New MultiMeter?

[whirlpooltech]

Been shopping around for a new multimeter.
I was wondering what the other guy's around here use or would recommend for a good meter.

This is a meter I would use on a daily bases so I need something that will hold up to the test of time. So please don't suggest any cheap junk.

[JWWebster]

I have a Fluke. Very fine. I have had it since 95 and ain't even had to put a battery in it. Sure I forget to turn it off all the time. But it turns itself off. All I gotta do is hit the refresh button in the middle of the dial. Damn fine meter. My backup is my old Simpson.

[whirlpooltech]

Let me also add, if your using a older meter and would need to by a new one what meter would you buy today?

[AJ]

I personally use a Fluke 16 meter.

Fluke no longer makes that model, but if you look around you can still find places that have them for sale.

I would like to give one of the Fluke T5 Models a try.

[JWWebster]

My friend Sarge had one of them small Flukes. It did continuity and voltage without having to make any selections.

[Icehouse]

Fieldpiece LT17 A best buy for your buck, and was originally "Beckman". 

[jumptrout51]

Fieldpiece SC66. It does everything I need including K-thermocouple for temp and reads caps to 1/10th of a micro farad, DC voltage, AC voltage, Amps, Continuity, Ohms, DC amps.

[JWWebster]

I made a home made continuity checker using an old dryer buzzer.We are talking low cost here. A lamp cord, aligator clips and the buzzer. I put a buzzer and aligator clip on L-1,aligator clip on L2. Works with a light bulb too. If I want to check motors without harming them I use a water heater element or a dryer element in the place of a light bulb to water down the current so as not to burn any windings.

[shieldcracker]

W.
It all depends on what do you want to measure.You can't go wrong with Fluke, other good stuff to be found comes from Wavetek, Amprobe, UEI, field piece and of course Simpson.