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Why is this the meter of Choice, Fluke 87-5?

tbartonnewark
tbartonnewark over 6 years ago

Hello I working on some new marketing content with Fluke

 

What makes the Fluke 87-5 The meter of choice?  It's called an "industrial multimeter" but community members, students, engineers and hobbyist aren't really using it in an industrial setting. 

 

I assumed mA MilliAmp, mV millivolts, ohm settings and display range made it a fit.  But, I was curious what everyone else thought.

 

Thank TB 

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  • shabaz
    shabaz over 6 years ago +8
    Hi Tom, I can only speak for myself, but I'm guessing all those categories of users want it for the brand, and all that goes with it (i.e. reliability, safety) and availability/support for many years,…
  • dougw
    dougw over 6 years ago +8
    I don't own one at the moment, but have bought Flukes in the past. People buy them because they have an edge in the following areas: reputation - Fluke has had an excellent reputation for building fine…
  • michaelkellett
    michaelkellett over 6 years ago +6
    I've got an 87-III and an 89-IV (both ancient - the 89 must be 20 years old) as well as several bench DMMs (mainly recent Keithley or Keysight). I look from time to time at new Flukes but the old ones…
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  • ipv1
    ipv1 over 6 years ago

    I have the Fluke 87-V and it is heavy, meaty and looks great on the bench. It's measurements are accurate and almost a standard for the bench. The only thing that comes near it on my workbench is the Brymen MB235 that Jan Cumps sent me a few years ago. Its light and robust and has that uA range along with all the other bells and whistles of the 87V. (And might be better in some respects especially the price.)

     

    Depending upon the application and the user, a multimeter can be a useful or useless instrument. I had an array of Uni-t UT33C meters that I used and lent out to a few friendly students. Some came back with a lost calibrated while one had been sentenced to the electric chair when the continuity setting was used to measure 220 AC mains. Oops? But it was part of the learning curve and the boys will always check the settings twice.

     

    Summary: Novice users need cheaper DMMs with less settings,

    Intermediate users can use cheap DMMs with more smarts like the BM235 while

    expert users with specialized tasks can take advantage of the precision and quality of the expensive stuff.

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    ipv1 over 6 years ago

    I have the Fluke 87-V and it is heavy, meaty and looks great on the bench. It's measurements are accurate and almost a standard for the bench. The only thing that comes near it on my workbench is the Brymen MB235 that Jan Cumps sent me a few years ago. Its light and robust and has that uA range along with all the other bells and whistles of the 87V. (And might be better in some respects especially the price.)

     

    Depending upon the application and the user, a multimeter can be a useful or useless instrument. I had an array of Uni-t UT33C meters that I used and lent out to a few friendly students. Some came back with a lost calibrated while one had been sentenced to the electric chair when the continuity setting was used to measure 220 AC mains. Oops? But it was part of the learning curve and the boys will always check the settings twice.

     

    Summary: Novice users need cheaper DMMs with less settings,

    Intermediate users can use cheap DMMs with more smarts like the BM235 while

    expert users with specialized tasks can take advantage of the precision and quality of the expensive stuff.

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