extech EX505 http://www.tequipment.net/ExtechEX505.asp Amprobe 34XR-A http://www.tequipment.net/Amprobe34XR-A.html UEi DM391 http://www.tequipment.net/UEiDM391.html IDEAL 61-342 http://www.tequipment.net/Ideal61-342.asp UNI-T UT61D http://www.uni-trend.com/UT61D.html Podcast: Download

Microsoft’s new Instaload battery technology allows batteries to be inserted into a product either way around. Is it one of those brilliant “why didn’t anyone think of that before” moments, or just another silly patent on a really obvious idea? Is it workable in practice? Can YOU bust the patent …

The 2nd EEVblog Live show. A whole bunch of stuff – Extech update, Agilent, Extech and BK Precison LCR meters, uCalc project, broken chairs, BP oil spill solution, the Large Hadron Collider, decade resistance boxes, multimeter shootout and countless more viewer questions. Podcast: Download

Off-Topic, but I know some people might be interested. A presentation I gave on the weekend about the early days of Geocaching. Warning – 50 minutes of random waffle!