Hey Guys, first of all, thanks Darkstar for taking it up on this forum, it is great to get the discussion going here as well!
To clarify: I am one of the guys behind the project (although not the techie)
Thank you Electr_peter for the elaborate breakdown of what you see as flaws and weaknesses. I prefer to hear the "Negative" points, rather than the positive, as these provide guidance for improvements and opportunity for us to try and address these.
You mention the probes, which we had out for a poll among our initial support base, of which 60% prefered to have banana plugs + attached probes, while only 30% would prefer to have banana plugs only.
So for our prototype we used very simple probes to demonstrate the concept, which in hindsight would make more sense to show better quality probes. We hope with our Kickstarter campaign, to get backer based data to the specifics of the probes to be provided, and adjust to what the majority would like to have.
Also, you can plug in your own pro probes into the banana sockets, if that is what you would like.
We do like the ability to be able to turn your smartphone, tablet, arduino / raspberry Pi or computer into a top grade multimeter, especially for when out in the field doing what we love. So it is important that it can connect to these, and function very well. You are also right that it is not always the best idea to use your mobile phone, which is why we try to make our meter modular. In the sense that you can take Voltset + extension module (either one we make, or you can make your own, if you have the skills). So if you want to log for a long time, ideally we want to give the option to have Voltset + extension module [Bluetooth + USB recharged baterry + SD Card], plugged into a power source to power the USB battery = then the only limitation to your logging is that of the size of your SD Card. Want to incorporate it into a bigger network of things? Think of an extension module with WIFI compabilities, allowing to transfer large chunks of data.
Right, i dont want to sound all too defensive, or trying to make it sound like we know it all. Far from it, this is our idea of bringing it to Kickstarter, to get engaged with guys like you, to make the most awesome solution for all of us. And we really appreciate you taking your time to engage in this.
For the accuracy, we are still tweaking and improving, and while our supplier said that we should be able to have 0.025% accuracy, it all depends on our ability to improve our design to squeeze this out, and up untill now, we have been reluctant to make too specific promises to specs. You and others do raise important questions, that we should go back and reflect on, and see what we can do to better communicate out specifications.
Sorry for the long post, but I hope I addressed the questions so far. Please do try to find more flaws and issues that you think we should address, or possible suggestions!
Thanks, lots and love, Voltset Team - Michael Bruun-Larsen