I have personally used the MeTex and the Wavetek brands for many years.
My MeTex is a M-4650 model and is about 18 years old and still works perfect! And I am rather abusive with it! I bought it as a teenager and didn't know much back then and it still survived!
Its been left out in the rain and snow countless times. Its been dropped off a roof twice and left in hot vehicles countless times too!
My Wavetek is a DM27XT and is around 15 years old and has been through equal abuse!
And god only knows what has happened to them when they got borrowed!
Both are daily users to so they are no shelf queens by any definition!
I am personally not pleased with the cost and or the overall performance of the Flukes.
Around my circle Fluke is a rich mans meter. And as of lately there is growing evidence that they may have changed the design in some way and the newer versions are failing or developing reading rate glitches and odd bugs shortly after warranty is up!
I have had several customers and friends that had Flukes ask me what I liked and dumped their Fluke meters when they "just died or bugged out" and never have been unsatisfied with the newer middle range brands.
And everyone said what they bought has more ranges and functions for less price, and in day to day use they have never felt the overall accuracy was any different.
We have saying: Its a "Fluke" that anyone pays that much for a basic meter!
I would never buy one and if given one I would sell it on EBay to some rich sucker and take the money and get a middle ranged meter with a better range of functions.
Yea I bad mouth the Flukes, But $300 for a basic auto range meter
That cant definitively prove itself to be any more accurate durable or reliable than a good $80 auto ranging meter that has more functions and capabilities, Plus often has the same or even better warranty!?!
But dont buy the bottom end cheapest either for day to day use.
If your looking to have some expendables though, I recomend getting the $5 basic digitals from Harbor Freight. For $5 they are great loaners and do get you a fair reading. I buy them 10 at a time and anyone that wants to borrow a meter just gets to keep it. I keep one in every vehicle and two or three in my service tool boxes (along with the old reliables) for when I need to take multiple readings on occasion.
Do your research and find one that is right for you! Your in the right place for getting personal opinions and personal hands on reviews!