Dr.EM said:
How come some multimeters cost £500? I know autoranging costs more, but not that much!
Auto-ranging probably costs LESS, it saves on the cost of range switching.
Expensive meters cost lots more money for a number of reasons?:
1) Paying for the name!.
2) Slightly higher spec.
3) Slightly better built.
4) May be slightly better protected?.
Generally the differences are pretty slight though, it would be unusual to notice any difference for almost all uses. Like anything though, it can cost a LOT more to make something slightly better, there are certain levels of performance which are easy to achieve, and pushing past that barrier costs money!.
I don't think anyone would argue that a £500 meter is 100 times better than a £5 one :lol: