Bench Multimeter for £30

[Clive S]

You obviously don't understand multimeter snobbery, if you pull anything less than a well used Fluke 17B out of your bag you cannot hope to be taken seriously. I laugh at your Lidl multimeter, "ha!"

Or the good old Avo 7

[Tom J]

how you can trust your measurements with meter like that.
I compared all my flukes with those cheap crap and they were miles away - mostly in A mode, even voltage was off.

Forgive me my ignorance, but how is that better than my 10 euro multimeter from lidl pdm 250 a2? I see the bench one could measure temperature, but i have very good laser gun thermometer to 1300C . Anything else that one might need ? In the DIY CNC line of things i mean.

[cropwell]

how you can trust your measurements with meter like that.
I compared all my flukes with those cheap crap and they were miles away - mostly in A mode, even voltage was off.

The accuracy of the UT-801 for my purposes is adequate. The €10 meters are OK for checking continuity. Voltage, resistance and current within 5% is OK if you know the limitations.
My UT-801 will sit on a bench, it doesn't have to be rugged. I am not in the habit of flinging the meter across the shop in frustration, therefore it doesn't need to be a Fluke.
The main difference between the UT-801 and a Fluke 87V is £300, which is the most significant one for me.

Cheers,

Rob