Disposable, For a Fiver...

[Nick]

...If we'd spent the money on just 1 Fluke, we'd still have it today, and it would still be in spec, and have another 20 years in front of it. Heck, our primary meters in our electronics lab are 1980s Fluke 75s that have given us an absolutely superb ROI...

I only had one really good DMM, a Tektronix DMM916, but a number of "second-tier" sacrificial ones, mainly for high-energy use with one of my other hobbies...

However, after visiting Jeremy (pamphonica) the other day, I treated myself to a Keithley 2015THD... what a lovely bit of kit...

Still a current model: http://www.tek.com/tektronix-and-keithle...multimeter

These can be picked up off of eBay for just under £300 + P&P - they are ex-ATU stations, so don't come with the tilting bale (handle) or feet, but are otherwise perfect - a set of sticky rubber feet & a bit of a wipe with meths to remove label residue, and it looks really good - basically a specialised version of the also excellent model 2000.

Mine was missing its serial number sticker, but a quick "*idn?" over GPIB made the unit reveal all