Multimeter 6000 Count TRMS Electrical Tester, Kethvoz 600V Voltmeter Battery Tester Measure AC DC Voltage Current Ohm Capacitance Temperature, Carrying Case & Sharp Test Leads Included

On the whole the meter is good value for money and surprisingly accurate (I actually have two Fluke multimeters so I'm comparing this meter against some of the best!). So what's annoying? Daft things really but I'll mention them here just for peace of mind. The first niggle for me are the two side mounted probe holders moulded in to the protective surround. Meter manufacturers normally place these on the rear of the meter and not the sides. Once the meter is placed inside the supplied protective zip up case the probe holders take up a considerable amount of the available space. In my particular instance I decided to cut off the holders (carefully) using a knife. This then gave much more room in the case for the probes to be fitted in with having to crush everything up. The other more major niggle is the automatic backlight. This function really spoils the meter for me. As you move the meter around the backlight is constantly changing brightness. If the meter is "looking" towards a dark area then the backlight will come on a full brightness (this is fine). Again, if the meter is "looking" towards a well lit area the backlight will go completely off, again this is OK once you have adjust the viewing angle of the display. The bad bit is when it is neither light nor dark, the backlight assumes some mid-brightness setting. I found myself constantly hunting for the best viewing angle or else muttering expletives as the meter display went from a now you see me to now you don't mode! For me the better option is to have the backlight always on since when it is off there might still not be enough ambient light to view the display easily. It would have been preferable to have a backlight on/off button rather than this annoying auto mode. After just a short period of trying to use the meter the auto backlight function proved just too frustrating to persevere with so I decided to 'fix' it once and for all! It only takes a few minutes, simply remove the blue protective moulded "bumper" (it can be peeled off), then remove the battery cover, and finally remove the screw located at the bottom of the inside of the meter case. Once this screw is taken out you can unclip and open the case from the bottom of the meter (the top end is held in place by two "hooks"). Fold the case rear over to one side and then look towards the top end of the PCB. At the very top edge you will see three, two pad solder points, these are marked as (in my case anyhow), LED2 - R25 - LED3. The component that controls the backlight is the middle of these three components (it's a light dependant resistor), the one labelled as R25. You now have two choices. Either bridge the two pads (of R25) with some solder or a short wire link (this will make the backlight stay OFF permanently), or else simply cut one of the tracks that connect to R25 (this will make the backlight ALWAYS STAY ON). I decided on the second of these two options (just my preference). Please remember though that this modification will INVALIDATE ANY WARRANTY (you will be on your own if anything goes wrong within the warranty period). If you do decide to have the backlight always on then also keep in mind this will be at the expense of some extra current drain from the batteries, though I doubt if a single LED will make too much of a difference to the battery life! OK, one final point is about the supplied probes. As they stand the probes are excellent, with nice flexible cables. They are however very thin and sharply pointed (similar to piercing probes), and though this is great for probing around tiny surface mounted components if you intend to use the meter for more heavy applications you might soon find that the probes will become blunted and/or bent. If that is the case just buy some additional chunkier probes and keep the supplied ones "for best"! Hope this modest review helps.

I needed something to measure capacitors as my Fluke died and the slow resistance climb method of testing isn't always reliable especially on some of the smaller capacitors.This worked great to test two larger appliance capacitors and was exactly what I needed it for. There's plenty of other uses as you can see from the listing. The accuracy of readings seems to be in line with expectations using another DVM I had access to.It would be nice to have a couple of other probes as the needle probes supplied aren't suitable for every application. That said, it's a good priced meter and I have other probes I can use with it so it wasn't a huge issue for me.The only criticism I have - and it's the reason I knocked a star off - is that the batteries that were supplied with the meter had started "crystalising". You could feel lumps of crystal/salt under the wrapping so these went straight in the bin and I installed some branded batteries. Other than that a really handy meter.

This Kethvoz multimeter is of good quality. I won't mention all the features because the seller has covered them. It's sturdy, well-made, and easy to use; the case is a welcome bonus. I've performed multiple tests with this meter, and I've found it to be accurate. I will continue to use it, and if I have anything further to mention, I will pop back and update this review.