Multimeter: Gossen or Fluke?

[oldway]

Gossen and Fluke are excellent multimeters but they are far too expensive.
For a business, this might not be a problem, but for a particular/hobbyist, it can be.
You should buy a Brymen BM869S, the same quality and performance at a reasonable price.

[NiaDebesis]

I will get accused of being a shill again, but consider the Brymen BM869S. It is much less expensive and probably does anything you are considering. www.tme.eu has it and I am sure it will be much less than the Gossen. If you get the Gossen, we need a review!

Brymen quality doesn't hold a candle to Gossen.

I want to buy something thinking longterm and those multimeters are rhe best choose for my budget

[HighVoltage]

If your budget allows it, take both of them!
One can never have enough multimeters.

[NiaDebesis]

If your budget allows it, take both of them!
One can never have enough multimeters.

Ehhh too far from my budget xD
I am buying the equipment for my lab and I need for now only one multimeter (in future I ll buy the second one) my budget is 500

[sotos]

If your budget allows it, take both of them!
One can never have enough multimeters.

or maybe get 3 to be sure.

[P90]

If your budget allows it, take both of them!
One can never have enough multimeters.

or maybe get 3 to be sure.

At least three...  LOL

[NiaDebesis]

If your budget allows it, take both of them!
One can never have enough multimeters.

or maybe get 3 to be sure.

For me 2 is more what I need ^^

[NiaDebesis]

If your budget allows it, take both of them!
One can never have enough multimeters.

or maybe get 3 to be sure.

At least three...  LOL

Maybe in the future I ll buy a GWINSTEAK GDM-8342

[MosherIV]

Have you seen this thread :

https://www.eevblog.com/forum/buysellwanted/fs-%28uk%29-gossen-metrahit-23s-dmm/

Not the model you are looking for but is it good enough for you?

[vinicius.jlantunes]

If your budget allows it, take both of them!
One can never have enough multimeters.

Beat me to it 

[NiaDebesis]

Have you seen this thread :

https://www.eevblog.com/forum/buysellwanted/fs-%28uk%29-gossen-metrahit-23s-dmm/

Not the model you are looking for but is it good enough for you?

Yeah! But..I buy only in Italy, I don' t buy from private

[NiaDebesis]

If your budget allows it, take both of them!
One can never have enough multimeters.

Man, for my first multimiter is better to take a bench multimeter (Keysight Technologies U3401A)  or a portable multimeter (gossen tech)

[Lightages]

Like it has been said in your other thread, spend more on the oscilloscope and less on the multimeter. The majority of hobbyists would be well served by the Uni-T UT139C, or Brymen BM235 or BM257S, or Amprobe AM5X0, or a Fluke 17B+, etc. You don't even know what you want to do with your equipment really from the tone of your threads. IMHO, get two of the meters I just mentioned, and spend the balance of your budget on a DS1054Z. You really seem to be approaching how to spend your money in a backward way. You might even have the money left from your budget to get a DER EE DE-5000 LCR meter. Having those three types of equipment will serve you MUCH better than a $1000 multimeter and an old analog scope.

[Assafl]

Curious as to why you are insisting on buying new? I purchased an HP34401A, and Gossen 29s (the older version of the Energy meter) and an Agilent U1253A OLED Multimeter (love the OLED and the pitch based continuity is awesome - that or the 4-wire HP). Cost-wise, getting all 3 was substantially less than the price of either the HP or Gossen new (about the price of the Agilent new).

If afraid of secondhand, there are quite a few threads on how to buy on eBay as well as testing of used products. A DMM check or an assortment of references (e.g. an AD588 based voltage source and a few precision resistors) - can go a long way in establishing confidence.

Also, the process of establishing confidence in test equipment (new and old) is a good way to learn how to avoid measurement mistakes (by learning the real vs. theoretical limits of accuracy and capabilities). 

And there are even better deals to be had - got a Datel voltage calibrator for 20$ (had a broken LCD and wouldn't work). Contact cleaner got it working (and it still held calibration!) - and a replacement LCD was 25$. Not bad for a unit that I can use to check for DC biasing (can both source and sink) and costs about 700$ new...

Heck - There are even Keithley 2015 THD multimeters on eBay that go for $250-400... Pretty amazing value for money (and put both the Fluke and Gossen in their back pocket)....     

[Assafl]

Another useful tool is a Scopemeter. While typically lacking in DMM functionality (mainly low resolution) - having floating isolated scope inputs make testing and measuring of power supplies and mains referenced circuits much easier. It is my go to for any type of circuit that I am afraid of.... 

And like the newer Keysight DMMs - can plot trends (both scope and DMM trends).

Above your budget, unless you are willing to risk as-is stuff. (I got a 196B for about $600 or so 8 years ago).