Equipment on a shelve sucks too. I've stopped doing that a long time ago as well. I just stack what I need for a project.
Yep. Pretty much same here. I have them on the shelves because there they sit, and sometimes for something quick I might use it from there. But, for longer jobs, mostly I make collection what I'm gonna use and sit it on a desk.
Me too :-)
But I'm curious, what do you think, which high end Handheld Multimeter would "compete" with a e.g. Keithley DMM6500? Besides the missing 4W Kelvin Measurement?
Gossen? Fluke? Brymen? others? Suggestions are very Wellcome!
Well it depends. Basically none of them can "compete".
Benchtops usually have more that permanent power supply and better accuracy.
They have good connectivity, built in math, support for sensor measurements, triggering etc...
On Rigol DM3068 you can define custom sensors and measure that. You have histograms etc etc.
Most others have same.
On DMM6500 you have built in programming language. That is very powerful. It is not completely stable though.. Mostly is.
Of all my handhelds the closest one to these advanced functions is (as you probably already guessed :-) is MTX3293.
It has SCPI connectivity and many advanced features. Since I got that one, I switch on my DM3068 much less often than before. Actually, rarely, unless something specific is needed.
One specific measurement that requires benchtop meter is any measurement that needs triggering for instance.
Either meter triggering from a slope, or external trigger. Or set meter to measure voltage for 1 second after 500msec delay after it went above 12V... No handheld has these kinds of functions.
Also many benchtops support GO/NOGO measurements, with logic output you can connect to giant red light
..
So benchtops are really different type of instrument.