Venlab VM-200M And VM-600A Review

[@Codeeze]

Absolute brilliance Chris. Lots of tech-talk interspersed with belly rolling humour. Well done.

[@allthegearnoidea6752]

Thanks Paul. I was glad to get this video finished been on the bench too long.

[@rick_100]

Thanks for the review. I just ordered one of each. I'll keep the little one in my truck.

[@TonyAlbus]

Great watch Chris as always you find some more details, and very useful devices from Ian, cool stuff. i only wonder how you got my dog to model for the picture :)

[@allthegearnoidea6752]

You have a dog ?

[@TonyAlbus]

@@allthegearnoidea6752 that is not my dog?

[@danishnative9555]

Great meter Chris. I purchased it for the pocket comfort, and late night shopping experience using the high lumen torch.

[@allthegearnoidea6752]

I do think you can go wrong at the price. The larger display is easy on old eyes.

[@danishnative9555]

@@allthegearnoidea6752 Absolutely Chris 💯%

[@TheDefpom]

Have you been watching my multimeter reviews, with the testing of each mode and range… I might be a bad influence, especially with the screen protector peel… had me laughing several times in this one, nice video as always !

[@allthegearnoidea6752]

I don’t set out to do multimeter review but have done several as always I just film what’s on the bench that day. If a company sends me something I am happy to give it a once over it is only polite. Thanks for watching regards Chris.

[@IanScottJohnston]

They may take our lives, but they'll never take our multimeters......

[@allthegearnoidea6752]

Sorry I was quite drunk making this video.

[@davidv1289]

You may (or may not) have been drunk but it was, as always, a thorough review - also very funny. I'm sure Ian and Tony had a good laugh too. Thank you, Chris. Regards, David

[@allthegearnoidea6752]

@@davidv1289 thanks David you are always very kind in your comments. My best regards bChris

[@GeorgeChristofi]

I was too lazy to watch tonys video again so I watched yours Chris. The fuses bit was possibly the most important part of the review for thems wot plays big current high voltage stuff.

[@allthegearnoidea6752]

I kind of think those that play with the big boys toys should know what they are doing!

[@Andrewausfa]

Take the High Road...off school sick day memories! Looks a reasonable meter (second one) I wish the leads would be better.

[@allthegearnoidea6752]

Yes off sick school day. I think the program was so awful it made me want to go back to school

[@peterc2150]

Hi Chris, I think I will buy one of these Venlab DMM's and give it to my neighbour so I can get my Fluke 21 back off loan! Good tip for the self tap into plastics. Very valid point about shared volt/current input, sods law it will happen. Fuse's, should be sand filled ceramic not glass? Just aquired Leak 2000 reciever from Golborne and the voltages quoted in the service manual are taken with an AVO 8. The Leak was made in 1975 so AVO's still front line kit. Very thorough and explanatory video as usual. Great work.

[@allthegearnoidea6752]

Sorry that I missed the last Goldborne but I will probably get a table at Retrotech as I have lot gear that I need rid off. There are various techniques for high rupture capacity sand is one of them. The sand fills the gap occupied by the vacated wire that has become plasma. Plasma is very conductive and the sand falls into the gap blocking the plasma flow quenching the arc. I do have AVO meters 7 and 8 for as you say many old service data reference’s them. I have to say I’m not an AVO fan they were fantastic for they day and excellent analog meter fairly indestructible but the specification is nothing to write home about even compared to the very cheapest DVM. And I hate range switching. I’m sure you know that if you substitute a DVM for an AVO your reading will be a bit high for voltage. Good plan on the Fluke. Regards Chris

[@peterc2150]

@@allthegearnoidea6752 Hi Chris, you are absolutly right about the superiorty of the DMM over the AVO 8. In 1975 when I started working in TV field service, there was no DMM's just the AVO in a leather case. Hope to get to Retrotech myself, the wife insists that we need more junk. Regards Peter.

[@allthegearnoidea6752]

@@peterc2150 yes same for my wife. Come and say hello if you make it.

[@peterc2150]

@@allthegearnoidea6752 Will do.

[@terryblackman6217]

A very good and honest review.

[@allthegearnoidea6752]

Hello Terry. Thanks for watching and nice comments. Regards Chris

[@TheDefpom]

@18:50 I can’t hear what you are saying now… I’m distracted by the draws of crapacitors in the background…

[@allthegearnoidea6752]

I have all the capacitors except the one I need

[@TheDefpom]

@@allthegearnoidea6752 i know that feeling

[@robinbrowne5419]

The plastic threads on my 30 year old meter wore out long ago. The battery door is held in place by a 20 year old piece of electrical tape. Lol. Cheers from Canada :-)

[@allthegearnoidea6752]

I still have an old micronta meter bought from radio shack. It’s held together by glue and gaffer take but it still work. It is amazing how cheap these things can be made now and also kind of sad. I saved pocket money for months to buy that old Micronta

[@BjornV78]

Hi Chris, some observations about this review. The VM-200A seems to be a nice budget friendly meter and has more features then the wellknown DT-830, but like most budget friendly meters in that price range, this type doesn't seem to have a Auto Off function. Regarding the VM-600A , i can't help it, but that type reminds me of the Kaiweets multimeter. During many tests, the resolution was low (1 decimal behind the point) but this is normal on most multimeters in the AUTO setting, on the manual setting you can get propably a higher resolution. The normal glass fuses that came with these meters, are okay, but i don't trust them in a multimeter, and replace them by HRC fuses that are filled with sand. ps1 : nice sound editings, and i'm glad that Ian and Tony are still alive :-) ps2 : did you received my email 1,5 week ago? if so, no problem, if not, i can resend the email, i had that day other people that didn't get my email. Happy easter holidays. Grtz

[@allthegearnoidea6752]

Hi Bjorn yes I did get your email and very interesting regards the extraction. I have a few extraction unit under the bench it works well but the replacement carbon filter are really expensive. I will reply on your email just been very busy at work the last few weeks band have been away working in France. I have a pile of stuff that I need to catch up on. Regards the meter I’m sure the ceramic fuses would be an improvement but I would not use this in an industrial setting I’m a Fluke fanboy anyway. Still perfect good enough for electronics work. I would like to have done a more detailed review and opened up the meter but just not enough hour in the day.

[@BjornV78]

@@allthegearnoidea6752 , Hi Chris, don't worry about the email reply and take your time, like we say here in Belgium "There is nothing burning" :-) Regarding opening the meter, you can always use a hammer, but the problem afterwards is, if you find something funny, was it caused by the hammer, or by the manufacturer fault ? It was a decent review, some other channels take more time to review the cardboard box then the meter itself. Grtz

[@TheDefpom]

I’m still here

[@zx8401ztv]

I think you missed something out, unless i fell asleep 🙂 Taking it apart to find the horrible blob chip. and i2c memory chip to store the offsettes. The smaller meter just reminds me of the yellow 830B cheapo. Look at the two meg maximum resistance, 830b style and worth about 5 quid. No i'm not dead (kettle whistle noise :)

[@German_byte]

How many meters does one need?

[@allthegearnoidea6752]

One more than I already have.

[@German_byte]

@@allthegearnoidea6752 lol You talked me into it. I ordered a Fluke 175