UNI-T UT116C CHEAP-O SMD Meter Review & Teardown!

[@pault6533]

The amount of force it takes to pull the protection cap off is really high. I put some thin washers on the screw lands between the two halves of the cap and it works really smooth engaging the unit now.

[@KeepOnTesting]

Ahhh, where there's a will there a way! Great job Paul 👍

[@pault6533]

@@KeepOnTesting Yeah, found loosening the screw also worked, but wanted make it more "engineered" 🙃

[@KeepOnTesting]

@@pault6533 can anything ever be "over-engineered" muhahaha 😃

[@telmobrandao5062]

So in your opinion, for a diy beginner, which one to buy UT116A or ut116c?

[@KeepOnTesting]

Both are good but I would choose the 116C because of the higher display count.

[@balsalmalberto8086]

Nice test. I wish more reviewers were as thorough as you.

[@KeepOnTesting]

I appreciate that! 👍

[@danidanut85]

Hi Darren! Thank you for your review. I have the exact model but now it is malfunctioning. I have a blown resistor R15 and I am not able to find a schematic anywhere to find its value. If you still have this multimeter, can you please let me know the R15 value?

[@KeepOnTesting]

R15 = 2k ohms resistor. Cheers my friend!

[@bhushan9066]

Hello UNI-T, make sure your SMD testers manufactured in future can go into those cracks 😁 without using probe extension. Thanks Darren for this awesome, neat and clean review video. This SMD tester is value for money and good to have.

[@KeepOnTesting]

Excellent input! Thanks my friend 👍

[@ramonjrballesteros1523]

Was curious about these SMD testers for some time, thanks for the great review of a well-made instrument!

[@KeepOnTesting]

Cheers Ramon !

[@KeepOnTesting]

@PERIZ99 Great question ...not as far as I know..🤔

[@awengirr]

Hey Darren, Thanks a lot for your videos!

[@KeepOnTesting]

Thankyou my friend 😊👍

[@QsTechService1]

Good video on the review Just ordered one .. I definitely heard a difference with the Probe masters ... Way faster ... I have multiple sets always speed up the readings On the meters

[@KeepOnTesting]

Oh yea! Those Probe masters rock! Great to hear you ordered the uni-t . let us know how you like it 😀

[@QsTechService1]

@@KeepOnTesting We'll do thanks

[@englishrupe01]

Wow....quality and style...and that's just the review! Lol! Now that's a really nice quality meter that i would love to possess. Thanks indeed for demonstrating its' capabilities to us! Great meter.

[@KeepOnTesting]

Lol...thanks.. yes indeed its a very capable smd meter!

[@yambo59]

That ones a little continuity beast, nice quality for pcb work. Be nice if there was a second longer reach set of semi - insulated probe tips that could be changed out.

[@KeepOnTesting]

I knew you'd like that continuity !

[@pault6533]

How come the 10 mF gets a fancy display holder but the 100 mF doesn't? I would think you would want to show off the bigger cap. 😉

[@KeepOnTesting]

Muhahaha 👍 you got me..Looks like I was trying to add some 10mF sizzle 😅

[@stuartpeters1080]

Hello there, are you going to test The UNI-T UT210E?. Hope you are all well.

[@KeepOnTesting]

Hi Stuart, yes, hopefully I'll review the 210 soon!

[@stuartpeters1080]

@@KeepOnTesting Awesome, I look forward to it.

[@just_arandom_guy8209]

Very useful tool for testing a board!! Great review! It's a must-buy in wish list!

[@KeepOnTesting]

Truly super handy to have one such tester !

[@just_arandom_guy8209]

​@@hjvanderlindenI totally agree!!

[@miladnejatian6531]

Thanks Darren for this awesome video , i have question , what differences between 116A and 116C what battery tester dos on 116C and is that really different between volt meters and battery meters ? what dos DCV on 116A do? thanks

[@KeepOnTesting]

116C includes the battery load tester for testing batteries. That is the only difference, it just puts a small current load on the battery to detect a faulty or dying cell. 😃

[@pault6533]

@@KeepOnTesting Unless it's hooked in reverse, then it reports the V as "-" and places no load on the cell. The load seems a bit high for small coin cells, it can really bring down the voltage in the forward direction.

[@KeepOnTesting]

Good point 👉

[@Sv3TL10]

Hi, does these tweezers have any technical or other benefits over a normal dmm, or it is just the handyness?

[@KeepOnTesting]

Much easier/faster to measure tiny smd components, tighter tolerances and being able to measure in circuit are some of the benefits.

[@Sv3TL10]

@@KeepOnTesting oh, thank you for the info, I am definitely ordering one now :) and thank you for your reviews, so so useful and helpful, always pleasure to watch :)

[@KeepOnTesting]

@@Sv3TL10 Thx my friend 👍 Keep On Testing!

[@TheRadiogeek]

Nice meter. I use some small tip probes with my meters but I could see how this would be handy. The low price is tempting for sure. 👏🏻👍

[@KeepOnTesting]

So true..It's incredibly handy once you get the knack of it and the low price makes it even more appealing! 👍definitely grab n go!

[@atexnik]

Why didn't you show that the tweezers can be rotated 180°? That's the most useful function when testing diodes without need to rotate the PCB.

[@KeepOnTesting]

Great point ! 👍

[@hphp7587]

Is this accurate on in circuit testing (testing smd on pcb without the need to take em out)? You showed the reading but you never mentioned if it was accurate. Looking to buy this.

[@KeepOnTesting]

Yes it is accurate...however you can never be 100% without pulling from the circuit.. still its a great piece of gear !

[@hphp7587]

@@KeepOnTesting yes it is great. Thanks

[@ericchang7706]

I've never used a meter like this, but don't exposed leads make it really easy to inadvertently short something?

[@KeepOnTesting]

You need to be careful but I don't think its really more disconcerting than using a standard test lead. The ends are incredibly pointy so its really easy to make contact with those smd components.

[@shaileshkumara.m.anandappa7641]

Impressive,price is also tempting....100mfd capacitor range for smd meter that's cool.....n Darren where did you find capacitor stand.....nice....

[@KeepOnTesting]

Yes indeed, 100mfd is incredibly good for such a tester! The capacitance stand was originally from a microscope 😄👍

[@shaileshkumara.m.anandappa7641]

@@KeepOnTesting ❤️

[@Kasunsandaruwan-o8o]

Q4 & Q5 smd component number please

[@derektodd4126]

Cheers Darren, didn't get notification of this one at the time.

[@KeepOnTesting]

Its a rather splendid smd tester ! Cheers Derek

[@fizanmughal64]

why is there a battery icon instead of dc voltage like 116A?

[@pault6533]

All those icons run together. The lower volt diode mode gives same result as higher volt mode for me, not sure why both are needed.

[@AnanusBananus]

Diode exclusive is Led and zener..

[@akcoord9615]

unti -t ut-61e smart scan on a version work on very low reading

[@KeepOnTesting]

Great 👍

[@RejectedManiac]

I would have liked you to actually test SMD capacitors. Even to test how low of a capacitance it goes since it doesn't actually say in the specs. Unfortunate you didn't.

[@KeepOnTesting]

Here's an update with how it did in the smd category.. I measured 12 smd caps from 100pF -22 uF ..it scored a A- 100pF displayed as .108nF, 1nF displayed as 1.0nF , .47uF displayed as .46uF, 10uF displayed as 10.4uF All in all terrific performance in the SMD testing category 😂👍

[@RejectedManiac]

@@KeepOnTesting Awesome. Thanks a lot for the update. I may grab myself one of these thanks to your update. When I do grab one I want to test it with a 1pf to see what it does. I'll update here if I have one.

[@KeepOnTesting]

@@RejectedManiacEXCELLENT! I think you'll be pleasantly surprised..very good smd tweezer for the price. Keep me updated! 🙂👍

[@pault6533]

I measured the full range of this meter and found it within 2% on all readings, including 30 pF cap which measured exact.

[@samithmadushan450]

Sir please tell me is in ohms mode when the probs contact is the meter goes to zero

[@KeepOnTesting]

Yes, it zeros completely.

[@samithmadushan450]

@@KeepOnTesting without any decimal points?

[@samithmadushan450]

@@KeepOnTesting like 0000 Or 000.3 Eg

[@pault6533]

I found this device measures very accurately down to the 0.1 ohm minimum, you just have to wait for the reading to settle up to 5 seconds. The precision is one tenth of an ohm.

[@khurramshaikh4347]

Nice

[@gman917]

now that's one meter I don't have--will you give it to me...lol

[@haridas4676]

I brought one last week from ali express. Prassannakumar fromBAHRAIN

[@KeepOnTesting]

Let us know how you like it 😊

[@nor-sat3360]

👍👍👏👏❤

[@electronone5219]

Uni-t 61e so far

[@KeepOnTesting]

😄👍

[@techs5564]

no giveaway this time?

[@KeepOnTesting]

END of the month 😃👍

[@techs5564]

@@KeepOnTesting Thanks Darren! Actually I'm thinking what a guy will do with huge numbers of multimeters. So better you do giveaways more often. 😋

[@KeepOnTesting]

@@techs5564 I hear ya!

[@techs5564]

@@KeepOnTesting hahahaha. Just love your videos. Keep going. good job.

[@samehabdelhady5446]

Uni-t 61e

[@KeepOnTesting]

Oh so popular !

[@GoogleEarthfact.]

Hello sir good morning thanks sir I am from India sir this itam india no dilvery please link send me thanks

[@Kasunsandaruwan-o8o]

Q4 & Q5 smd component number please

[@KeepOnTesting]

Q4/ 1AM is a SOT-23 Transistor Q5/ J1 (z) 👍

[@Kasunsandaruwan-o8o]

Thank you 👍👍

[@KeepOnTesting]

@@Kasunsandaruwan-o8o Anytime my friend 👍