Multimeter Recommendations?

I am happy with the Sears brand products. If you do not use it in a professional setting (although I do and get crap from others) you can't beat a lifetime warranty!

They are priced right, and have more features than I ever use. Take this one for example, how can you go wrong?

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What are you doing up so late, eh? Haven't you got class in the morning?

umm i could be wrong but sears dont give lifetime warrantys on electronics or power tools. only hand tools.

you might wanna double check your warranty. 2 main problems lie with the cheaper dmm's accuracy and cheap probes you will replace them with in a week.   and i use a U.E.I. dmm i bought for $45.00 and up against five different flukes it was only 1 percent off of some settings which is nothing. and some were right on.

Yeah flukes are generally considered "the best" by a lot of professionals.  They are a good meter, very accurate, and the autoranging, on those equipped, works very well.  That is actually my biggest issue I have ever had with the craftsman meters, their autoranging gets really flaky after about 2 years (not always just once to me and once to a good friend).  I used to work at sears a few years back and they are right, lifetime warranty applies only to handtools, no electrical, powertools, tap and die sets, or drill bits.  I would personally say go for a craftsman if you have a sears close (although they sell fluke as well), and if you dont really want to spend another $100 for the fluke, both good meters, sure the fluke is better, but is it really necessary?

Hope this helps,

Jeff

I suppose there isn't a life time warranty, but it is still sears. They tend to have a very lax environment there. I must agree with sk8ingsmurf there, is it really necessary? Probably not. But will admit that my one of probes has already lost a tip, I am going to exchange it for a clamp style.

I prefer to buy things like this from stores locally rather than dealing with online distributors, less hassles and time spent mailing things.

Oh man, finals next week. I was up way too late last night as well. The zombie effect has hold of me.