Following up on the handheld-vs-benchtop meter debate...
Let's make a list of handheld meters that will auto-power-off
silently then wake up in the same mode with a
single button press, ie. they aren't annoying to use on the bench all day long.
Meters that DO this:
Brymen: BM857 BM789 BM235 BM869s
Caveat: They lose some settings, eg. manual/autorange mode and min/max/rel values (but if you're doing a long min/max session you need to temporarily disable APO anyway).
Meters that power back on with a button but lose the secondary function setting (eg. they APO in continuity mode then come back on in Ohms mode):
Fluke: 87, 187, 189, 289
Meters that don't have APO (or can disable APO permanently)
and have a really long battery life (1000 hours or more):
Fluke: 27FM 37FM
Other: DT830 ("Harbor Freight")
Meters that beep when turning off and/or require you to turn the dial to wake them up:
Fluke: 101
Kaiweets: HT118E
Special hell: Meters that beep
twice - once to warn you they're about to APO then again a minute later when they actually do it.
Aneng: AN860 AN870 V04A AN8008
Surpeer: AV4