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

tbartonnewark

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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  • 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 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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  • 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 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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