What was your first multimeter?

I remember seeing those! 

My first multimeter was something like this.. probably Altai or Radio Shack. It was purely passive, no battery compartment : ) 

My first DMM was inexpensive but does its job kinda. I bought this one for about Rs.120 ~ 1.4 USD in 2011 for hobby projects, and it lasted for about 3-4 weeks before I fried the internal circuit accidentally.

In my first year of engineering in the year 2013, I bought this one for about Rs. 350 ~ 4USD which is still in working condition but not in use anymore.

Currently, I use these two DMMs, 2707B from BK Precision and the cute palm-sized Tenma one, which I got as a finisher's prize.

My first was similar - a Radio Shack Knight Kit that I built back in the 70s.  The plastic case has a small crack in the back, but it still works fine.  I like the large meter, 125mmx95mm.  You have to remove the entire back cover to access the battery which is required for the ohmmeter.

Bought in my first year of electronics studies at Tandy, Diest

My father had a Simpson that was the first I ever used. My first meter was built from a Radio Shack kit. Unfortunately I no longer have either. 

The Fluke 8020 posted by cstanton was my first "purchased" tool after graduating ET-A school in 1981 with the USN. I spoiled myself for successfully completing the course with my first piece of test equipment and it caused much grief between my ex-wife and myself... I still have it and still use it regularly! The first multimeter that  I ever used was a Simpson 260 at that same school... I picked one up at a surplus sale back in the 90's along with the transistor adapter and will often grab that when only a D'Arsonval movement will show you what you need to see!

My first Multimeter was a kit form item that was a part of the curriculum at DeVry Institute of Technology (1973).  I may have had an earlier Radio Shack one, but I am not really sure.

This was a nice unit, but a little heavy and bulky.  I am not sure when this departed, but it is no longer in my possession.

My first multimeter was the Leviton Range Multimeter. I got it as a gift from my grandpa back then. Don't have it with me right now or I'd have taken a pics of it.

Indeed ... mine was similar, but just a lot cheaper and nastier ... couldn't get that thing zeroed in for love nor money. Accuracy? What accuracy ... 2% if you were lucky! But it was a cheapy, about AU$15 from a no-name hardware store that imports random Chinese products.

Thankfully, when the DT830-style meters came around, I abandoned the analog movement style for them, even though they're not all that accurate.

It didn't take me long to decide to abandon them for something more accurate and safer ... but I'd have to say that there's a charm to analog meters that isn't replicated by the DMMs of today.

- Gough