Good inexpensive multimeter?

[countchocula]

Hi Folks,

Anyone here have a suggestion for a decent but cheap multimeter? Nothing extraordinary needed - just the basics. By cheap, i'm talking around $30 or so.

Thanks!

 

[dick_freebird]

I wouldn't call them "good", but you can get a basic DMM from
Harbor Freight for $3.99 and they have others from there.

I have 8 of them for my lab bench where accuracy is not the
biggest deal, so I don't have to use the better ones up.

My primary beef with these is the current range series
resistance, which is pretty high at the low currents. You can't
change range without changing circuit, basically.

My favorite meter is one I got on sale at Radio Shack,
with thermocouple and frequency reading.

 

[countchocula]

Thanks for the reply. I'm looking at the following one - it's a piece of junk, but hopefully will work for my purposes (debugging solar circuits in the field, etc.).

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00066ZZO4

 

[fcfusion]

If you want a really cheap multimeter you should check at a chinese convenience store. They usually have cheap multimeters used to measure car batteries. You could get one for less than five dollars.

 

[Ruby05]

If you want a really cheap multimeter you should check at a chinese convenience store. They usually have cheap LCD multimeters used to measure car batteries. You could get one for less than five dollars.

Hey fcfusion, you are absolutely right. Products from China are often incredibly cheap.
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I juts got a LCD multimeter a few days ago. Cheap and decent. Only priced at $22.99.
https://www.sourcingmap.com/digital...mmeter-ohmmeter-yellow-and-black-p-28252.html