ANENG M113 CHEAP-O Multimeter Review & Teardown!

[@Golden63]

It’s nice to see your new video available! Being cheap doesn’t mean being useless. By saying cheap, sometimes I saw $3 multimeter on sale on TEMU(I’m not affiliated to them, just curious about the performance of these meters) which has voltage, current, resistance, diodes and other functions sometimes. I’m always wondering how accurate they are. Maybe you could do a review on the cheapest multimeter that you can find on the internet? That would be interesting.

[@KeepOnTesting]

Hi there my friend! I'll be grabbing some dmms off TEMU shortly for review! I was looking them over last month..stay tubed! As for the cheapest multimeter out there..YES and yes! I'm hoping to do such a review soon! 😃

[@jonfreeman9682]

These el cheapo meters work fine for most home repairs and basic electronics. Because they're all solid state electronics they are surprisingly accurate and can give Fluke a run for its money.

[@csabamagyar3244]

Yes, cheap. But very handy and pretty precise for its price. I have one and I lke to use it -- even beside my much more professional multimeters. Which are not faster by the way but even slower. So I think it doesn't suck for its price, but it is a good choice for its price. And besides: a lot of musc-much more expensive multimeters don't have backlight -- why do you expect this cheapo to have it?

[@KeepOnTesting]

@csabamagyar3244 Thx for the feedback. I think it's a relatively simple engineering decision to employ a backlight, cheap or not so I'm always looking for it. It's not a bad dmm by any means.. 👍

[@pault6533]

A-Ha! @3:50 you revealed the short lead conversion feature that is automatically activated when high voltage is done testing. Now you have those smaller leads you wanted! For NCV, I think you are supposed to press the button away from the wires and then move the device up to the wire to detect the voltage. I think you pushed the button while against the wires then when you pulled away it started beeping. So NCV works in reverse! Negative NCV? Space invaders or Mattel football? The shape and size reminds me of the Stanley TLM100 Fat Max Laser measuring device I have, which is not a POS like the product you tested, even though the people who named the device "Fat Max" skipped the sensitivity training class.

[@KeepOnTesting]

Hey Paul, Mattel football.. wow, talk about memories! I tried everything with regards to the NCV and it worked best as demonstrated but it did well either way.. You're right I got those tiny test leads after all! Hehe 👍

[@bhushan9066]

High Precision my ... 😂 Beautiful electronic art piece when tore down 😊

[@KeepOnTesting]

I thought you'd like that 😅 Frankenmeter internals that really make you wonder..😮👍

[@Alxasaurus]

The external chassis looks suspiciously like the Aneng SZ02. Edit: I found that the M113 was recently listed so they likely used the same chassis as SZ02, I wonder if Aneng is cutting too many corners for this one for being half the price of an SZ02

[@KeepOnTesting]

Agreed! Lots of corner cutting by Aneng on this meter. I'm sure they pulled the NCV antenna out of the SZ02 input jack too! 🙄

[@Alxasaurus]

@@KeepOnTesting My god that might explain the extremely close proximity required to trigger the NCV beeps. Its range is even shorter than my 681/683 (that is saying something). I bought an SZ02 for someone and holy cow, its NCV range is pretty long. You have no idea how much I was laughing when seeing the M113 NCV antenna being nothing but an input jack likely from the SZ02 no less!

[@KeepOnTesting]

@@Alxasaurus So true, apparently Aneng thought nobody would look inside.. 😃

[@Grissinen]

OK, I order it for 3,5$ including shipping from Aliexpress. Is it so bad to just have something on the bank to test if in one point of the circuit I have 12V or 5V or 3 or whatever? I think is ok. Of course if you do work with 220V electrical stuffs, maybe not the best solution... or do you have any good alternative for less than 5$ shipping included? P.S.: Yes, I shortly checked the list but of course a device that costs 10x this one is much better... 😅

[@KeepOnTesting]

This is a much better choice..and very cheap too.. ANENG AN8205C Digital Multimeter AC/DC Ammeter Volt Ohm Multimetro Tester Meter With Thermocouple LCD Backlight Portable a.aliexpress.com/_m0anwTS

[@jaaxxone]

I got mine for $3 USD. I tossed it into a tool bag in the car for quick troubleshooting.

[@AsaiKanaChannel.]

Nice review. Please review Multimeter Zoyi 102A.. Thanks before.

[@KeepOnTesting]

I reviewed that multimeter 4 years ago.. 😃 kzbin.info/www/bejne/q3fGdZ2VZrKbpacsi=w8AvCHSwZHRsTXUx

[@AsaiKanaChannel.]

​@@KeepOnTesting​ oh nice.. very impressive. i'm so sorry, I forgot to see the videos four years ago 😢

[@KeepOnTesting]

@@AsaiKanaChannel. No worries.. sometimes the older reviews are harder to find..👍

[@watchmakerful]

What is the small chip near the main IC? Is it a 24C08?

[@KeepOnTesting]

Yessir..MICROCHIP 8 pin Serial EEPROM .

[@numerical_error]

I really hope to see this one in "Top Best & Worst Multimeters of 2023" at the end of the year. 🙂

[@KeepOnTesting]

You can count on it!! 😉

[@hrekdytr489]

top review. saw it at aliexpress for $3,5. but after watching your video, even with this price, I will avoid it.

[@KeepOnTesting]

Thx! Smart move, this multimeter is to be avoide at any cost! 😅

[@shaunmorrissey7313]

That review started quite poorly and went rapidly downhill. I guess the half star was for the box😀 I bet they didn't source this one from ZOYI, Thanks Darren.

[@KeepOnTesting]

Sure did my friend! I'm disappointed with Aneng as late. For every decent dmm they manage to ship, they put out at least 4 pieces of utter garbage. 😅

[@ssalient]

How are they even allowed to waste materials to produce things like this …

[@KeepOnTesting]

Scary isn't it. Not sure what happened to Aneng but sheesh..!

[@three-phase562]

That's a new one for the bottom of the pile, its that bad you wouldn't even give it away to a school kid with an Arduino.

[@KeepOnTesting]

Hehe!! You got that right...I'll save it for an evil Halloween experiment I'm planning 😃

[@ThisaraWishwajith05]

Aneng sz08 good or not?

[@KeepOnTesting]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZO1mIVoeqeCrrcsi=sM41J_jUobLgpiOV

[@Pyridox]

Wow. I guess this one is a little too cheap. Better to spend about $10 more for a better meter.

[@KeepOnTesting]

Definitely..not getting much here even with that low price! I'd love to know what the cost is per unit for manufacturing this. 😃

[@watchmakerful]

>>You won't find a much cheaper multimeter out there! DT830B 😀

[@KeepOnTesting]

That's for sure my friend! 👍

[@watchmakerful]

@@KeepOnTesting By the way, just for fun, I've added continuity into a DT-830B. Using... an optocoupler 😀.

[@brano2yt]

​@@watchmakerfulout of curiosity - where did you connect it?

[@brano2yt]

I bought aneng an302 pocket multimeter, which is packed with features and cheap, but has absolutely dirt cheap case (and probes, buy it is normal in pocket meters). Bad design. They should put an302 internals in the case of this m113. Why this, its like nice on photos but no features, even the continuity so slooow, because of "smart" trends.. Thanks for review.

[@Бутлегер-ч7к]

Спасибо, чуть не купил за 450 руб. , теперь не буду покупать.

[@KeepOnTesting]

мудрый выбор 👍

[@probang2866]

Much too many corners cut to meet a specific (to low) price point. Regarding this DMM it's simply again: No! Just no!!!

[@KeepOnTesting]

Agreed 👍 No no no !

[@krasimirmitev2573]

Very cheap indeed.

[@KeepOnTesting]

Cheap but not very good 😕

[@theclutteredworkbench]

No thanks. A DT is better and more fun to blow up.

[@KeepOnTesting]

Hehe.. 😃👍

[@hamzamalik221]

any giveaway?????????????

[@KeepOnTesting]

Next Giveaway is October 31! Stay Tubed 👍