Brymen BM786 vs BM869 DC Current 

I haven't heard anything.

Once you lose count, you better realign

I only have five because I gave one to my brother. 😊

(singing) "heaven.... I'm in heaven.... And my heart beats so...."

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Both Brymen are in a line. A current travel thru all devices and will be displayed.

I have a video on the 2nd channel about this.

Not really. Having two meters is enough to see if one has drifted. If both still read the same then almost certainly the cal is fine.

if I'm not mistaken, the 869 did show 100.01mA that matched the Keithley & the source while the other one was between 99.99 and 100.00mA

The 869 seems an older design. 9v battery versus AA/AAA's in the 786 if i'm not mistaken. I'm holding out for a replacement of the 869 that follows the newer design and tech elements of the 786, including ditching the 9v battery. If it comes along, then i'll wait to see if Dave takes it up as a blue EEVblog version. That's worth waiting for for me at the moment..🤞

@@GannDolph the 869 is an older design, it's been on the market for over 10 years now. Thats why I think it's so strange that the 78x serie misses modern features like a pc data interface. The price difference between a 789 (top model in the 78x series) and 869s series is not a lot, only about €18, yet apparently that is the price for dual display, 500k resolution and pc data link possibility. Not that much of almost a decade of progress. To me it always feels that with the 78x series the design has always been held back on purpose to not replace or compete with the 86x series. Especially with not incorporating the data interface. I believe it's probably therefore also the only 60k count (or 40k count+) meter on the market (certainly with a young design) without data link capabilities (or dual display for that matter), and that says a lot.

@@mrpetit2 interesting, thanks. also makes me worried that any replacement to the 869s will come at a steeper price :(

@@GannDolph That's almost inevitable. Brymen has become hugely popular in the last decade, and for the quality, features and specs the bm869s offers, nothing comes close, not even at double the price if you ask me. I'm more curious what new features a 869s successor will have. And for that matter also features on what the successor of the Fluke 289 will have (that design is even older, I think it dates back to ~2007 if i'm correct, so 15 years now. I don't care much for the scope or trending features in datalogging (a pc does better), but I'm curious if they''ll actually incorporate new electrical units to measure, like measuring inductance, or watts, or (milli)amp-hour, (milli)watt-hour etc. With those last two I think multimeters in general are really late, as portable devices and their energy consumption have been really important for 20 years or so now, and there are not much devices that can measure that in high accuracy.

Doesn't TME ship to Australia?

@@mrpetit2 they prolly do, add 10% tax and ~$50 shipping and then convert that to A$ + conversion fees of 3-5% - it'd still be dearer. I'd just buy Dave's 121GW and still end up saving a fair change.

@@mrpetit2 $424 plus tax plus $30 delivery from TME

​@@ryebis I've ordered BM869s and BM859s from TME here in australia and both were very affordable. You think a local retailer would only add 50% markup? In your dreams, IMO it'd be at least 100% markup. Prices here are absolute-fucking-ridiculous!

I'd add the 867s, slightly lesser spec 869s but cheaper and still excellent

@@adrianleitch6996 I agree Adrian!

No

A lot of people on the forum agree. It's hard to argue otherwise.

@@EEVblog2 thanks Dave! I am also an happy owner of your 121GW. great tester!