EEVblog #1238 - Vion: The World's Worst Multimeter!

You think a $2 multimeter is bad?
A review of the Kickstarter & Indiegogo Vion bluetooth multimeter that promised the world.
Grab your popcorn for a master class in idiotic product design.
The world's worst multimeter.

#Vion #Kickstarter #FAIL

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[StillCloser]

Hey look, it's the multimeter for millenials !!! LOL

[todesgeber]

perfect!

i've been looking for a tool like this for working on my solar highway project!

[Skauber]

Isn't it obvious why the carrying case for the Vion is so huge? It's so you can fit your real multimeter in there when you toss the Vion out! :)

[HPD]

FINALLY!!! a multimeter that can measure the output of my batterizers correctly. my Fluke 87 kept giving me bad readings and showing me zero volts when clearly batterizers are the best and should always work. the app on my phone is saying GOOD in nice big green letters so clearly my fluke was unnecessary an I should just sell it

[AttilaAsztalos]

It's what you get when product "designers" and marketing folks get drunk on buzzwords and fail to realise there are very good reasons why their doesn't already exist. That's what surrounding yourself with yes-men (or deliberately dismissing those who aren't) gets you.

[kontra]

18:00 Location permission is required if an app uses Bluetooth scan feature because it can be used to scan nearby Bluetooth beacons; which, in turn, can be used to locate you.

[uiopuiop]

"Voice Guidance"
Sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't let you measure that bulb

[nccm]

Dave, I think the lack of randomly color coded LEDs on the 121GW is a serious design oversight.

[Ametisti]

This is clearly a Gaming Multimetre. It has RGB!

[MJSeo]

That thing costs 140 bucks??! Seriously? rather buy Mooshi meter or something like Fluke 117, even more less money.
Chinese cheapo meters can much more handle that..

[qwertykeyboard]

Turn dial to mode
Apply probes
Read number

yep, multimeters are very hard...

[fersunk]

I think that I can do a better DMM with an Arduino Uno and a bunch of recycled components while I'm drunk writing some code

[jamesgrimwood]

Do you find multimeters difficult to use?

Then you probably shouldn't be shoving probes into things.

Unless you have your safety helmet on.

[lbochtler]

If you dont understand the jargon on a traditional meter, you should not be using it

[dsldsl]

I want my multimeter to ring every time I use the phone ....

[leoakirakblo]

This "multimeter" will be useful to test solar highway in remote places... LOL

[bami]

You can probably fit a proper multimeter in that case.

Also it says "made in korea", it doesn't mention which korea!

[Rightclick]

2:50 I love how in the introduction video he doesn't just sweep his old multimeter off the table but also the electronics he was going to measure. more dramatic i suppose, haha.

[grimgoreironhide]

Wait till Soulja Boy makes his own Soulja Meter.

[sonictech]

If you're going to to the trouble of making a talking dmm the least you can do is to have it scream when you exceed its max voltage.