Product Design FAIL - IDEAL Multimeter - Redux
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Uploaded by EEVblog on Jun 5, 2010
Is the bad design of the IDEAL multimeter tilting bail really that a-typical? Should you expect to be able to poke the buttons on a multimeter while it's standing up?
Dave does some comparisons to find out.
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You really hate that meter don't you! you should send it to the YouTube guy Does it Blend
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What's funny is that you didn't actually push a button on the ideal, you pushed the meter itself.
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I used that meter for 2 years, used the stand once then ripped it off and threw it away because it was so useless.
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epic owned :D
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@EEVblog no it is this meter.
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Hey Dave can you push a Meter over to me, I need a new one my old, old Tandy, yes Tandy is about 250 times worse than any of these.
Can you help me out in the UK?
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that meter is worse peace of shit seen
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Resting Meter against window seen @ 1:09
chamosvin 1 month ago
@chamosvin None of the meters are touching the window.
EEVblog 1 month ago
Hey Dave! My company bought this meter for my department (don't ask why). I call it the Tonka Toy. Anyway, I thought of you and this video the other day when I went to push one of the buttons and it fell off of the work bench. :D
sixstringsixshooter 6 months ago
@sixstringsixshooter Another meter does the same thing?
EEVblog 6 months ago
Do you even use multimeters for what multimeters are supposed to be used for? I bought my IDEAL multimeter to measure continuity, AC/DC voltage, and resistance, it's nice to hold, you can throw it around and it still does it's job, and it doesn't hurt my eyes when I look at it's design. I didn't buy the meter for it's easel, that would be silly. I'm glad I spent 30 dollars on a reliable IDEAL meter than 150, 200, or even 300 bucks out my BUTT for a Fluke.
stephrb73 11 months ago
@stephrb73 A good meter should be designed to be used on the bench on it's stand. It is the ONLY meter out of every one I have used/tested/owned that falls over like this. It's bad product design, plain and simple. If the meter meets your needs then fine.
EEVblog 11 months ago 9