Gardner Bender GMT-318 Analog Multimeter, 6 Function, 14 Range, AC / DC Volt, 500V

Works as expected. As others mentioned, the battery compartment is small- Ifound that the duracel battery will fit but the energizer will not fit.

It pays to have a couple of these around. Keep one in the shop, the house and also in the truck tool boxes. They're simple, sturdy quality build, and work for multiple uses

A very handy multimeter with a swinging needle indicator. It is small and will fit in your pocket along with the two leads. Handy for testing fuses, possible broken or disconnected wires, etc. Just requires one AA battery to operate. For the price it is an excellent meter. You can also zero the needle before use with a small screw on the front. Great seller, fast service. I will buy from this seller again.

works well like the small size

Gone are the days when you could buy a high-quality, low-price Micronta (Radio Shack of yoore) analog VOM. In line with general dumbing-down in our society, analog meters were long ago replaced by digital. Digital meters are the stupidest idea since the Edsel. They work only if the voltage is steady unless they feature filtering in which case the response is slow. And you still get unsteady readings. On top of that, digital meters are subject to aliasing error. Never mind what that means, it can be a disaster if there is noise on top of dc voltages you're tryhing to measure. So today your choice is a $400, 30-year-old, used, beat-up, in doubtful condition Simpson or a new cheapie like this one. (I noticed practically none of the former offered on amazon even promise operability!) I recently bought a similar-looking cheapie which however was vastly inferior to this one. Interior had jury-rigged wiring like some grade-school kid had wired it up; revealing the need for ad-hoc rewiring of an incomplete design, easily recognizable by an electrical engineer such as I. It sure enough crapped out in no time. This unit has no such garbage hookups, is fused, a really nice thing to have, and the battery compartment lid fits so snugly you really don't need the mounting screw. Some advice: 1. the instruction manual (on-line) says "ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT CONTINUITY CHECKS ARE TO BE MADE WITH THE POWER TO THE CIRCUIT ". Be sure to do just the opposite! Kind of obvious. 2. Comes without an AA battery. Actually, wisely so. Saves on shipping cost and potential ravages caused by a leaking battery. 3. I will be ordering spare fuses for those inevitable screw-ups like trying to measure resistance across a 250-volt line. Other than that, a happy acquisition without even a dent in my pocketbook. Go for it.

I bought this to double check what I thought was a ghost voltage of 33V as measured by a digital meter that I had bought about 10 days earlier in a 3-way switch setup. Rather than spending another $125+ on a meter with Lo-Z, I went with this Gardner Bender GMT-318 as an analog meter (lower impedance, though not Lo-Z). This matched the hot wire reading of the digital meter, and it confirmed 0.1V for the traveler wire that wasn't hot. This meter's ability to measure resistance might not be good enough for some (Rx100 setting, and an analog scale that goes from 500 to infinite a the next tick). For the price, though, I find it to be a good secondary meter. This is clear by the product image, so I'm not going to hold that against my rating. There are some reviews about the battery not fitting well. I didn't have that experience. It's tight, sure, but I'd rather have that condition than a loose battery. For me, it was neither too difficult to insert the battery nor to take it out. The product description says that the battery is not included, so I'm not going to hold that against my rating.

the scale on the readout is so small I couldn't really use it, so I sent it back

This Gardner Bender GMT-318 Analog Multimeter, 6 Function, 14 Range, AC / DC Volt, 500V testing meter is the type I have always used to build and test motor circuits and lead wires in mineral processing operations. This meter works perfect replacing one of my older and cracked meters and to me- the analogue type of function is much better than 50 different settings on digital meters. Very well- made and functions perfectly and is exactly the right size for me. Excellent find at a good price.

Good multimeter, works perfect

llego muy bien protegido, muy rapido y es esacto a como viene en imagen

O produto cumpriu o prometido.

good product

Vraiment petit. Sur la photo, il semblait plus gros et beau. Fait le job quand même.