How to buy a multimeter for LESS THAN A QUARTER

[YEOJ]

You read the title right... multimeters can be purchased for less than a quarter!

Step 1) find the nearest Harbor Freight
Step 2) download a 20% off coupon from various online coupon sites
Step 3) download a "free 7 funtion multimeter with any purchase" coupon

- these are 'standing' coupons that don't expire for quite some time.... The cashier I had let me use both of them at the same time for the one item I purchased-

Step 4) locate the bin of razor knives near the front of the store with a large price tag of "29 cents"
Step 5) use the two coupons to buy the razor and get the multimeter AND a razor for 24 cents....

You're welcome

 

[readeuler]

You got fleeced! I hear tell that some of the free multimeter coupons are no purchase necessary

Don't worry, I got highway robbed: I paid full price for my Harbor Freight Cen-tech meter

 

[YEOJ]

The no purchase necessary coupon for the multimeter doesn't exist anymore =( I did use a no purchase necessary coupon for a little led flashlight though haha

 

[drippaboi]

gotta <3 harbor freight. Grown up toy store

 

[Dougiestyle]

Be very aware that those meters can be incorrect with low, specific builds. They only read to .1ohm. So, say you're going for a .25 build, the meter will only show .2 or .3 depending on its mood. Always check the lead resistance, as well. Enjoy!

 

[readeuler]

Be very aware that those meters can be incorrect with low, specific builds. They only read to .1ohm. So, say you're going for a .25 build, the meter will only show .2 or .3 depending on its mood. Always check the lead resistance, as well. Enjoy!

Yeah, my cheap Harbor Freight meter never measured less than 0.5 ohms touching the leads together, which seems unusually high even for a cheap meter. And fluctuated an insane amount; not so good for even 1+ohm resistances.

But it's perfectly good for measuring voltage, which is all I use it for.

 

[GT86]

Yea I had one of those once....once.....One day my car wouldn't start so I grabbed that multi-meter and checked the battery voltage....17 volts....WTH!!! In the trash it went!

 

[r77r7r]

Definitely a device Not to cheap out on.

 

[Bikenstein]

Waste of fuel to drive to Harbor Freight to get a multimeter. I bought one a while back and it totally crapped out after a few uses and like others say, it never read close to right, even for residential voltage. Good idea for a cheap purchase, though.

 

[93gc40]

Yeah, that particular disposable meter, I have 2, reads from 0ohms as anywhere from 100ohms to 1ohm. Now once you can determine what zero is for today you can get a reading within .2-.5ohms. NOT the meter you want for a coil of less than about 1.5 ohms.

 

[KTMRider]

25% off coupon

http://widgets.harborfreight.com/ws...o?week=5014&campaign=b&page=25Offcoupon3.html

It's hit or miss with the DMM's (if you can call them that). I have a few and a couple work great, the others are off by a bit.