Multimeter

Look what I bought:
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A brand new multimeter. Even if I bought it a few weeks ago, I thought I should present it because I've mentioned it in a previous post.
I was glad when I saw that this multimeter can measure temperature, capacitors and frequency besides the normal stuff. Also it has extended range: the old multimeter couldn't measure the 1900V from the CCFL, but this one could (well, the manual says that even if it can measure up to 2000V, the user shouldn't connect more than 1000V because the internal circuitry might fail).
In theory everything is very nice, but when I arrived home I saw that it's not that precise. It shows about 180 ohms for a 200 ohms resistor, 15 pF for a 22 pF capacitor and the thing I find the most annoying, it doesn't show 0 when connecting the two probes together. Well, you can't have them all :)
I like very much the temperature measuring function. It uses a K-type probe and when that isn't connected it shows the ambient temperature. Nice! You can see it below with the probe attached, displaying the room temperature (brr, 19 degrees Celsius).
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To test the temperature probe I've measured the hot and cold water from the dispenser. It was 10 degrees respectively 70 degrees Celsius. I don't know how precise is this, but I tried...
I haven't tested yet the frequency function. It states that it can measure up to 20 KHz. This should be easy to test: just set up a timer on an AVR to output a fixed frequency and see what the multimeter shows. I hope it won't display 13 KHz for a 15 KHz signal :(
Hmm, if I think about it, the old multimeter was better as it was more accurate (even if it didn't have so many functions). Too bad it blew up ;)

Summary:
Price: 38 ron (15$)
Pros: can measure temperature, capacitors and frequency
Cons: not very precise