I also think 87V is a meter with identity crisis... Too fancy to sit on the bottom of tool case in oil and dirt and a hammer on top, and not really best electronics meter out there.. I also think 189 was much better meter for electronics.. For electrician, likes of BM257, and simpler Flukes are much cheaper and excellent choice..
I noticed that new one is missing one very important mark: TUV GS certification mark. It shows TUV SUD, meaning that TUV did testing (probably they did CE certification for them). But no GS mark.
TUV GS mark signifies that product is safety tested to higher standards than basic minimums for CE.....
I'm really sad to see Fluke is slipping. I have been using it for many years, privately and professionally, from model 8020B, 8060A, 73 III, 87 in few incarnations, 189 and Scopemeter 97... They were good quality and innovative.. Not any more.. Now they are simply decent, for too much money...
And 87 V on this test is not even decent... It's in a UNI-T class... and in EU it is cca 500€..
For that money I could get BM869S and BM525 with logging and PC cable instead ...
Oh wait, I DID .... :-)
As always, nice work Joe, looking forward to the rest of the test.
Regards,
Sinisa