Review on Vici VC99 3 6/7 LCD Multimeter Tester: Manual/Auto, Digital, Auto Range, Volt, Ammeter, Ohm, Analog Bar - Efficient Testing Meter by Robert Dabney

Good value for money and if I had to fault anything it would be the pass through tone which isn't loud enough but not many brands I used back then were like that. Update 12/27/2015: This counter is no longer functional. Disassembly revealed that the contacts under the function button were worn, one of which was almost broken in half. Unacceptable. Contrary to what the description suggests, mine didn't have the ability to measure inductance. I bought it mainly because of the large display, but after using this meter for 10 months I found it very annoying to use. As I mentioned in my initial notes on this meter, the continuity test beep was not loud enough. This turned out to be very, very annoying when I started using the instrument more and as such found it almost useless because I couldn't hear the damn thing. The meter has an unacceptable sampling rate of about 3 times per second. That's optimistic. It's more like 2X and makes the counter extremely slow. The 5x power saving warning tone was extremely annoying. The frequency measurement function turned out to be deaf. The sensitivity of the frequency measurement is given as 0.7 V. Is it 0.7Vpp or Vrms? Well on my device it was 0.7Vrms or about 1.98Vpp. However, my unit was quite deaf, so I believe the input sensitivity is 0.7V Vrms. But even if it were Vpp, it would still be unacceptably high for my use case. Finally, the meter should last for YEARS, not 10 months with average usage. The device let me down when I needed it most. Granted. $30 for 10 months and I can probably say I got $3 a month out of it but not without a lot of hassle and hassle. There are better switches for a few bucks more. I stopped buying Chinese junk. I ended up doing what I needed to do with the offset and bought an Agilent (Keysight) U1272A. Expensive but top quality. A. American company (roots from Hewlett Packard). Cheaper than Fluke. Fluke is probably better. Also an American company. My Agilent is made in Malaysia; Flukes used to be made in the USA but don't hold me to that as that may have changed. Yes I know. $250+ for a multimeter? There are cheaper alternatives. Check out Dave's eevblog on YouTube. In conclusion, I do not recommend this counter. look elsewhere