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Sears.com Multi-meters: Get the Best Electricity Testing Tools at Sears

If you own a piece of equipment and maintain it yourself, troubleshooting, etc., you may want to check this out.

In the mid 80's I bought a cheap HF multimeter for less then 5 dollars. It worked OK but didn't last very long under everyday use. That is when I bought my Fluke multimeter which works as fine as the day I bought it other then keeping a fresh battery in it. If you are not going to use a multimeter very much the cheap ones work just fine but you get what you pay for. It looks like a wide range of prices from Sears.

reynoldston said:

In the mid 80's I bought a cheap HF multimeter for less then 5 dollars. It worked OK but didn't last very long under everyday use. That is when I bought my Fluke multimeter which works as fine as the day I bought it other then keeping a fresh battery in it. If you are not going to use a multimeter very much the cheap ones work just fine but you get what you pay for. It looks like a wide range of prices from Sears.

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I have found that doing business with Sears can be a trying , even unpleasant affair ..bottom line ..I do not trust them ..But I do trust HF . .Sears does give one an excellent selection ..even too good..

earthworm said:

I have found that doing business with Sears can be a trying , even unpleasant affair ..bottom line ..I do not trust them ..But I do trust HF . .Sears does give one an excellent selection ..even too good..

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Sears has the Fluke model 115 on sale for 132.53 dollars on that list. Top quality tool. Can't compare with the 5 dollar meter from Harbor Freight even if they both do the same job. I find that craftsman and Sears are OK tools. It sound to me you just don't like doing business with Sears as a company because of what ever Sears did bad for you. I can well understand that. Also I have nothing bad to say about HF.

earthworm said:

I have found that doing business with Sears can be a trying , even unpleasant affair ..bottom line ..I do not trust them ..But I do trust HF . .Sears does give one an excellent selection ..even too good..

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I used to buy ONLY Craftsman tools, but it seems like over the last 5 years or so the quality is not as good and the pricing is too high. Harbor Freight, on the other hand, sells very good quality tools at a very low price and IMHO will be the demise of Craftsman(the K-Mart/Sears merger really didn't help much:0(

reynoldston said:

Sears has the Fluke model 115 on sale for 132.53 dollars on that list. Top quality tool. Can't compare with the 5 dollar meter from Harbor Freight even if they both do the same job. I find that craftsman and Sears are OK tools. It sound to me you just don't like doing business with Sears as a company because of what ever Sears did bad for you. I can well understand that. Also I have nothing bad to say about HF.

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I have no issue with Sears (tools) , .. nor .. HF .. BUT, I detest the way Sears does business . So damned pushy, so determined to sell what no man wants , their credit cards and their extended warranties .."NO" means nothing to them ...
And the way in which they handle defective merchandise .. terrible and worse .
I'll NEVER go their again .. Generally , in the past, I will walk into Sears and find seven people , six of which are salesmen ..Other places , Walmart, HF, Boscov .. all customers .

I sure don't compare Harbor Freight's as being top quality tools. Yes you can get by with them but don't start using them hard and every day. This is the reason I paid top dollar for my Snap-on tools. I do have a tool box full of Harbor Freight tools at my camp and they work out for me just fine, then if something beaks I just buy new. When you are makeing a living with tools, a broken tool is useless and cost you money.

reynoldston said:

I sure don't compare Harbor Freight's as being top quality tools. Yes you can get by with them but don't start using them hard and every day. This is the reason I paid top dollar for my Snap-on tools. I do have a tool box full of Harbor Freight tools at my camp and they work out for me just fine, then if something beaks I just buy new. When you are makeing a living with tools, a broken tool is useless and cost you money.

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I totally agree....harbor Freight tools are good enough for light duty homeowner usage, but if you are depending on tools for regular heavy use or using them professionally you need a quality tool like Snap-on!!