I have a friend who I help with his household problems quite often. More often than not, they turn out to be electrical problems (outlets not working, clothes dryer problems, computer won't boot, etc.). Problem is, he has a little Radio Shack POS analog meter which he cannot read. Ex: How many ohms does your dryer thermal fuse read? I dunno, the needle moves most of the way if that matters. Ugh!
I thought I would be nice and get him a digital multimeter to facilitate the information flow necessary to help him. I looked through the cheap meters on ebay and was overwhelmed with cheapies that looked like crap. I'm spoiled by Fluke meters myself, so anything less is uninteresting to me.
During my search, I found this one, which seems to me to be a great value. It is surplus old stock and no longer available, but the guy seems to have a lot of them. No true rms, but it does have good accuracy specs, a 20A range, a manual range switch, and it will take a 10ft drop without a rubber holster.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/A-W-Sperry-DM-8200-Handheld-Autorange-Digital-Multimeter-/161001909109?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item257c762b75Has anyone ever used one of these, and is it as nice as it seems. The deal can't be beat.
I may order a couple of extra ones for myself if I like it.