Low capacitance meter suggestion

[tieny]

I'm looking for a low capacitance meter specifically for measuring, film, ceramic, smd capacitors, etc.

What would he recommended as a good quality meter?
What's a cheap meter that would be good enough to work?

[multimeter]

Re: Low capacitance meter suggestion

check out the peak atlas range,there esr meter is great,if you want to measure in the pf/nf range,then there lcr meter is good for that(just for measuring the capacitance not the esr).

[tieny]

Re: Low capacitance meter suggestion

Hm the lcr meter is a bit pricey, I just recently bought the peak atlas esr70 for 135$. Unfortunately it doesn't measure lower valued caps.

[Evil Lurker]

Re: Low capacitance meter suggestion

I got the peak lcr meter... really like it. Got it NOS off ebay for $80.

[tieny]

Re: Low capacitance meter suggestion

Well, just lost my chance at a peak LCR 40 on ebay. Someone happened to have the same exact winning bid as me of 83$ (11$ shipping) but I placed mine in the last 5 seconds as the winning bid placed it a minute before mine. =/ Was hoping to get it for about 60$ but eh, oh well at least I didn't spend about 100$ for a used one =)

So still looking for a capacitance meter. Specifically one that is able to measure down to about 1 pF.

Looking around ebay I found this: anybody know anything about it?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/DM4070-2000u...item4ab27cf8e7

[Alohamora]

Re: Low capacitance meter suggestion

Well, just lost my chance at a peak LCR 40 on ebay. Someone happened to have the same exact winning bid as me of 83$ (11$ shipping) but I placed mine in the last 5 seconds as the winning bid placed it a minute before mine. =/ Was hoping to get it for about 60$ but eh, oh well at least I didn't spend about 100$ for a used one =)

So still looking for a capacitance meter. Specifically one that is able to measure down to about 1 pF.

Looking around ebay I found this: anybody know anything about it?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/DM4070-2000u...item4ab27cf8e7

DM4070 - I bought one of those about 3 years ago, when I was taking some community college electronics courses. The most annoying thing is that it only measures up to 2000uF capacitance, I would look for a 20,000uF range if I was shopping for a another meter today. The resistance ranges seems seem spot on when measuring some precision resisters and brand new caps measure close to their rated values, so I have no complaints about it's performance. (but I'm far from an expert).

The feel of the meter is Ok, not horrible but not great either. The blatant Fluke copy-cat appearance tends to annoy me quite a bit.