I've never had an LCR meter before and wanted one for my hobby radio. This instrument appears to be a good economical gauge, although I don't have standards available to test its accuracy. Regarding the quality: it doesn't seem that bad, but how long it lasts can soon be said. I will be patient not to break anything. However, the cables are not very high quality. One of the clips fell apart on first use. I'm not sure I want to bother with the return because of this, so I'll probably just live with it, expecting every replacement to have similar quality findings. I can always replace them, the gauge itself is cheap enough for me to handle.