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Hi guys, welcome to Learn Electronics

Repair. And on my bench, I have a

mysterious black bag, but not so

mysterious. You're going to shout out

because you've seen the title to the

video. Yeah. So, this was from

AliExpress. This is a free review

sample, which I requested because quite

a few subscribers over a period of time

have asked me to review this multimeter.

And this is the Anang A870.

Now, some of you observant ones who

watch the channel quite a bit will

think, "Hey, Rich, that was really,

really familiar." And there's a very

good reason for this. And the reason is

that I regularly use this one in my

repair work, the Zoe ZT219.

And I think we can agree there is more

than a passing resemblance here between

the two.

Okay,

this also came in a little holder like

this and it has the temperature probe

and obviously meter lead. So, it came

basically with the same

package. And the interesting thing about

the ZT219

is this is a damn good multimeter. I

made a dedicated review of this one. I'm

going to link it to this video because

they appear to be the same device, but

there is one particular difference, and

that is the price. So, the ZT219,

which I highly recommend and have done,

€25.99

at the moment with free shipping.

Okay.

And the anang

2264. So, about €250 less. But it also

comes with more leads. Yeah, it comes

with more leads.

The Anen also has a green version which

is cheaper

or you can buy the version with just the

basic weed kit. So 2133

2519.

So this one is about 14 15% cheaper with

more leads and you can have it for even

less money if you like green. I've never

tried the green one by the way. I am

just assuming it is the same meter, but

considering this plastic sleeve just

fits around it, I honestly don't see why

it wouldn't be. And who doesn't like to

save money for essentially the same

thing? This is quite interesting

actually because as I understand it,

Zotek

are the

manufacturer of this meter. Zoy is

Zotek's own brand name, but Zotek also

produced sort of like white label goods

for other companies to have their name

put on. And that's why I believe we have

the two the same. Why do I say this is a

great multimeter?

Well, for a number of reasons. So, first

of all, this is a fivedigit multimeter.

Okay.

It has a very clear bright display.

It also has some very useful ranges. So

this will give you 20 amps. Okay. And

that is quite unusual especially for a

lowcost multimeter.

It has mill volts which is very useful

when fault finding. You see the mill

volts range will actually go down to

0.001

millolts or microvolt.

If we

short the leads of course it will read

zero. Okay.

And milliamps and micro amps. Again

micro amps can be very useful in some

repair work. And this reads down to 0.01

01 of a micro amp. Yeah. So, we're

getting into like 10 nano amps, that

sort of range. It also has a non-cont

voltage detector for detecting live

wires and such like, and all the

features you really want. AC voltage, DC

voltage,

frequency, capacitance meter, diode,

test, continuity, ohms. Now, the

downside, what doesn't this have? It

doesn't have the Mr. Bleep facility,

which I always go on about because it's

so useful in repair work, which I will

just demonstrate now with my 32y

old fluke.

So, in continuity mode, resistance,

short the leads,

continuous bleep,

same. Okay. in diode mode.

This is a 1N47

silicon rectifier diode. So

diode

one bleep period.

Okay. And then it reads

shot key diode

same but reads lower shot key short

continuous.

That means if I'm probing around on a

PCB I don't usually have to look at the

meter. I know whether between my probes

there's a short or a semiconductor

junction. That means I don't have to

look away. and then look back at the PCB

and forget where I was.

I'm sure I'm not the only one that does

that. So, on this meter, no bleep on the

diode,

no bleep on short and diode mode.

There's no bleep at all.

Shot key.

Yeah,

this one.

Shot key.

Diode.

Sure. So there's no bleep in diode mode

and to me that is a shame.

I'm always looking for meters that will

do this. By the way, if you are a repair

guy, I'm sure you'll understand exactly

why we want this feature. I only found

one other actually, which was the one

with the built-in thermal camera. So if

anybody can give me any models of you

know lower cost don't have to be the

cheapest but reasonable cost multimeters

which have that feature let me know in

the description below and I will

certainly review one. Okay so that

besides any other downsides to this?

Well these take two aoublea batteries.

This one takes it's a 9V PP3. These are

not USB rechargeable things.

That may be considered a disadvantage to

you. But this type of display, the

batteries in these meters, even in

usage, last a very, very long time. So,

you can talk about it down there, but

I've mentioned that they don't actually

have USBC rechargeable batteries.

It has been noted by a number of YouTube

reviewers on these meters using

reference resistors and reference

voltage sources that these are a very

accurate meter especially for the price

range. We can make a few comparisons

just between the Zoy and the Anen. And

then I'm going to open these meters up

and let's see what's inside them. See if

they really are the same. So since we're

in diode mode

583

590. So fairly close.

The reading could actually vary

depending on the batteries. These are

brand new. These have been in for some

time.

Let's go with a shotg.

So this is just giving us a comparative

really between the two just to see if

they're reading basically the same

388 very close. So we can say at least

they are consistent.

10k 1%

10.032.

Okay. I'll use the same leads. Although

on this sort of resistance range, it

probably really doesn't matter.

Okay, so let's see.

Yeah, very very similar.

We'll just try a couple other ranges.

So, volts, this is connected to my

bench. Power supply set to 12.

Okay, put this on volts as well. Again,

extremely consistent between the two.

This does suggest an actual fact these

meters are very accurate. And we'll just

try the micro amps.

The most common reason I measure micro

amps is when repairing motherboards

because if I measure the current being

drawn from the CMOS battery, it gives me

a very good indication of the state of

the chipset on the board. Yeah.

So, you would expect them to read

between about 1.8 and certainly less

than 10 micro amps really for a good

one. So to do this, we just put the red

lead onto the battery. We put the black

on the little clip and we push the clip

away from the battery. So we're

inserting the meter into the circuit.

The current from the lithium cell is

passing through the meter. Uh so we push

on here and then we push this back.

We can see 2.02

micro amps. Let's try the anang.

So again micro amps range

push down push back

2.02

again. So yeah I have to say that these

multimeters although this is not exactly

a subjective test they behave very very

similar.

We'll try the

volts ranges while while we here. So

this will read down to about a mill volt

there. You can see. So again, we'll just

check the CMOS battery voltage. So we'll

go to ground and measure the battery.

3.073. 073

3.072

I'm convinced guys. How about you? Let

me know down there. I think that is a

good test of these meters.

If they are reading incorrectly, they

are both reading incorrectly by the same

amount.

But it does suggest good quality control

and calibration of these meters to me.

Okay. So,

This is cheaper than this one. They

appear to be identical.

Let's have a look inside. So to do that,

we need to get this silicone sleeve off.

These are really flexible. This has the

little stand on the back of it. This is

going to give you pretty good protection

of the multimeter, especially if you're

on site and you happen to drop it. Okay.

And again, these appear to be identical

really.

And we can in fact see these appear to

be identical apart from this one having

a glass fuse here. This is the Zoy. And

this one having a ceramic fuse here.

I'll check to see if they're the same

rating. Actually, these are both

ceramic.

We can see they've got solder fill on

the tracks which are passing the high

currents on the 20 amps range. This is

the current shunt.

Just looking the way this is actually

constructed.

This looks like it's kind of added on on

both of them. Okay.

I find it difficult to see any

difference between these. Bear in mind

that I've had the Zoy for a year or two

and this is one that turned up today.

So, there may be slight differences I

guess in the components over that period

of time.

Of course, you can't say when they were

both manufactured based on when they

arrived here. Yeah. 200 milliamp

20 amp.

This one uh 200 milliamp

which is exactly what is fitted in

there.

These fuses are nice easy to change

ones. I think these are 30 mil fuses.

Okay.

Interesting. Actually, the Zoy

has a 250 milliamp, although it says on

here 200. Okay,

it may be, you know, actually, guys, it

may well be that I've changed that

myself and didn't have the correct one.

Uh, wouldn't be surprised. I sometimes

blow these. So, I've had the thing a

couple of years. I don't remember

exactly, but there's a good chance

that's my doing. That's my bad. And I

probably thought, okay, I'll get the

proper one and never did. Okay, so you

can chastise me there. But yeah, I have

to say that these meters, as far as I

can tell, are identical.

In fact, identical even to the molding

of the information here on the stickers.

Okay.

And the battery packs.

And that guys is a good thing because

this multimeter in my opinion is the

best multimeter at this price range that

you can buy.

I'll be the first to agree that it may

not be suitable for subp profofessions,

but as a hobbyist,

general repair man like me, especially

fault finding, auto electrics, just

about anything that us hobbyists are

doing. I don't think you can beat that

honestly for the price you pay. And

look, it's just got cheaper, like 15%

cheaper for the same thing. Yeah. So,

that's a no-brainer. That is a

no-brainer to me. I'll be very happy to

use both these. There's often times when

I need more than one multimeter. I now

have a nice almost matching pair of

them. Okay. About the only thing I would

say against this is this Mr. Bleep

feature, which to be honest is very rare

to find on multimeters. I've only ever

found this on one other than the Fluke.

And I do believe not even all Fluke

meters have that facility.

So, if somebody can find a lower cost

meter than the Fluke that has that

feature,

tell me down there and we'll look at

one. Yeah. Okay. So, hope you enjoyed

that.

You know, you can never have enough

multimeters. Just get yourself one.

Yeah. It's just like no reason not to.

That's the best way I can see it. Oh,

and don't forget to use the coupons in

the video description and save even more

money. So, let me know. Do you already

have either of these or you happy with

them? I look forward to hearing from you

down there and I look forward to seeing

you all soon again on L Electric Repair.

Ciao for now, guys.