handheld DMMs

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Original poster: "Mark Broker by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <mbroker-at-thegeekgroup-dot-org>

Since my old Radio Shack DMM seems to have a few dead functions (it has 
been well [ab]used ;) ), I've been pondering replacing it for several 
months now.  Ideally, I'd like one that will test R, L from a few uH to 
several H, C from 100pF to 100kuF, with a wide bandwidth, True RMS, and 
transistor testing.  Of course I don't live in an ideal world, and have to 
make a few choices.  After some looking around, the Fluke 187 seems to 
cover half the bill: True RMS, bandwidth to 100kHz, C 1.1nF to 50kuF, very 
accurate voltage and current measurements.  But, alas, no inductance or 
transistor testing, and the price makes me wince.  Of course the Wavetek 
Meterman LCR55 does all the LCR stuff (except C is only to 2000uF) really 
well (L to 0.1uH!), but I'd rather not carry around two meters, and the 
price of both together makes me cringe.

So, is there a DMM that has all I want for a fairly reasonable price?

Thanks

Mark Broker
Chief Engineer, The Geek Group