CRENOVA 890Z Multimeter Review & Teardown!

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[@greghill1106]

Bought this and the manual does not explain what each symbol is to the guy who uses it sporadically. Every few months when I break it out I gotta revisit what symbol is what online instead of referring to the manual....great job guys!

[@cougarpdx1540]

i bought it years ago for about $35US on amazon and that was the going price. I see it is available on Ebay for same now. I am surprised it was offered for $80US. I never saw it for that anywhere except ripoff sites. It is a pretty good meter for $35US. good review. pretty much agree with your conclusions after using it for a couple of years. edit: when i bought it, there were a few technical errors in the manual (micro vs milli mix up if i recall). i contacted cust svc and they jumped on it and put up a corrected pdf on the amazon page. this was before the pandemic. not sure how active they are now. i was told they were working on a range lockable next model that i might review but never heard from them again.

[@KeepOnTesting]

Thanks for the input..35$ is definitely fair. I wonder how many actually paid 80$US for this? Good to see customer svc react so quickly!

[@bhushan9066]

I like this type of multimeter it serves everything from the menu on your plate 🍽️🤤🍽️

[@KeepOnTesting]

All u can eat buffet..just an expensive one!

[@three-phase562]

Interesting video and review. 890Z is available for £60 in UK, so not the cheapest over here either. Looked like there were isolation slots in the PCB around the PTCs. Wonder if you could get a calibration procedure and bring that capacitance measurement closer.

[@KeepOnTesting]

Those isolation slots were a nice find! Wow 60UK pounds.. definitely not any cheaper your side of the pond! Calibration could be an interesting option mind you at the going $$ rate it should definitely do better 👍

[@ericchang7706]

Bezosville US currently showing for under $30 (after coupon). Maybe you can set up an affiliate link because your review is probably the most helpful to someone considering this (or any) meter.

[@KeepOnTesting]

Now that's reasonable! Can u include a link for this company?

[@Okurka.]

@@KeepOnTesting That's Amazon.

[@TheRadiogeek]

It passed the probe pull test. Hey pull my probe 😂. It looks like it should sell for about $30. Nice review.

[@KeepOnTesting]

I would if I could but dang thing is too small..wonk wonk...!! 😃 Seriously thx Radiogeek...appreciate the feedback. Unbelievable what they want for this CHEAP-O wannabe.

[@parlenkow]

Here in us the prize of this crenova is 30 $ in Amazon happy new year Darren!!!

[@KeepOnTesting]

Happy New Year Wladimir 🥳 👍 That's s great price too..

[@antibrevity]

Most meters now claim True RMS and many are likely truthful as standard chips support the feature, but it would be nice to see this tested with a non-sinusoidal AC source. A signal generator could work if you use a known-RMS meter to compare against or you could have a standard non-sinusoidal test device with a calculated and confirmed RMS reference. A PWM or triac circuit should work, but even a single-phase diode rectifier should read 40% lower than RMS on an averaging meter, so that might be the easiest test as these are easy to build and can even be scrounged from discarded power supplies.

[@KeepOnTesting]

That's a valid point 👉 Rob..TRMS is often slapped on alot of CHEAP-O Multimeters but verifying it's accuracy would be interesting👍

[@jonfreeman9682]

Not sure you really need the precision of RMS for most home use. Maybe for high precision AC circuits but it's rarely needed unless you work professionally.

[@KeepOnTesting]

@@jonfreeman9682 Fair enough 😃

[@barneygordon2585]

What is a mauve?

[@yambo59]

WoW - you can get a FLUKE 106 or 107 with fluke quality input protection for similar money on Amazon, also a $35 (US) Habotest HT118A would be a better deal, also a $30 full size full function Astro AI DM6000AR, or as another comment suggested an Amprobe AM510 or 530 or a nice late model UniT161B Electricians meter - any would be about the same or less money and a much better meter for this kind of money or less. Sorry Crenova, youre meter is "ok" for about $25 (maybe) $30 but your asking caviar money for a fast food meter and input protection is mucho minimalist as well as ho-hum accuracy on the resistance range, something any half decent meter should show near 100% accuracy on. Swing and a miss Crenovo, but great review as usual Darren spot on-!

[@KeepOnTesting]

So true Mike...any of the alternatives you mentioned would be an upgrade 😉

[@jonfreeman9682]

Flukes cost more than that. But this is pretty decent build quality. It's well designed PCB and seems decent components.

[@morganfbilbo462]

My only comment is about price. I just bought mine for $32. I have since found that someone bought one for $25. U.S. So, at these lower prices, worth it? I honestly doubt if I'll use every function, but for what I know, is good enough. How good or bad is it when you measure 1,000 and get a reading of 999.5.? And yes, it's a shame the manual don't tell what the symbols are. Thanks to you I now know. You weren't clear about what the hFE is for - or how to use it.

[@KeepOnTesting]

25-30$ it's worth it 👍 hFE is the transistor tester...a legacy output that still seems alive in 2024.

[@ssalient]

One of the few meters that literally has all functions separately on the selector switch.

[@KeepOnTesting]

Dang true 👍

[@jonfreeman9682]

I do like the selector layout. Very clean and sensible design.

[@phillipw2493]

Good but not thoroughly teardown but man o man looks great compare.to some others u reviewed

[@KeepOnTesting]

OK I hear ya...more info next time on the Teardown! 👍

[@jonfreeman9682]

Where do you find these obscure brands. Never heard of them before. They should remove the HFE tester. It cheapens the brand with this totally useless function. But great review. 👍

[@KeepOnTesting]

Thx Jon...I had this one on my radar for awhile, I never understood why it was so expensive 😅 👍

[@uncletoy774]

wow I only paid 35 for mine guess you just picked the wrong time

[@TRONMAGNUM2099]

Good job on the review. I agree with you, it's priced too high. I can get a decent Extech or Amprobe meter for that price. Personally I think it should be priced like a Kaiweets in the 40.00 dollar range.

[@KeepOnTesting]

That would be fair..as it stands just not worth the Dinero!

[@willgilligan7605]

AS soon as I see a transistor tester on a meter, I'm sorta put off. Funny how the battery compartment still has contact springs going on to the PCB as well as the wires and plug - looks like the spring to PCB contacts weren't good enough.

[@KeepOnTesting]

That's a good point 👉 Engineer faux pas me thinks ! HFE tester seems to live on despite being long in the tooth !

[@jonfreeman9682]

Totally agree. Transistor testers scream el cheapo meter. Single piece transistors are virtually extinct thanks to chip integration. It's totally useless.

[@bulldogavenue]

Costs $36 on Amazon in USA

[@jamesprieto6439]

It's look a like victor digital multimeter

[@KeepOnTesting]

True enough👍

[@kahlid-ataya]

did you ever did a review of a russian multimeter

[@KeepOnTesting]

No I haven't...I was thinking about it last year though.

[@Okurka.]

The batteries are connected via two springs *and* via a connector?

[@KeepOnTesting]

Yea weird...looks like the 2 pin connector is the actual connection. Springs are for grounding onto the back of the shielding.

[@Okurka.]

@@KeepOnTesting The 2 springs on the battery compartment connect to BAT+ and BAT- on the PCB. The larger spring on the PCB connects to the shielding.

[@radius.indrawan]

rebranded RuoShui by the look of it... agree Darren, it's an overpriced meter.

[@KeepOnTesting]

Ahh yes definitely has the RuoShui vibe about it !

[@antibrevity]

This thing is over-priced by a mile, *but* we can't really complain about the 1-min. backlight as that's far longer than most; annoying, but better than the typical 15-second jobbies. If this were priced at $30-$40, it would at least be competitive, but this meter is obviously not about value; it's about how well the seller has been able to game the Amazon review system and convince ignorant consumers to buy and 5-star a strictly average cheapo meter.

[@KeepOnTesting]

Boy you got that right Rob!

[@jonfreeman9682]

You know I've never found backlight useful as I don't work in the dark. Well this meter is built rugged and comes complete with all features and precision. You're paying for the build quality too.

[@barrybogart5436]

Recently I got a Uni-T 161e PLUS for under $100Cdn. AliE.

[@KeepOnTesting]

Sweet deal..good find !