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Good call Terry. I’m in Electrical Engineering, and take instrument quality for granted. I’d add on that, if possible, buy a name brand instrument such as Fluke (there are others such as Keysight, etc) - someone in the test and measurement business if you can swing it. A good DVM is truly an investment in that the tool can be used for many years to come. I still have a Fluke DVM from my second job out of college (circa 1985) that still works like a champ. And as Terry noted, buying purely on price point isn’t necessarily the best move for a tool you can rely on.
+1 on getting a quality meter. It's a lifelong investment that need not cost an arm and a leg, although there certainly are offerings out there that fetch more than a kidney would go for on the black market!
There are just times when a Simpson 260XLP 'feels right'! On another note, I have a Fluke 27/AN that did 9 military deployments with me, and after 30 years, is still going strong.
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