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WELL!....
The meter chews through six AA batteries in double quick time (several weeks). I have a 15+year old FLuke, which I think is only on it's second 9V battery!
The screen contrast is really poor. Much worse than even a cheap meter. It's a fine-pitch LCD pixel display, not a big chunky 7 segment one. The backlight doesn't really help any, and only contributes to the poor battery life.
It takes about 7 seconds to boot up. Seven. Seconds. That's an age! Especially when you want a quick measurement NOW. So what? Well, because of the power consumption, I find myslef instinctively switching the thing off after a few seconds. So that's ANOTHER seven seconds when I decide I need to take another reading...
Too big to fit comfortably in one hand, so it ends up being a bench meter. But for a Bench meter, I prefer my Kiethley 2000.
The onscreen graphical trending display of readings over time, is (just about) better than nothing. Ideally, you need to download any data that the meter captures to your PC. For this, Fluke are happy to SELL you a piece of software called FLukeView Forms. And this costs slightly in excess of the annual GDP of several south African countries. Combined.
Some things are buried down sub menus. It's a meter! I want to just grab a reading, not engage it in a dialogue.
Look, it does everything the spec says it should, it's accurate and the resolution is good (50,000 count). But it's just not my go-to meter for anything. I think a Fluke 87 V would have been a better bet, for me.
These are my opinions. Others' opinions may differ, but that doesn't change my views, I am afraid.