Customer Reviews

Fluke Corporation 73-3 Series III 600-Volt Digital Multimeter

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I don't write many reviews, but the Fluke 73 is such a workhorse, so reliable, so accurate, so simple to use, that I had to take keyboard in hand. Do yourself a favor, instead of buying three less expensive devices on the way to getting this, just buy it to begin with---I wish I had. I've had mine more than ten years, and aside from a couple of 9V battery replacements (and they were prophylactic) NOTHING goes wrong. The device has the good sense to turn itself off when I forget.

You will decide which probes (sensor tips) to get, but again, I wish I'd popped for the kit that has most of them in the first place. I think this is one of the two or three most valuable items in my garage. My uses are primarily automotive.

I got a Fluke 77 over 15 years ago and still use it every day. Tough and reliable. The sleep mode means I've only replaced the 9v 3 or 4 times. Have tried buying cheaper meters for my helpers but always end up wasting money. Just get a Fluke now.

I recently purchased one of these meters and was very happy with it - built very, very nicely. But then found Fluke is replacing it with the 179 so i returned the 73 and bought the 179 - a much better meter for only a little more money.

I tried several cheaper multimeters, all of which I managed to break through carelessness, the last one by attaching it accidentally to a high-voltage ignitor that belongs to a high pressure sodium lamp. I then sprung the money for the 73, and have used and abused it since using it on everything I could. The only damage I have sustained was needing to replace the fuse in the 10am current measuring circuit many times.

I have had this device for over 10 years now as well, and the case is heavily scuffed, from being tossed in my toolbox and occasionally being used as a hammer to right bent electrical utility boxes, but it still works exactly as it did the day I got it.

This is an awesome product. I think it has now been replaced with the 179 model, which is true-RMS, unlike this one. If that device lives up to this one, it would be a sure buy as well. Time will tell.