I find it odd because recently i decided to move all my equipments just a few inches close to where i usually sit!
Not "odd" do i mean, obsessed yes.
But the mission i set for myself is pretty much the same as Lightages, here in singapore, "reliability" and "doing it properly" are taboos. Seriously.
Many people just head out and get the cheapest meter they can or they just buy fluke and be done with it not knowing they have zero bang for buck
Fact is here on this tiny island no one cares whether they got the right meter for the job or not! Nor do they care for reliability which they do not know fluke and agilent posesses, EE students just run out and buy whatever meter they can get on their hands for 8$
Now, i want to set things right and straight. Accuracy "doing it properly" is one i always address. If something is inaccurate over time by a fair bit i will really shoot the particular meter to hell, like a UT71X
Then "reliability", well it's really important i can't stress it enough.
Sure you can buy a U1232 here for 300SGD (Not cheap i know) and a UT61E costs like 50$ with more resolution, but that's not what EE students here buy!
So when they break they just buy another 8$ meter and in the long run it costs them quite a lot and this is all part and parcel of doing it right, they buy without knowing anything and in use not even in the know how inaccurate it will eventually be
That's why i like the UT61E, sure it lacks a backlight and APO (Struck me in the back the other day ... i left it on for a week and goodbye GO-LITE or something battery)
but it's build quality is epic for a 50$ meter, well it sure is. It's stiff and such
Hence this is why i have a equipment obsession and would post my findings every so and then (Well Now at least)
and the obligatory greek guy insult "A certain greek guy thinks that you must spend 300USD to have a "meter" I still maintain my stance that you need to know what you are buying/doing"