Well, you already know about Fluke quality so I won't go there. If I was looking to buy a reasonably priced DMM I would do my research over at the EEVBlog website. Enter the forum and go to test equipment, there is more than you would ever want to know about DMM's including a large spreadsheet with all the common units listed.
For entertainment, find one of Daves video's where he test and dismantles a cheap unit. It usually ends in smoke and flames and should be enough to discourage anyone from using the dirt cheap units on tube type gear. That said, there are some units around 100 bucks or less that are very good.
There is an ebay vendor, Frankie from Hong Cong that sells some decent stuff that is a member of the board as well. I have ordered test leads and such that are surprisingly high quality at very reasonable prices from him. He even had a custom set of extension leads made up for my Fluke 187 that I use in my service kit. They add 2 meters in length, plug into my Fluke and my stock leads plug into them. All molded connectors. Cost me 45 bucks for 3 sets! Nice when your at the control panel and need to monitor an output 10 feet away in the control cabinet.
Billwojo
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