And I remain firm at 5.5 digits so I'll stand in the corner with you. ![Laughing :-DD](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/smiley_laughing.gif)
That corner is going to get crowded. ![Grin ;D](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/grin.gif)
I'm limiting my aspirations to 5.5 digit as well, with a budgetary constraint (since I don't really have much of a need for that level of precision). HOWEVER, if something with 6.5, 7.5 or 8.5 digits drops from the sky at a price I can justify, then I'll be jumping down that rabbit hole with both feet (and outstretched arms). ![ThumbsUp :-+](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/icon_smile_thumbsup.gif)
Well I'm also firmly in self same corner with you all, despite others misconstruing my comments, even though I own some 6.5 digit meters, and thats only really because the allure of all those digits glowing / flickering on the display looks impressive, much the same as a car with 200MPH on the speedo when compared to another with only 120MPH on its speedo, it does not mean that I intend to use all the power.
As mentioned, I'm a very happy bunny knowing that all of my meters, when I go to use them (without leaving on for hours), all agree within 1mV of each other when I connect them to my AD584, and that all 8 bench and around 8 or 9 hand held's do that without them having been calibrated recently. With the exception of the HP3478A which I accidentally lost its ram held data when replacing the battery, and then after RS saying that after many attempts they were unable to calibrate it, so, I did it myself using what limited equipment I have and yet the readings agree with the others now across all ranges.
The extra digits on the low ranges on the 6.5 and higher meters, in my usage are only useful for trend spotting, i.e., are you getting closer to or further away from a short circuit, or is a circuit charging up or discharging because the extra resolution enables that to be determined far quicker as the increments are smaller and so, are faster to spot.