Recommend Multimeter

[OctaneV8]

Hi I am looking to buy a mulitmeter to test sensors on the car engine - is there anything I should specifically look out for other than AC/DC measurement?

Looking at these Hanmer and Lomvum for £25-35:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Multimeter-Auto-Ranging-R...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07MR2S95J/ref=sspa_dk...


Many thanks

[Tyre Smoke]

I bought one on Ebay for £5.30. Just as good as the £40 one I had before, but more compact.

I view them like hdmi cables, you can pay £5 or £50, they all do the same job.

[300bhp/ton]

Tyre Smoke said:

I bought one on Ebay for £5.30. Just as good as the £40 one I had before, but more compact.

I view them like hdmi cables, you can pay £5 or £50, they all do the same job.

+1

The only alternative I'd consider for the ops use, would be a compact multimeter with the gubbins built into one of the probes. As it might make it easier in some situations, but bulkier in others.

[finishing touch]

Personally I prefer analogue, and would look for one with a good ohm scale.

[OctaneV8]

Thanks all, I'm sure you're right, just wanted to double-check for any advances in technology since I last bought one!

[Chris32345]

finishing touch said:

Personally I prefer analogue, and would look for one with a good ohm scale.

Why when dignal ones will be more accurate and easyer to read?

[E-bmw]

Chris32345 said:

finishing touch said:

Personally I prefer analogue, and would look for one with a good ohm scale.

Why when dignal ones will be more accurate and easyer to read?

And more robust.

A knock on an analogue meter will potentially knock them out of cal, no such bad luck with digital.

[pcn1]

I bought a £20 multi-meter once, I needed to measure some very small mV signal whilst setting up a throttle body on my Ducati. It wouldn't hold a steady reading, bouncing all over. Fine on the bigger ranges.
I then bought a used Fluke from e-bay for £60 (we use Flukes at work, but the company pays for those !) and the reading was perfect.

Sometimes, you do get what you pay for.

[finishing touch]

Chris32345 said:

Why when dignal ones will be more accurate and easyer to read?

I would say that accuracy comes with quality (as pcn1 says in a later post),

and as for easier to read, well a watch, a clock, a tacho', a speedo, oil pressure gauge, are all readable at a glance if analogue
and preferable to digital.

This is just my humble opinion.

Edited by finishing touch on Thursday 11th April 20:27

[Busterbulldog]

Buy a used Fluke. I have had mine st least 25years and it wasn't new when I bought it. Still totally accurate and I think I changed the battery 3 times.

[Brads67]

Fluke

I have three and the oldest must be 25 yrs old by now.