The Perfect CHEAP Multimeter/Oscilloscope For Beginners ZOYI ZT-703S 

which is somewhat ironic, considering his own multimeters seem to have been gaining a reputation for flakiness…

I do hope they release a firmware fix for the current mode problem though. It would throw a beginner for a loop if they weren't careful.

To be fair, Dave also reviewed it at 1.0 release, so many of the bugs he (and other early testers) encountered have been fixed.

As much as I like Dave, he is massively over the top critical of stuff like this when in reality its more than good enough for a beginner or casual user

@@flymetothemoon5138 true but you also have to consider that the companys building these thing very likely watches his videos to since he is very known in the industrie so they can adjust it and basically get free consulting and analyzing from him so that the products can be better in the end. But i think it is absolutly fine that he is strict in his reviews knowing that the viewer can decide for himself if it suits his needs or not. I just ordered this because for my infrequent need for an oscilloscope i just can bring myself to spend 400-600€ on a bigger rigol dho804 or such (i know overkill but if i buy such a thing i want to have headroom needed at the start or not) so this 90€ scope might be a good start and maybe after using it for a while i see the benefits and usecases for myself and decide to invest in a bigger scope, but until now i managed somehow to get around with using multimeters and such but still think an scope might be good for one or another case...

"(which would probably never get used enough to justify the price or the features)," Yeah... Everyone who DOESN'T have a scope says that. then when you buy it, you use it everyday and it justifies the price and the features and you wonder how the hell did i live without an oscilloscope when troubleshooting

you mean it can be usefull for cars check like sensors ... ?

Awesome. That's good validation. Thanks! Good luck with your C64s 😀

Adrien is a beginner. His skills don't go beyond testing some data lines on retro tech.

Did yours come with a battery? mine didnt

Yes

Yes the analog-ish meter is eye candy for sales, not built out as it should be.

Thanks. I am not sure very many people notice that.

Are you saying the DSO-3D12 is better?

@@mikebond6328 Well, better in the sense that it has a 120MHz bandwidth vs 50MHz, faster rise time, 2MHz vs 500KHz sig.gen output and I like the "benchtop" formfactor more then the handheld . But the DMM has a smaller count. I am sure both will be great for basic hobby requirements.

No. I don't think so. I'll try it and update if it's possible.

@ackShack Thank you

NO YOU CAN'T You can only use 1 Mode at a time. Just like you can't use DMM Mode and Scope mode at the same time

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@@RetroHackShack Thanks, it's just that the software you were using with it didn't look like the bundled Owon software. Thanks.

Typically you dealing with 600VDC you don’t really need a HV probe. I use my Owon and fluke meter all the time for years to measure B+ voltage on tube amplifiers. Just invest in good quality safety probes. For 900VDC and higher then get a proper HV resistor divider probe to the range your going to be measuring.

I think it’s Chinese translation for standard protections such as over current, over voltage, polarity, etc.

That is going over a lot of heads, mine included. Looked it up and now I know that ESR means something about capacitors that can test in a circuit and can tell you if they are broken or won't work for some uses, I think.

@@mikepettengill2706 yes sir. Most electronics repair techs...or even hobbyists.... regularly use esr testers to check caps in and out of circuit. One of the most common (if not THE most common) faults on all boards old and new

On my second channel. Link in the description.

When you go to the ordering page there should be an option you can select for two probes.

I have been using this as my daily driver since releasing the video. Still going strong for me.

Seems to be working now. Or just go to aliexpress.com and search for ZOYI ZT-703s

Yikes

@@RetroHackShack Yup I'd bookmarked 4 on AliExpress 3days ago waiting for pay day, were 58 to 63 plus taxes so just around 80, got paid this morning, just gone to buy, now all 70-75 plus tax so 95 and above etc. Unless it's just a currency exchange rate blip and they fall back in a day or so ..... I can wait.... And who knows if there's a 704 lol

Thanks for letting me know

I Agree... at one point i was buying cheap DMM's and went through like 6 of them. then i get my FLUKE 117 that was over 20 years ago, Still go it, Still works fine, Still in spec. then.. At one point i decide to get a DSO my choices were Rigol DS100E vs Rigol DS2000A it was $800 vs $1100 This was before the 1054Z 4 channel came out. Most people opted to go for the DS100E with the smaller screen, I Opted to go for the DS2000A, NEVER REGRETTED IT !!! still kicking to this day and all these years later it out spec'd the DS100E, it outspec'd the 1054Z and it's still going strong. i then got myself a Rigol MS5000 Series and you want to talk about toys HAHA the TV Signal Industry, TV Antenna Techs, I mean we go back some 20 years You had your combolook which was ok .. I guess but it had a CRT screen and was black and white. the ComboLook bought in the COLOUR, OK i guess, i went for a UNAOHM AP-01 and didn't go for the AP-01HD specifically because when you have the AP-01 and you hook onto a HD channel in TV Mode there will be no picture, telling you i'ts a HD channel. usefule when the carrier changes a known channel to HD without warning. so the AP-01HD and AP-01 and AP-201 got phased out and all else that was left in the industry was the ROVERSAT's which foxtel used, largely useless for the most part. and what do we have now.... we have fucking toys on ebay. Real meters have been cut from the industry Now you have these bullshit SATKING thingies that are not even remotely accurate both for TV and SAT and ROVER has decided to come out with the HD TAB 4 in Tablet format. all that needs to be said here is THEY INTEGRATED A FUCKING SMILEY FACE into it when the signal is a pass A FUCKING SMILEY FACE HAHAHAHA idiots the unit itself is ok.. to a point, if the tech knows how to interpret it. but for the most part the market is flooded with cheap bullshit that isn't even accurate SO YEAH.. I AGREE WITH YOU.. TOTALLY

@@martinkuliza Ever since we started "exporting" our working middle class to China, we have been increasingly flooded with cloned tools and cheap products, that are not worth the few bucks they cost. If you ask me, we should slap a 1000% import duty on this garbage and force companies to developed and make tools state side again.

Standby/backlight timeout is configurable to 30S, 60S, 120S, Off(infinite)