The point is if you don't like my advice, ignore it and keep the smart-a* and condescending remarks and attitude to yourself. I never did that to you or anyone else and I don't expect it to be done to me. There is no excuse for the sort of response you posted. If you want to counter an opinion, throw it out there. Just keep the degrading tone out of it.
Again, the responses in a public thread like this are for all to read. I can assure you, if this was just for YOU, no one else would be here.
Additionally, don't go throwing words in my mouth with your ignorant Provari comment. If you actually take some time and pay attention, you'll find your 180 degrees off on any advice I give. If you are unwilling to read the opinions of other people, go somewhere else because you'll never get along here and it's starting to look like that just may be the problem, this isn't your first "incident".
And my point is answer the question and keep the "spend more money like I did" out of it.
What's funny is if you think the Provari comment was degrading you obviously don't like what they do yet you did the same thing.
If it came down to having to buy a $30-$80 multimeter to be able to test coils before cutting them off and putting them in I'd go with e-pipeman's advice and just use the Vamo's ohm meter and risk wasting some wire.
But if it comes down to paying $10-$15 to get in the ballpark before cutting resistance wire, which it does, then get a cheap multimeter.
Many people don't have money to waste. When someone asks for cheap you should figure they have a reason for wanting cheap. When cheap will do what they're asking there's no need to try and waste their money.
If you have a problem with something like "Radio Shack" like djezewski I don't have a problem with that.
I wouldn't even have a problem with it if there was an actual reason for an average person to buy an expensive multimeter. But the fact is there isn't a reason and a cheap one will be good enough, especially when a Vamo is included in the equation.
Funny how you say I'm always 180° from your advice yet this is the first "incident" I recall having with you. Perhaps I reserve my "incidents" for when people give bad advice or spout wrong opinions as fact.