DT9205 8-Function 32-Range Digital Multimeter

This is a nice product if you need one, price is great and options are as well, build is fine and it does what I need it to do with no problems. if you need it, here it is, grab it here cause I already looked and checked all prices, just get it youll like it. if you see my reviews and you notice they are all positive that is because rather than hurt anyone with my opinion with a faulty product I just wont leave any review at all, and me not leaving a review is an obvious sign. I am very frugal and search and scour for the best price so you can be sure the price is bottom line at time of my purchase.

"Wow, this is excellent. I'll have to get one of these." If you know him, that's a lot coming from my HVAC Engineer father with 35+ years of experience. I have to rely on him to tell me how to use it though as the user manual is not designed for the beginner, that doesn't knock the product though, just my own inexperience. I only needed to know if the cut wire in my basement was live.. and thanks to this device I now know that it was (scary).

This item Don't work properly, Internal parts are very damaged, everything is leaking. Any way seller will refund your money and let you keep the item if you request a refund., of course... they already know that all devices are damaged.

It's your typical crusty cheap multimeter. It absolutely does not have the CAT input protections that it claims - it just has a simple glass fuse. The probes aren't a perfect fit, but are functional. All very par for the course at this price point. I certainly wouldn't be using it on 240V, but it's fine for low voltage use.

I was pretty excited to get this multimeter since it included cool features like diode and capacitor testing. Not being an electronic tech I was more than a little confused about how to test a capacitor testing feature to test a microwave capacitor. Turns out this meter isn't designed to test this type of capacitor without using some sort of adapter which would plug into the capacitor testing ports on the meter and then connect to the terminals on the capacitor. Another issue is the mislabeling of the Audible Continuity test. The instruction sheet shows an audible symbol although the meter uses musical notes (next to the Diode symbol). One more thing, prior to this meter all my meters have been analog meters so I wasn't aware that "1" means infinity (as in infinite resistance when using the Ohm meter) and "0" means no resistance. This unit appears to be cheaply made but then again it was very cheap. Bottom line is that it appears to be a very good meter for the money but it's not intended to be used commercially and you sort of have to know how to use this type of meter since the instructions are terrible and there is nothing on the internet to further explain how to use this specific meter.

All in all this is an excellent meter. It's accurate according to my quick test, and it's 20 bucks. There are some shortcomings, but I can certainly live with them.The only reason I subtract one star is because the battery was DOA.====Side-by-side comparison of this meter and Agilent 34401A showed that the accuracy of this unit is not a problem. Everything is within the spec.I measured resistance, DC voltage and AC voltage:(this, Agilent) =(992, 994.87) for 1 kOhm 1% resistor,(17.60, 17.571) for 18V DC (nominal) regulated supply,(0.707, 0.7049) for 1 kHz, 0.7071 Vrms (nominal) sine wave.In all of these measurements, Agilent's accuracy is much much better than any handhelds and its readings can practically be considered as the true value for the purpose of this comparison. So the accuracy of this meter for these three measurements are all within 0.3%. Pretty good, and certainly within the stated specs.====There are several things you have to know.First, this is not a true RMS meter. For AC voltage and current measurement, if the waveform is not sinusoidal, the reading of this meter will not be the same as the true RMS meters such as Agilent 34401A. For example, when I measured 100 Hz triangular wave, the two numbers were different by about 4%:(0.555V, 0.5788V)This is not an accuracy problem, if anything this is more about knowing what you are doing.Second, high current input (more than 200mA) is not fused. Be very cautious if you have to use it, and make absolutely sure that you know what you are doing. Avoid measuring high current using this if you can. I certainly do.Third, you cannot use the probe to measure capacitance and hfe. You need to directly plug the leads of capacitor or transistor to corresponding front panel slot. This is sometimes inconvenient, especially when you are measuring big capacitors.And finally, I don't like the power on/off button. It's very easy to accidentally turn it on. I'd prefer a meter with "Off" position in a rotary dial. You cannot just toss this into a crowded toolbag and expect that nothing bumps the button.I believe this is the reason why the battery was DOA in my unit. The unit was delivered with the power switch already depressed. The manufacturer apparently knows this problem, as they put a spongy ring around the power switch for shipping, I guess this is to prevent the switch from accidentally bumped on. However, spongy thing is, well, spongy, and I was still able to turn it on/off by gently pressing the button even with the ring around it.

Pretty good meter. I primarily use it for basic things like testing voltage and amperage. Used it to test the voltage on my riding mower and figured out it was a dead solenoid. Works well and easy to use. Have had it for about a year with no problems.