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David L. Jones
- Jan 1, 1970
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Hi Dave - how would you compare the Agilent to the Fluke? I didn't
realize Agilent made handhelds - so I hadn't looked at that one. But
the features look very good and very similar to the Fluke, so I'm not
sure which would be better. Thanks,
-Mike
Hi Mike
Unfortunately I cannot comment as I have not played with the new
Agilent model myself, but eariler hand held HP meters were very good
quality. Agilent have just gotten back into the hand held market with
this model, and on paper it looks very nice. Agilent don't make crap
gear quality wise.
You can't go wrong with say a Fluke 87 V, and with the money left over
you could buy a (or several) lower cost PC connected meter for data
logging if you ever need it.
The 189 has a 72 hour battery life, and unfortunatley it appears like
the Agilent one is similar, although it runs from a 9V battery instead
of 4 AA's in the 189. The other model has a rechargeable battery. I
guess when you get to this performance level you have to live with
crap battery life.
A Fluke 87 V on the other hand has a 400+ hour life, and is much
better for general day to day usage, and almost as accurate at 0.05%
DC.
Dave