I've had one of the Harbor Freight multimeters on a monitoring point 24/7
for six months and (except to change batteries) not a whimper. My students
have bought somewhere on the order of 100-150 of them and as yet, not a
casualty.

They are on sale for $2.99 right now.

Jim


"fancy nospam tunes" wrote in message
m...
Hi, I'm looking for a multimeter that will be
used 24/7 on DC and mA readings. Are there,
in your opinion/experience, any difference in
long-term durability between the Fluke 87
(series 80) and the Fluke 81438 multimeters?