Hi gents Electro Detextive...yeah I have a qty of old Jaycar and DSE multimeters. Funny enough my old digetech QM-1525 holds better accuracy than the UniT.
I will have to get a cheap precision reference for now but I will be looking for a Fluke. Not the 17B+...although why not. Yes it was for China market but hey...the price.
If you want a cheap decent Fluke in oz, take a look at 114, 115, 116 and 117.
One of them may have the bare bone basics you need, or buy two with different features to cover all bases.
They go cheap used, a pair might set you back 200>250?
People flog them to buy 87Vs or orange eye candy battery slurping display jobs, or getting out of the trade.
My 114 does the no brainer front line stuff unless I need the 87V, or have both going.
fwiw I scored an unloved APPA 99111 which is nice and agrees with Fluke 87V in a side by side shootout,
and has Fluke style dual HRC fuses inside. You can get lower models cheap locally on Ebay sometimes (badged as Benning too) check the specs first!
BTW, all my 'decent' Jaycar meters I bought as Electro Noob are still kicking 20 years later, and up to spec
Cap meter, LCR, clamp, and a pair of $50 yellow peril multimeters (with transistor checker! lol) work great and won't be tossed any time soon.
Admittedly I have opened them all up and made sure they are 100% as they should be
(no sweat shoppe production line oopsies) The 3 Tandy/RS ones before them are probably still ok too, lost one to battery leakage BS ages ago
I keep all of them away from the mains unless necessary, and make sure I'm on the ball
(no beer, and no phone rings from alien speak telemarketers about to get an unbelievable earful of insult HELL)