ANENG A3008 Multimeter
By: Drew
Is it a great tool?
No! It costs just £12 from Aliexpress, it looks like a toy and it feels like a toy.
Is it ultra portable?
Hell Yes! This tiny multimeter is a featherweight 80g.
Is it good enough to earn a place in my tiny toolkit?
Yes. This multimeter is accurate enough and is often enough of a tool to help fix products and debug Arduino projects in the field. The tool at hand is more useful than the tool left at home.
Core multimeter functions:
- DC voltage, AC voltage and resistance with auto mode-select and auto-range.
Occasional use modes:
- Diode, Frequency, Capacitance, Temperature, Proximity detection of live wires.
Modes that I will probably never use:
- Phase detection and a built in torch.
Comprimises:
It has no current measurement. I would not use it for high voltage work (I doubt that the protection circuits and internal fuse are robust), But that's OK, other than occasionally checking if a 230V wire is live, I don;' work with high voltage.
Alternatives:
For a few dollars more, the ANENG A3009 has all the same functionallity and it speaks! Alternatively the UNI-T 120C has a similar size and weight in a more conventional rectangular format.